Date
Monday October 20, 2025Looking for housemates for next year?
Come hang out, paint a mini pumpkin, and meet other students also searching for roommates or housemates to share a unit with!
Date: Monday October 20th
Time: 5:00 PM–6:30 PM
Location: JDUC Room 348
No pressure, just good vibes, paint, and potential new friends (and housemates!).
Bring your creativity — we’ll bring the mini pumpkins.
Start Date
Tuesday October 28, 2025End Date
Wednesday October 29, 2025Time
6:00 pm - 8:00 pmLocation
All Queen's University students are welcome to attend this free event!
Meet potential landlords/property management companies, the Off-Campus Living Advisors, learn about lease timelines, and connect with local housing resources—all in one place. This is also an opportunity to connect with other students looking for housing and to learn about upcoming housemate socials.
Students, all you have to do is show up with questions to ask, no registration is required!
Please note: leases are not allowed to be signed at this event. Landlords and property managers attending the event have no affiliation with Queen's University and are by no means recommended and/or vetted. Independent research and due diligence is required.
Are you living with others for the first time or coming back together after being apart for the summer? Regardless of your situation, living with others can be difficult so it is important to keep open lanes of communication, inform your housemates of your expectations, priorities, and be ready to compromise.
Ontario's Residential Tenancies Act (RTA), assumes that students who sign a joint and several lease have a shared understanding of how they will live together. When you sign a joint and several lease, you are financially responsible for each other.
Moving to a new home has two sides. One is the stressful side, with many details to worry about, fear of the new, and changes. The other is the exciting side, with the new life that opens up, new experiences, and opportunities – especially for students who are moving away from home to start their university journey.
If you signed a lease for a set time, like one year, and you don’t move out or sign a new lease, your rental becomes month-to-month. This means you can keep living there without signing anything new. You do not have to move out when the lease ends.
The rules from your old lease still apply. You just go forward one month at a time. This arrangement gives you more flexibility and can be especially useful if you’re unsure about your future plans.
How to Find the Right Neighborhood in Kingston for Students
With lots of students looking to sign their first leases for the upcoming year, here are a few frequently asked questions we’ve seen come across our desks:
Living with housemates, especially those who you were friends with before moving in together, can be an appealing yet daunting decision to make. Many have shared their horror stories about moving in with their best friends, and that causing their friendship to fall apart.
