Housing Options

Portland, Oregon is often named as one of the most livable cities in the United States. In general, housing is not hard to find in the Portland area. Use this section to find links to information about Portland’s neighborhoods, apartment rental resources, and off-campus listings.

Graduate Housing Guide

VeryApt’s Lewis & Clark Graduate Housing Guide provides a comprehensive, customized resource for students searching for local housing. The housing guide includes helpful information including neighborhood guides, apartment ratings, housing data, and renter resources.

Portland Neighborhoods

Choosing which part of the city to live in can be difficult with all the options available. To help narrow down what you’re looking for and to learn more about Portland’s several unique neighborhoods, this website can prove very useful: http://www.portlandbridges. com/portland-neighborhoods.

Rental Listing & Apartment Finder Websites:

We are not able to specifically recommend or endorse any of these websites or companies - they are listed simply as resources. 

• Apartments.com - Includes mostly large complexes

• Capmng.com (property management company)
• Chnw.org- College Housing Northwest, a nonprofit housing corporation in Portland, Oregon provides housing in seven unique apartment buildings, all located in downtown Portland. Any student who is attending a college or university in Portland is eligible to live in College Housing Northwest properties. Lewis & Clark provides a free shuttle bus from campus to downtown Portland every day during the academic year (September-May).

• Craigslist.org - Houses, apartments, shared housing, sublets, etc. Search “Lewis & Clark” or look for your neighborhood of choice.

• Diggz - An online roommate, rooms and apartments search platform with Portland, OR search options
• Homes.com- Includes houses and apartment complexes
• Inter-west.com (property management company)
• Kbcmgmt.com (property management company)
• Mainlander.com (property management company)

• Rent.com - Includes mostly large complexes

• Rent.apmportland.com (property management company)
• RentToOwnLabs.com - Includes single houses, townhomes, and apartment complexes
• The College partners with Utopia Property Management to offer housing options conveniently close to campus and are rented by the room. These houses are specifically designated and available for graduate and law students. For more information or to learn about the availability of rooms contact Utopia Property Management at portland@utopiamanagement.com.

• Trulia.com - Includes houses and apartment complexes, large and small

• Zillow.com -Includes single houses, townhomes, and apartment complexes