<p>Anyone have any ideas on how to find safe and reasonable housing for a 3 month internship in DC area? Everything located to date seems very expensive and am leery of Craiglist sub-lets - too many scams. Best option so far seems to be American University but at $280 per week to share a dorm room seems like alot. Corp that has offered internship promised help but that has not been the case, other than including a housing stipend in compensation package. She's attempted contact with the other interns but none have responded. Would love to hear what others have done.</p>
<p>GWU also has summer housing available that D considered previously - price points are probably about the same as American. You may have already looked at this, but they do have singles. </p>
<p>[Summer</a> & Conference Housing @ GW - The George Washington University](<a href=“http://summerhousing.gwu.edu/aboutus/]Summer”>http://summerhousing.gwu.edu/aboutus/)</p>
<p>Thank you for suggesting GWU. I wasn’t aware of that option but unforunately, they don’t offer this option until 2 weeks after she has to start the internship.</p>
<p>If the gwu has rooms and the prices are okay, maybe daughter can stay in a youth hostel for two weeks? Not ideal, but doable.</p>
<p>WISH housing.</p>
<p>Thanks to all for suggestions. WISH housing runs over $4000 - 6000 for the summer. American would be closer to $3300. Maybe American isn’t such a bad deal.</p>
<p>Two of my kids lived in absolute dives in DC-- long term rentals- which ran a little over a thousand a month. Bad neighborhood and unfurnished, utilities extra (and A/C in the summer in DC is pretty necessary.) So American doesn’t sound like a bad deal- no need to find a bed, doorman building aka university security and free A/C, right???</p>
<p>I honestly don’t think you’re going to find a better deal than that. Housing in DC is $$$$. </p>
<p>I found a resource page from Senator Harkin’s office that offers some good general advice about D.C. housing as well as some specific housing options. Read carefully - the page points out some areas where safety may be of concern. </p>
<p>[Intern</a> Guide to Finding Housing in D.C.](<a href=“http://www.harkin.senate.gov/students/intern/internhousing.cfm]Intern”>http://www.harkin.senate.gov/students/intern/internhousing.cfm)</p>
<p>American University is not on the Metro (DC’s subway, which is NEVER called a subway). Students have to take a shuttle to and from the Metro station. </p>
<p>It might be worth finding out whether the shuttles run in the summer before making a commitment to American U.</p>
<p>One of my kids stayed in GW’s housing during an internship. It was very nice. It might be a good choice, even if you have to make other arrangements for the very beginning of the internship.</p>
<p>Investigate summer housing at George Mason University dorms in Fairfax, Virginia. Sure, it’s a metro train ride away from DC proper but there’s a station essentially on campus, I’m told. The drawback is, unlike NYC trains, Metro is not an all night operation, so early evenings might be the price of affordability.</p>
<p>There are many AU students who live in the Berkshires apartments near campus who may be looking for a summer roommate. Unfortunately, my D just found someone to fill her space for the summer - $750 a month for sharing a room in a 2 bedroom. I will ask her if she knows of anyone else who has a space for the summer. I’ll PM you if I hear anything.</p>
<p>Trust me–$280/week isn’t bad for DC. Think of it this way–approx. $1200/month for DC lodging and that’s not bad. Make sure it’s air conditioned!!!</p>
<p>Son used Craig’s List to find his studio apt. in the heart of DC. Don’t dismiss Craig’s list because we were informed that much of the housing in DC is found and rented through it. We didn’t have any problems with it.</p>
<p>AU has a shuttle to the metro, but it’s a pleasant walk through a safe residential neighborhood.</p>
<p>Check out the UC in DC dorms (UC Washington Center, located at 1608 Rhode Island Avenue (on Scott Circle)). My D is in the program this summer and the housing costs for mid-June - end of August is $2600. A friend of hers isn’t part of the program, and in fact doesn’t attend a UC, was able to stay there for an internship last summer as well as has a spot for this upcoming summer.</p>
<p>Bennnie,</p>
<p>Maybe she rent from my son if she is interested in VA (Dunn Loren). It’s a 2 bedroom condo acrooss from the Metro. Son accepted a job offer in CA and will probablby start early May. The unit will most likely stay empty thru the summer, unless he rent to someone else. PM if you want me to ask him.</p>
<p>thanks to all for the great suggestions. Perhaps AU is the best thing. She was told by the HR person at her company that she’ll need a car (which caused us to go buy her one - hope that turns out to be true!) so AU includes parking. Company is actually located in Rockville but she’ll spend half time at sites in DC near the Mall and half in office.</p>
<p>If she has a car, another possibility that hasn’t been mentioned before is a sublet in College Park, home of the University of Maryland. This would not be my first choice because it’s a nasty commute to Rockville (because of traffic, not distance), but it is possible.</p>
<p>Also, there are ads on Craigslist for sublets in Rockville and nearby Maryland communities – Bethesda, Silver Spring, Takoma Park. But you have to be careful. There are good neighborhoods and bad ones. (This is true near the University, too.) But there are plenty of people from the Maryland side of the DC suburbs on this board. We can advise you.</p>
<p>Here’s something else that might help. The National Institutes of Health, located on Metro’s Red Line at the Medical Center stop (which is between DC and Rockville) has lots of summer interns, as well as an endless parade of new employees. NIH doesn’t find housing for them, but it does provide resources. This is one of them: <a href=“http://www.recgov.oniontag.org/housing_real_estate[/url]”>http://www.recgov.oniontag.org/housing_real_estate</a> </p>
<p>I don’t know whether a non-NIH person could respond to the ads that require a response using the official e-mail form, but I don’t see any reason why she couldn’t respond to those that give a phone number or e-mail address.</p>
<p>It also might be helpful to look at a Metro map. The proportions are distorted, but they do give you some idea of where things are. <a href=“http://www.wmata.com/rail/maps/map.cfm?[/url]”>http://www.wmata.com/rail/maps/map.cfm?</a></p>
<p>jojoba: sent you a message. Replay to your email bounced back.</p>
<p>Although it’s been a while, son did a summer program at American University. Very nice campus. It is not close to a Metro, though, but was a nice neighborhood, at least in summer 2008.</p>
<p>My sister used to work in Virginia and hired interns and said many of her interns lived at George Mason for the summer.</p>
<p>Another thing to look at for work transportation is the MARC train. I believe it runs during the week, like the VRE does. I used the MARC train from Union Station that summer to get to BWI to fly out. I don’t believe it or VRE run during the weekend, so if her job is only M through F, she may use that as an alternative to driving through traffic.</p>
<p>My sister lives in Virginia still, though works for a different company, and she and her carpool leave at 430 in the morning to avoid the traffic. Yikes!</p>
<p>Is she in a sorority? Many girls from D2 schoo that have DC internships have found housing through sister chapters in the area.</p>