Fill your units for fall
Fill your units for fall

We want to help you fill your units for leases beginning in summer and fall 2021!

We understand that you may not know what availability you have at this time, and it is important to start thinking about how you will advertise your rentals to students in the virtual environment. We are here to help! 
Please note, the Neighborhood Housing Office will be closed for the holidays beginning Friday, December 18th and will reopen on Monday, January 4th, 2021.
Feel free to get started by confirming your participating in the Preferred Tenant and Good Neighbor programs and we will reach out to you beginning Monday, January 4th.

UWM's Format of Classes

This Spring 2021, UWM plans to continue offering a mix of in-person, but primarily online classes. Looking ahead to Fall 2021, UWM is looking forward to getting back to a more normal college experience. As vaccinations become more widespread, campus leadership is hopeful for a return to primarily in-person instruction and more face-to-face student services and activities.

3 Steps to Fill Your Units

While Neighborhood Housing is unable to host an in-person housing fair this year, we strongly encourage you to take advantage of 3 excellent opportunities to reach UWM students and get your units filled for next year!
  1. List your available units on the exclusive listing service for UWM students. Contact Tom Burns at College Pads for details: tom@rentcp.com
  2. Confirm your participation in the Preferred Tenant Program or the Good Neighbor program by January 17th to keep your listing service badge and remain on the website list. More details listed below.
  3. Advertise your rental units with Neighborhood Housing. Options include:
    1. Logo and link (where applicable) placement:
      1. Postcards mailed to 2,200 off-campus addresses of UWM students 
      2. E-newsletter delivered to 22,000 UWM students
      3. Preferred Tenant online course
    2. Advertisement on UWM snapchat, NHO Youtube, Instagram, or Facebook
    3. Participate in our virtual Tour of Homes programs occuring on Thursdays in the months of March and April.
View Advertising Opportunities

Confirm your participation in UWM Off-Campus incentive programs by January 17th, 2021

Staff will be purging our participation lists this January to ensure the College Pads listing service and our website are accurate and students can count on a correct list of landlords that participate in the Preferred Tenant and Good Neighbor Programs. Anyone who does not confirm their participation by submitting the form at the link below will have their listing service badges removed from their listings and names and contact info will be removed from our website on January 18th, 2021. 
Confirm Participation in Incentive Programs

Benefits for Participating Rental Companies

Marketing and Exposure:
By participating in either of these programs you will receive a badge that will appear on all your listings on the listing service: rentoffcampus.uwm.edu
Additionally, all participating rental companies and landlords will be listed on program webpages for students to view independently of the listing service: https://uwm.edu/neighborhoodhousing/preferred-tenant-program/ and https://uwm.edu/neighborhoodhousing/good-neighbor/
Responsible and Educated Tenants:
Students that participate in the Preferred Tenant Program are required to complete a rental education course outlining their rights and responsibilities as tenants. Students seeking a Good Neighbor landlord are seeking a positive relationship and a trustworthy landlord.

Program Requirements:

Both Programs:
  • Participation agreement must be renewed every 2 years.
  • Completion of this form including the submission of address spreadsheet template.
  • Cannot have any serious complaints or open violations on record for any properties owned within the last 5 years with:
    • the City of Milwaukee Department of Neighborhood Services Database, or
    • Wisconsin Circuit Court Access (CCAP)
  • Rental companies must not have more than three or more unresolved tenant complaints filed with the UWM University Legal Clinic ("ULC") or NHO within the previous twelve months period. A complaint shall be deemed unresolved if: (1) it results in a court order granting a remedy to a tenant; or (2) the Property Manager, Owner, or Landlord has not made a good faith effort to respond to and or settle the complaint with the ULC or tenant within thirty (30) days of its filing with ULC.
Preferred Tenant Program: 
Landlords and property managers must agree to offer tenants 2% off their monthly rent and/or $250 off their security deposit and utilize the Lease Addendum provided to students by the Neighborhood Housing Office who have completed the course to get the agreement in writing for both the benefit of the landlord and the tenant. See example addendum here.

Good Neighbor Program:
Landlords and property managers must have a City of Milwaukee landlord training program (or equivalent program approved by the Neighborhood Housing Office) certificate on file with the Neighborhood Housing Office completed within the past 10 years.
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COVID-19 Testing

Free testing is available for community members and students at the Kenwood campus. Please encourage your tenants to get tested regularly.
Off-campus students will be required to get tested every 2 weeks beginning on January 25. Students need to self-report their test to campus.
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