08.11.2024 Housing Support: Tandem Apartment Search
Support for international students
Are you from abroad and looking for an apartment?
Are you wondering: Where can I look for an apartment? How do I protect myself from fraud? How do I write a good e-mail to a landlord? How do I introduce myself in a shared flat casting? How does apartment hunting work in Germany?
Are you worried because your German is not so good, because you are still living in emergency accommodation or a temporary rental, because you got your visa late and are only entering the country and don’t know how to look for an apartment in Germany?
Our new program “Housing Support: Tandem Apartment Search”
The International Office offers you guidance: in our advice, information material or our housing sessions.
Together with the Marburg-Biedenkopf Volunteer Agency, we are now launching a new program to support students in their search for accommodation and to help international students in particular. The aims of the project include the following:
- Supporting newly arrived students, for example with applications for apartments, providing information about the housing market, helping with job interviews;
- Creating low-threshold offers;
- Involving the student community to draw attention to the issue;
- Involving the city community, for example to promote subletting etc.
We match volunteers from Marburg with (international) students in a housing support tandem
Who are the volunteers? Other students and Marburg citizens of all ages, who are prepared with a short training course to support you.
How does it work?
- Students who would like support and guidance register via an online form
- Volunteers from Marburg who would like to provide support also register via an online form
- We will match you in tandems. The tandems are a trusting team for a limited period of time
- The International Office and the Volunteer Agency will accompany you and are always available to answer your questions
- The tandem ends depending on how much time the volunteers have or at the latest when you have found housing
Important: The volunteers take extra time for you and are committed to helping you. Please treat them with respect and appreciation, i.e. keep agreements, be reliable, accept boundaries and communicate openly and honestly.
What your tandem partner will NOT do:
- Take over the apartment search for you
- Arrange apartments for you directly
- Accompany you permanently
If you agree and are interested, please get in touch using this form:
Information about the form:
- If possible, please enter your full contact and address details so that we can contact you easily
- We will take care of finding a suitable tandem (volunteer) for you as quickly as possible
- This is not a registration for an apartment. You are still responsible for finding an apartment. Volunteers can only support you with applications and viewings.
- Your details will only be used to find suitable volunteers and will be transmitted with special protection using SSL encryption.