Housing for Temporary Teacher

[bobobb.livejournal.com]

My brother, a teacher at Charlestown High, is sponsoring a teacher from Egypt for a US-sponsored teacher exchange program. He has just arrived in town and we are hunting around a bit to find him a good housing situation. We are looking to set him up in a short term rental (3 months or so starting September 1st), in a furnished apartment, in a safe neighborhood with easy access to public transportation. We'd prefer to find him roommates to live with rather than having him live on his own. Craigslist sadly has turned up nothing good, so I thought I'd post here to see if anyone has anything.

Comments

[wickedtrue.livejournal.com]

Tell him to check out Tufts (http://tuftsoch.blogspot.com/)! I know most of the landlords that contact us are always wanting teachers as their tenants.

[closetalker11.livejournal.com]

IDK if it would work in this area, but VRBO.com (VRBO=Vacation rental By Owner) often has rentals for several months at a time.

[ominousspectre.livejournal.com]

Can't help with housing, but I'm really curious about which teacher exchange program this person went through - I always see stuff online, but am pretty wary about trying to sign up for something like this without knowing if it's the real deal.

[mamabunny72.livejournal.com]

airbnb.com?
A search of [private room] in Boston, MA/ 1 person for Sepy-dec yielded 58 posts.

I have no experience with that site, but I love to look at the listings in Italy and NYC :-)