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Off-Campus Housing Near Chaminade
$1,605+/unit
Fees may applyHale Haukani
$1,145+/unit
Fees may applyHale Mahana
$2,549/unit
Fees may applyPunahou Heights
$1,000+/unit
Fees may applyHale Mahana Apartments
$799/unit
Fees may applyKalo Terrace
About Off-Campus Housing Near Chaminade University of Honolulu
Chaminade University of Honolulu tucks about 2,200 students onto a green hillside campus at the base of St. Louis Heights, in the Kaimuki area of Honolulu on Oahu. It's a small, Marianist Catholic school, so the feel is close-knit and personal rather than a big-stadium college scene. From campus you can see Diamond Head crater off to one side and the ocean to the other, and the surrounding streets are quiet and residential. The Kaimuki district along Waialae Avenue is the local hub, Kapahulu and Waikiki beach sit just downhill, and the lush Manoa Valley is a short trip over. Most students get around on TheBus, which stops right in front of campus on Waialae Avenue and runs all over the island, plus bikes and shared rides.
Chaminade University of Honolulu Housing Requirements
Freshman Live-On Requirement
Chaminade offers first-year students community-style residence halls on campus but doesn't impose a strict mandatory live-on requirement the way many mainland schools do. Incoming students can choose between the halls and living off campus.
Off-Campus Eligibility
Continuing students often return to the halls or move into a nearby university-affiliated apartment complex, and others rent in the surrounding Honolulu neighborhoods. Off-campus, you're renting in a regular, in-demand island market made up mostly of condos, walk-up apartments, and rooms in houses rather than student complexes, and competition is stiff because all of Oahu's renters are in the same pool. Landlords run credit and income checks and often want first month, a deposit, and sometimes last month up front, so budget for steep move-in totals.
Lease Timing
Read the lease for who covers water and electric, since AC and island utility rates add up, and watch for parking, which is scarce and sometimes extra. Confirm any building rules in condo rentals before you sign.