Long-term Rentals

Will you be staying for an extended period of time? These resources can help guide you in the right direction to find your ideal housing.

Please note that long-term on-campus housing is only available to enrolled students and not available to postdoctoral employees or visiting scholars and faculty. If you are not an enrolled student and will be here for an extended stay, please consider the options below.

Extended stay hotels

• Extended Stay America
  4870 Calle Real
  Santa Barbara, CA 93111
  Phone: (805) 692-1882
  Toll Free: (800) 398-7829
  Fax: (805) 692-1833
  http://www.extendedstayamerica.com

Online Resources (most beneficial for longer stays)

• Craigslist – This is an online resource for classified ads. Here you can find all sorts of housing options from single apartments to furnished apartments to roommates. Looking for a bicycle, furniture or other housing goods? You can find it here as well.
  http://santabarbara.craigslist.org/apa/
• Airbnb – This is a “vacation rental” website that also includes private, furnished rooms in apartments and homes at reasonable rates. Please note that many of these rentals do not allow guests.  
  http://www.airbnb.com/s/Santa-Barbara—CA
• SabbaticalHomes – This online resource is similar to Airbnb and other vacation rental websites, but targeted towards the academic community.  
  http://www.sabbaticalhomes.com
• ApartmentList.com - "We work hard to find the listings that are most relevant to you, making your search easier. From finding the right location to a manageable commute and beyond, we‘re genuinely pumped about helping you through the entire process."
  http://apartmentlist.com/ca/santa-barbara

Vacation rentals

• Please also visit the Short-term rentals page for more information on vacation rentals. Some rentals offer monthly rates.

Other Resources
University Listservs – The following UCSB listservs are often used for advertisements for shared housing. 

• UCSB International Students Association has a listserv for international students to advertise housing and items for sale. To subscribe to this email list, send an email to: ISABIZ-L-SUBSCRIBE-REQUEST [at] LISTSERV [dot] UCSB [dot] EDU
• The Graduate Students Association (GSA) has a listserv for offers and requests for housing. You can join the housing listserv by visiting: https://listserv.ucsb.edu/lsv-cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=gsa-housing-l&A=1