Staying with EA’s
Short-Term Housing
- Ask me if I know any local availabilities
- have a low bar to asking
- East Bay EA/Rationality Housing Board Facebook Group is a good place to ask if anyone has rooms/couches open
- Non-Linear’s EA Houses project is the EA equivalent of couchsurfing
- You can find a spreadsheet with Bay Area options here
Long-term EA Housing
Options:
- East Bay EA/Rationality Housing Board Facebook Group often has vacancies posted
- Again, ask me if I know any openings
- have a low bar to asking
Non-EA Housing
Short-Term Housing
- Airbnb
- expensive
- Hotels
- even more expensive :(
- Facebook often has people looking to do short-term sublets, usually posted in groups like
Long-Term Housing
- Zillow
- Pretty standard housing search app
- Apartments.com
- Pretty standard housing search app
- Craigslist
- Can be a little sketchier than other apps but is how I found my current 8 bedroom house
- Facebook groups also have people looking to have their lease taken over/fill up vacancies in grouphouses
To Add:
- Calibrations on general Berkeley rent cost
- Recommended areas of Berkeley to stay in
Thanks for linking the Conscious Housing Board! It's an unfortunate time for me to find this article (new to the Bay, just signed a lease with a few people in SF), but I'll keep it in mind for the next time I'm moving and bookmark this article to share with others.