Calroommates & off-campus housing.
Crashmates verifies every Cal member against their @berkeley.edu email and the federal IPEDS database before they can post or message — find a roommate, room, sublease, or lease takeover near Berkeley, free to join, no subscription.
Looking for a roommate, room, or sublease at Cal?
Pick a flow. Every Cal listing is from a .edu-verified student.
Find a roommate
Match with verified Cal students by lifestyle, budget, and move-in date.
→Browse rooms
Off-campus rooms and shared apartments near Cal — posted by verified students.
→Find a sublease
Semester subleases at Cal — study abroad, internships, summer terms.
→Lease takeovers
Need out fast? Hand off your lease to a verified student.
→Where do Cal students live off campus?
Crashmates connects verified Cal students across Berkeley, CA (ZIP 94720). Whether you are looking for Cal housing near campus, off-campus housing near Cal, or rooms for rent in Berkeley, every listing is from a student verified through their @berkeley.edu email. The platform covers Berkeley and the surrounding Alameda County area. Crashmates makes finding Cal subleases, lease takeovers, and roommate matches faster than Craigslist, Facebook groups, or paid subscription apps, because every profile is verified before it is visible to other students. Verification completes in under 30 seconds via a one-click email code cross-checked against the federal IPEDS database — the same registry the US Department of Education uses to track every accredited college.
Semester subleases at Cal.
Every fall and spring, Cal students leave for a semester — study abroad, internships, co-ops, early graduation — and need someone to take their room in Berkeley instead of paying for an empty one. At the same time, exchange students, transfers, and interns arrive at Cal needing a place for a single term, not a year-long lease. Crashmates matches both sides, and everyone's a verified Cal student — not a stranger off Facebook.
New to it? See how semester subleases work →
Which neighborhoods near Cal do students rent in?
The areas most Cal students rent in. Browse listings by neighborhood.
How long does it take to find a roommate at Cal?
From signup to your first match in about 5 minutes.
Verify your @berkeley.edu email
Sign up with your Cal email address. We send a verification code, you click it, and our IPEDS cross-check confirms you’re really at Cal in about 30 seconds.
Build a Cal profile
Answer eight quick lifestyle questions (sleep schedule, cleanliness, social habits, budget, target move-in). Add a photo or two and your Berkeley neighborhood preferences. Done in about 4 minutes.
Match with verified Cal students
Browse profiles ranked by compatibility, like the ones you vibe with, and message the students you want. Skip the cold spam. Skip the bots. Just real Cal students looking for a roommate near Berkeley or wherever you’re moving.
What makes Crashmates different from other roommate apps for Cal students?
Other roommate apps don’t verify students. Roomster charges every Cal student a subscription to message profiles — most of which are bots or scammers operating outside the US. Bunky doesn’t verify .edu emails at all and doesn’t carry housing listings. Facebook Cal groups are full of brokers and fake posts. Craigslist is a privacy nightmare. Crashmates was built specifically for the Cal community: only students with a verified @berkeley.edu email can join, and joining, posting, browsing, and matching are all free — you only spend a credit to send the first message in a new conversation, with no subscriptions, no auto-renewals, and no $30/month surprises. Cal students looking for verified students near me, Berkeley roommates near me, or Cal housing near campus get the cleanest signal of any roommate app on the market.
Who are the newest Cal students on Crashmates?
Crashmates is live here — meet the host, and Cal's founding student.
Every member is a verified Cal student — cross-checked against their @berkeley.edu email and the federal IPEDS database. No bots, no Craigslist creeps. See how it works →
Frequently asked questions about Cal roommates.
How does .edu verification work at Cal?
Is Crashmates free for Cal students?
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