Housing Assistance
CSM does not offer on-campus housing in the form of dormotories or apartments. However, the Student Activities Office does maintain an up-to-date list of off-campus community housing. This housing is usually in the form of rooms in private homes, but shared houses and/or apartments are sometimes available.
Available Housing
Current housing opportunities are availbable here.
Online Housing Posting Form
If you have a room or other form of housing available, please contact us at (650) 574-6141 or use our online form to place your ad. (Please note that this form is only for posting available housing and not for those looking for housing.) Ads are posted in the display case located immediately outside the Student Activities Office, and remain posted for at least a month.
When your housing is rented, please contact us by phone or at csmstudentactivities@smccd.edu so that we may remove it.
Housing Resources
Besides the housing listings maintained by the CSM Student Activities Office, there are many resources that can assist in finding housing in the San Francisco Bay Area. Below are several Web sites, newspapers, and other resources that provide housing ads and listings.
Craigslist
The equivalent of an online flea market, Craigslist has a wide variety of housing available in and around the Peninsula.
San Francisco Chronicle / SFGate.com
The San Francisco Chronicle and its online site, SFGate.com, provide the most comprehensive listing of newspaper classified ads in the Bay Area.
San Jose Mercury News / BayArea.com
The San Jose Mercury News and its online site, BayArea.com, are focused mainly on the South Bay, but also have information about housing opportunities in San Mateo County.
San Mateo County Times
The San Mateo County Times focuses primarily on San Mateo County and is a good resource for those looking for housing on the Peninsula and in the East Bay.
San Mateo Daily Journal
The San Mateo Daily Journal is one of two daily papers that have started publishing in San Mateo.
San Mateo Daily News
The San Mateo Daily News is the other daily paper in San Mateo, and is part of the group that also publishes daily newspapers in Palo Alto, Redwood City, Burlingame, and Los Gatos.