Sublets & roommates in Provo

What to know in Provo

• Provo's student market runs largely on by-the-bed contracts: each student signs for their own space, and only the complex can move that contract into someone else's name.
• BYU's Off-Campus Housing Office runs the approved-housing system; it does not handle transfers. Each complex's office sets its own procedure and fee.
• Until the complex formally completes a transfer, the original student still owes the rent, whatever the two students agreed between themselves.
• Federal law bars housing ads that state a preference by sex, but stating a fact about the unit, such as that it is designated women's housing under BYU's approved-housing system, is different. Our contract guide explains the line.

Sources: BYU Off-Campus Housing; BYU Housing Info: Contracted Housing; BYU Student Housing Policy.

Our guides

• Sell your BYU housing contractSelling a BYU housing contract in Provo: how the transfer works, what the complex office does, and fair-housing rules for your listing.
• Contract season in ProvoProvo's student housing contracts do not trade evenly through the year — they trade in four short waves set by two academic calendars that do not line up.
• Contract sales boardA free, structured board for BYU and UVU student housing contracts in Provo and Orem — sell a contract you can't keep, or take over someone else's mid-year.
• Provo city guide