Off-campus housing and leases

ucsd_ucla_dad
Sat, 16 Jan 2010 00:15:53 +0000

I’ve never signed any leases for my kids. In order not to one place required x amount of money in the kid’s checking account (I think the equivalent of 6 months or so of rent) and a couple of other places just required a deposit of somewhere around an extra month of rent that was returned at the end. In one case the landlord wanted the cosign but my D asked what would be necessary to get the apt without the cosign and it amounted to that extra month or so that was returned later. The above was done on both ends of the country (California, DC).

In all cases where my kids have rented everyone on the lease, and that would have included cosigners, is responsible for the entire rent and damages for the apartment. It’s a good idea to not cosign if you can manage it. It might take asking the landlord what alternatives they offer besides the cosign. If they’re not flexible, look around at other places.