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2026 Student Housing Experience Study

We're conducting independent research to better understand how students search for housing, what challenges they face, and what helps them feel confident when renting.

This anonymous survey takes about 4–5 minutes to complete.

Your feedback will help shape future housing tools and improve transparency for students and landlords.

Thank you for participating!

SECTION 1 — About You

Q1. Which school are you affiliated with?

2. What best describes you?

2. What best describes you?
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3. Where are you in your housing journey?

3. Where are you in your housing journey?
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SECTION 2 — Housing Search

4. Where have you searched for housing?

4. Where have you searched for housing?

5. Approximately how many different websites or apps have you used?

5. Approximately how many different websites or apps have you used?
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6. How stressful has your housing search been?

6. How stressful has your housing search been?

SECTION 3 — Challenges

7. Which challenges have you experienced?

7. Which challenges have you experienced?

8. What worries you the most when renting?

8. What worries you the most when renting?
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SECTION 4 — Trust

9. Which would make you trust a housing listing more?

9. Which would make you trust a housing listing more?

10. Which factor is most important when choosing housing?

10. Which factor is most important when choosing housing?
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SECTION 5 — Future Housing Platform

11. Imagine a housing platform that included verified landlords, trusted reviews, roommate matching, and scam protection.

How likely would you be to use it?

11. Imagine a housing platform that included verified landlords, trusted reviews, roommate matching, and scam protection.How likely would you be to use it?

12. How likely would you be to recommend a platform like this to another student?

12. How likely would you be to recommend a platform like this to another student?

SECTION 6 — Final Thoughts

13. If you could improve one thing about finding student housing, what would it be?

14. Would you be interested in helping shape future student housing tools?

14. Would you be interested in helping shape future student housing tools?
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15. Email address

How did you hear about this survey?