Off-campus Housing

The Off-Campus Housing Assistance (OCHA) office helps Columbia affiliates in their search for rental housing in non-Columbia-owned buildings located in the metropolitan area.  OCHA  maintains a Web site and regular office hours to provide advice, resources, and an online database of available housing.

OCHA offers its services free of charge. It does not operate as a real estate or rental agency. However, some of its listers may charge a fee.

The services offered by OCHA are for the use of students, faculty, staff and alumni of the schools of Columbia University at the Morningside Heights, Medical Center, and Lamont-Doherty Campuses. Also included are Barnard and Teachers College, and if cross-registered at Columbia, students of Jewish Theological and Union Theological Seminaries.

Office Hours

Monday-Friday from 9:00 A.M. to 5:00 P.M.

OCHA is located at: 419 West 119th Street-Lower Level, on the north side of the street between Amsterdam Avenue and Morningside Drive.

Telephone number: (212) 854-2773
Fax number: (212) 854-5333
E-mail: ocha@columbia.edu