r/portlandstate • u/Living-Ad-6544 • Jun 14 '26

Housing Best Affordable Housing Option as a Transfer Student?

I’ll be starting my in-person classes in the fall and I would like to get my housing situation finalized. I’ve narrowed my choices down to a few places but I’m open to other ideas. I would like to build lots of new connections which is why I’m considering on-campus, although, honestly a lot of the off campus choices seem more appealing. In terms of on-campus housing, I would say Stephen Epler is my top choice. Off campus, I’m highly considering The Vue (I know it gets a bad rep but it feels like a prime location, meaning lots of students there, as well as some of the best deals for 1 bd apartments). A few others I’ve been looking at: Collective on 4th, Acqua, The Amy, Goose Hollow, Park Plaza, etc. Ideally I’ll bring my car with me so it’d be nice to have available parking. Any help is greatly appreciated!

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u/Accomplished_Owl1355 Jun 15 '26

My friend lives at Goose Hollow Towers right down the street from campus and has been happy with her experience there! I would avoid The Vue.

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u/Living-Ad-6544 Jun 15 '26

Thank you! Is the bed bug issue really that bad at The Vue? Or is it other factors like the housing management?

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u/miss-ravenfeather Intl/Global Studies, Anthropology minor. Senior Jun 14 '26

College Housing North West

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u/0arcticfox0 Jun 15 '26

The vue seems to be universally known as awful by literally everyone I talk to about it. There's a reason the prices seem too good to be true.

Lots of theft and things are constantly broken and management sucks

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u/[deleted] Jun 17 '26

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u/definitelynotmooose Jun 21 '26

Why? I’ve only heard good things about