Living in Milwaukee
Moving to Milwaukee to start graduate school? Looking to move to a new location in the area? AEGS offers the following links as resources to navigating the rental market and accommodating yourself with the city.
Apartment listings online:
OnMilwaukee.com
Here, you can find a comprehensive Milwaukee guide with links to apartment rental listings
JS Online
The homepage of the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel. Search the classified ads for housing online according to location, size, price range, etc.
Apartment Renting.com
This section of Apartment Renting.com deals exclusively with the Marquette campus area.
Off-Campus Housing
Lists vacancies and allows people looking for an apartment to put up a notice. It's a good starting point and provides summaries (i.e. rent, pets, parking, utilities, etc.) most places are on the East side, UWM area, or Riverwest.
Note: The Marquette Tribune publishes a Housing Supplement each semester with ads and a map for campus area houses and apartments from 22nd-11th Sts. and State-Clybourn.
Crime and safety:
•MU Public Safety Main Site - In addition to their security services, Marquette's Department of Public Safety routinely offers many programs on personal safety, home and apartment security, and much else.
•Community Mapping, Planning, and Analysis for Safety Strategies (COMPASS) - Concerned about the area you live in or are considering living in? Get the hard facts. This part of the city website gives detailed scaleable maps that you can manipulate to graphically represent current data relating to population, property, health, and crime.
More helpful web sites about Milwaukee:
http://www.ci.mil.wi.us/display/router.asp?DocID=1 - A guide to the City of Milwaukee’s ordinances, municipal services, and neighborhoods
The Renter's Kit - Everything you need to know when renting property.
Department of Neighborhood Services - Useful information such as "Your Rights as a Renter" and "How to File Complaints Against Your Landlord”
Housing and Urban Development - Buying a house can be cheaper than renting--and profitable.
The Greater Milwaukee Visitors and Convention Bureau