Rent in Chicago under $400 (apartments, for rent, neighborhood)

[wannabeonmyown]

Is is possible to get a studio apartment in Chicago for under $400 a month?

[uicgrad]

no

[chet everett]

I suppose if you are willing to a call the closet under someone's staircase a studio apartment and your "landlord" some idiot on airbnb that says in Chicago-ese "studio means shared bathroom" then sure anything is possible, but realistically NO

[nearnorth]

It's possible, but very rare. Here's one:

Studio for Rent

You'd be better off getting a bigger place with roommates if your budget is $400. Any studio at that price is going to be pretty horrid, I'm afraid.

[marothisu]

Very rare, otherwise what Chet says is kind of true. I have friends renting out rooms in areas for under $400 part of larger apartments, and it's essentially a closet with enough room for a bed, a small dresser, and a tall plastic organizer with drawers. This happens in NYC and it does happen here too but not nearly as much. Probably not legal anyway..

[chet everett]

Originally Posted by marothisu

Very rare, otherwise what Chet says is kind of true. I have friends renting out rooms in areas for under $400 part of larger apartments, and it's essentially a closet with enough room for a bed, a small dresser, and a tall plastic organizer with drawers. This happens in NYC and it does happen here too but not nearly as much. Probably not legal anyway..

Thumbs up all around

[Drover]

Not in any neighborhood any sane person would purposely live in.

If you're male, maybe try getting an SRO at the YMCA or something.

[emathias]

Originally Posted by Drover

Not in any neighborhood any sane person would purposely live in.

If you're male, maybe try getting an SRO at the YMCA or something.

I wouldn't recommend that unless you're really, truly, desperate.

[alexander.225]

Find some roommates


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[NARFALICIOUS]

Originally Posted by nearnorth

It's possible, but very rare. Here's one:

Studio for Rent

You'd be better off getting a bigger place with roommates if your budget is $400. Any studio at that price is going to be pretty horrid, I'm afraid.

Exactly. Based on that location, that place is probably terrible.

The only time I paid less than 400, actually less than 300 was when 2 of my friends and I shared an $800 2 bedroom that had a patio, which I used as a bedroom. Very cold in there.


Then in Uptown in 2008-2009, I had a studio for $535 that was decently sized. In the same building they had a studio less than half the size of mine, for $425. Not sure the square footage of that $425 one, but the whole apartment was about the size of a bathroom.

G'Luck.