OCLA Housing Talk

Date

Tuesday November 25, 2025
7:00 pm - 8:00 pm

Location

Ellis Auditorium (Room 152), Ellis Hall, 58 University Avenue

Do you have questions about navigating the Kingston Rental Market, and your rights and responsibilities as a future tenant? Are you feeling pressure to sign a lease and not really sure where to start?

Come and meet Sergio, one of our Off-Campus Living Advisors who will do a presentation with a Q&A to follow.

Signing up to attend this housing talk is not required, but if you would like to tell us that you are planning to attend, we can send a reminder as we get closer.

Tell us you will attend

Housemate Search Social

Date

Thursday November 13, 2025
6:30 pm - 8:30 pm

Location

BanRigh Private Dinning Room

Cupcakes & Connections! 🧁

Looking for a housemate or just want to meet other students living off-campus for next year?
Join us for our Housemate Search Social: Cupcake Decorating Edition!
Come decorate cupcakes, make friends, and maybe even find your next roommate 👯

Drop-in anytime between 6:30pm & 8:30pm!

*supplies are provided by the OCLA office. 

Housing Resource Fair

Date

Wednesday October 29, 2025
6:00 pm - 8:00 pm

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. 

Housemate Search Social

Date

Monday October 20, 2025
5:00 pm - 6:30 pm

Looking 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

*Registration link*

No pressure, just good vibes, paint, and potential new friends (and housemates!).

Bring your creativity — we’ll bring the mini pumpkins.

Housing Resource Fair

Start Date

Tuesday October 28, 2025

End Date

Wednesday October 29, 2025

Time

6:00 pm - 8:00 pm

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. 

Don't Wait! Start Your Housemate Talks Today!

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.

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Month-to-Month Tenancies: What Queen's Students Need to Know

What Is a Month-to-Month Tenancy?

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.

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