What is the difference between a student apartment and a regular apartment?

winstonlover: What is the difference between a student apartment and a regular apartment?
Can a family, as opposed to college students, rent an apartment in an off-campus apartment complex that is labeled “student housing?” What about for a student’s parents to co-sign a lease for a regular apartment at a complex that does not market itself to students?

Answers and Views:

Answer by Bill
Most student housing apartments will not rent to families and most families would not want to live there anyway. Students can rent regular apartments in residential neighborhoods if they meet the age and financial requirements.

Answer by Janice 10
A family renting in a student apartment complex would depend on the landlord and availability usually they are all taken, because they are more affordable and very nice apartments.

Answer by Designer Dogs are fancy mutts
The question is, why would you want to rent in student housing?? They are loud, noisy and cater mainly to students. Chances are they will not rent to families.

Students can live in apartments that are not student housing and will probably need to have parents co-sign since they dont’ have a job or credit history.

Take it from someone who went to college, spend the first year living in the dorms two if you can then move off campus or move into student housing, this way you’ll make friends if you live on campus and can find roommates to share an apartment with.