About Residential Services

Hyde Park, a historical neighborhood located approximately six miles from downtown Chicago, is a place where people of all ages, races, and socioeconomic backgrounds can find a place for their spirits to soar, whether their niche is intellectual life, political action, the arts, sports, or social life.

You will soon find that the same spirit of inquiry at the University of Chicago permeates Hyde Park with its many and diverse educational and religious institutions, its vibrant museums, and even its restaurants, coffee shops, and performance venues. Wherever you go, you will see people absorbed in a book or involved in a lively conversation – at the corner cafe, grocery store, or park.

Nearly all of the University’s students and more than 60 percent of its faculty and staff reside in the neighborhoods of Hyde Park, Kenwood, and Woodlawn. Complement your academic experience by becoming part of a diverse and intellectual community.

Residential Services (RS) assists qualified graduate students, faculty, and staff members of the University and University of Chicago Medical Center in locating a home within close proximity to their school or workplace.

Consider renting one of the over 1,800 units owned and managed by the University of Chicago, a responsive landlord committed to providing safe and comfortable housing. RS also facilitates the purchase of a new home within the neighborhood by eligible faculty and staff.

Residential Services
Mission Statement

Residential Services (RS) supports the University of Chicago—its faculty, staff, and students—and the University community by operating a thoroughly professional, high quality, and responsive organization. The goal of RS is to provide a variety of safe and comfortable housing options for University students, faculty, and staff—in conjunction with excellent customer service—that make living in the Hyde Park area attractive.

We also strive to identify and encourage quality retail tenants to locate in our neighborhood, and we work diligently to retain businesses that help support the strength and vitality of the University community. We endeavor to accomplish this while operating the University’s assets in a professional, cost-effective, and business-like manner, with close attention to the bottom line, and strong emphasis on overall customer satisfaction.

RS works constantly to represent the University to the community in a very positive light by maintaining our buildings, inside and out, with a clean and neat appearance, and by making conscious efforts to be a very good neighbor.