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The State University of New York College of Technology at Delhi, known as SUNY Delhi, brings about 3,077 students to the Village of Delhi, a small county seat in the foothills of the Catskill Mountains. Each fall the village of roughly 3,000 nearly doubles, and Main Street takes on a college-town edge. The setting is the draw: campus has an 18-hole golf course and an Outdoor Education Center with trails along the Little Delaware River, and the wider Catskills put hiking, fishing, and skiing nearby. The Broncos compete in Division III, and it's a tight, outdoorsy place where the mountains are basically your backyard. Campus climbs a hillside above the village, so most students walk into town, but you'll want a car for trips beyond Delhi since transit is thin.
Under SUNY Board of Trustees policy, all full-time undergraduates must live in SUNY Delhi residence facilities, so most underclassmen are on campus. The hillside dorms above the village keep new students close to class and town.
The main exemption is age: students who turn 21 before October 1 (or March 1 for spring starters) can live off campus, and those who've lived on campus two years or commute from a family home nearby may qualify case by case. Either way you file a Request to Live Off Campus form and wait for approval, usually within three business days, before signing.
Off campus means a small rural village, mostly shared houses from local landlords rather than big complexes. The village requires a rental occupancy permit with a code inspection, and owners based outside Delaware County must name a local agent within 20 miles, so ask to see the permit. Read leases for who pays heat, since cold Catskill winters make oil or propane add up, confirm parking and snow removal, and get every roommate on the lease.
Housing policies change frequently. Always verify current requirements directly with SUNY College of Technology at Delhi before signing a lease.
Delhi is a small rural market, so there's no frantic preleasing race, but the catch is there just aren't many off-campus units, so the decent ones go early. If you're 21 or otherwise cleared to move off, start looking in late winter or early spring, roughly February through April, for a fall lease. Local landlords often line up next year's tenants well before summer. The closer to campus and Main Street you want to be, the sooner you should commit.
The February-through-April stretch is when the limited supply turns over. Word of mouth matters more than big listing sites here, though SUNY Delhi does point students to an Apartments.com listings page, so watch that, ask older students, and check local rental boards and community pages. Spots near campus and Main Street fill first. Acting during this window gives you the best shot at a walkable place.
If you search late in summer, options narrow fast, so be flexible on location and consider taking over a graduating student's place. Spring and summer sublets are uncommon in a town this size, so plan around a standard lease. Looking toward the outskirts near Route 28 can turn up more space and parking. Just expect to want a car if you land farther from the center.
Walkable to class and town, the easiest car-free setup and the spots that go first.
A short walk up the hill, with shared houses popular among students, plus older homes on side streets like Kingston Street offering more room.
Quiet, green blocks near the Little Delaware sit a little further from the shops, while the outskirts toward Route 28 offer more space and parking but call for a car.
Common questions from students searching for housing.
A private room in a shared house or apartment near SUNY Delhi usually runs $550-$850/month per person. Splitting a house with several roommates lands at the lower end, while a small one-bedroom on your own runs more like $1,000-$1,400/month, sometimes with extra fees for parking. The village market is thin, so sharing is how most students keep their share manageable.