Santa Barbara offers various housing options to meet our students’ needs. Some students prefer to live with families who provide food (Home-stay); others choose to rent a room in a home. Some students like to live in student residences while others elect to rent an apartment or a house independently. The best way to begin your search is to explore the websites listed below because virtually all available housing is posted and many sites even offer virtual tours of their apartment buildings!

Keep in mind the highest demand for housing is one month before the fall semester begins in August. Even though the rental market is competitive, students who plan ahead generally find comfortable housing in preferred areas.

Option One:           AUSB Home-stay
                        Live with faculty/staff from AUSB, breakfast and dinner provided
                        Rent: $ 800 per month for a single room or $ 600 per month to share a room.
                      Click here to download the Home-Stay Introducation and Overview
                      Click here to download the Home-Stay Application
                      Click here to download the House Rules                       
                      Contact Dr. López-Mulnix emulnix@antiochsb.edu

Option Two:        Verano Gardens Student Residence
                        Furnished three-bedroom apartments, bedding and linens provided.
                        30 minute bus ride to AUSB email kevinphansen@hotmail.com
                        Contact Kevin at 805- 452-3135

Option Three:     Evergreen Student Residence
                        12 single rooms in craftsman house & studio.
                        DSL, full kitchen, living room, quiet environment.
                        Contact Angela at coady@sbcc.edu

Option Four:       Student Residence Fontainebleu
                        Furnished three bedroom apartments in Isla Vista
                        30-60 minute bus ride from AUSB
                        Rent: see website at: www.fontainebleu.net
                       Contact FountaineBleu at 805-968-0351

Option Five:        Student and Public Apartment close to AUSB
                       Contact:  www.bdcmanagement.com
                       Look for Rental Listings” and “SB Listings”

Option Six:          Apartments close to AUSB. Buena Vista Apartments
                        1016 Cliff Drive, Santa Barbara, CA 93109
                        Contact: Bill Stevens at 805-452-7160
                       
Option Seven:     General Housing: rooms, apartments, houses
                        Contact: www.sbcc.edu  “Student Services” and “Housing”
                         www.newspress.com “Classifieds” and “Rentals”
                         http://santabarbara.craigslist.org/ “California” - “Santa Barbara” - “Housing”