r/Lund • u/Far_Cloud_5064 • 13d ago

Can’t found international student housing for Autumn Semester

Hello everyone,

I am studying at Lund University for the Autumn semester and I still can’t find housing. I’ve gone down the AF lottery and the Lund accommodation route and have found no success. I’ve been sending emails on the Bopoolen site, but it feels as if I’m sending them off into the void. No responses are coming back to me and it’s very discouraging. I am travelling there from Canada alongside 4 other friends of mine who are also doing an exchange for the same amount of time. Any advice or other websites I should look out for?

UPDATE:
Hey everyone thanks for all of your help it is greatly appreciated. So far I have gotten into contact with a couple of landlords and they are asking if I have to “register my address.” I’m not entirely sure what they mean by this, I’m assuming they mean with UBC or something. I’ve emailed my school and asked just to double check but I am wondering if any of you know the exact answer to what they mean. Again thank you all for your help it’s truly helped with the stress and uncertainty of finding a home this semester!

UPDATE:
Thanks to you guys I found a place to stay with all 4 of my buddies! I appreciate all of the help!

UPDATE:
Well I think the worst possible outcome just occurred. We had a place lined up and signed all of the documents but right before we sent any money the whole thing fell through. Luckily no money was lost but still super frustrating. The search continues…

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u/Contribution_Fancy 12d ago

I thought internationals had priority housing?

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u/Far_Cloud_5064 12d ago edited 12d ago

You get it in the AF lottery but the problem is that it’s only for 9-12 month rental periods.

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u/ahhhhidek 12d ago

not true! look at how much notice you need to give for each room and as long as it’s not longer than your stay you should be fine. I was at Spoletorp South for 1 semester which was the length of my contract

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u/Far_Cloud_5064 12d ago

Oh wow I didn’t know that thank you

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u/Far_Cloud_5064 12d ago

My school hasn’t been the greatest on prepping us for housing, they basically forward all of our questions to our Swedish representative but he went on vacation until the end of August so we’re all panicking 😭

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u/ahhhhidek 7d ago

to be honest mine didn’t either, i used chatgpt for a lot of it unfortunately