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Homestay facilities provide the student with the opportunity to stay with an American family. Staying with an American host will offer you a unique opportunity to learn about and experience first hand American lifestyles. You will also learn English much more rapidly while living with an American Host.

Housing Options with Just Like Home

To ensure that ICLS students have this opportunity, we refer them to Just Like Home, a local organization that specializes in these arrangements. To apply for housing, please click the button below.

Homestay hosts are professional individuals who have native-like fluency. English is the primary language used in the home. All of the hosts are well educated and have a genuine interest in international cultural exchange. Visits are made to host families to ensure that they meet high standards, and all homes are located in safe areas.

Just Like Home’s homestay program is designed to make our participants feel at home, while away from home. Standard homestay packages are for a 28-day stay. Please see standard Homestay costs* below;

Commute time of 50 minutes or less*

Choices
Meal Plans
Rates (Per 4 Weeks)
Rates (Per Day - 3 Weeks or Less)
Bed & Breakfast
Self-served continental breakfast 7 days a week.
$1,000-$1,100
$40
Standard
Self-served continental breakfast 7 days per week & host prepared dinner 4 days per week (Monday-Thursday).
$1,375-$1,500
$57
Deluxe
Self-served continental breakfast 7 days a week & host prepared dinner 7 days per week.
$1575-$1675
$62

Commute time of 30 minutes or less*

Choices
Meal Plans
Rates (Per 4 Weeks)
Rates (Per Day - 3 Weeks or Less)
Bed & Breakfast
Self-served continental breakfast 7 days a week.
$1,150-$1,275
$45
Standard
Self-served continental breakfast 7 days per week & host prepared dinner 4 days per week (Monday-Thursday).
$1,425-$1,600
$60
Deluxe
Self-served continental breakfast 7 days a week & host prepared dinner 7 days per week.
$1,575-$1,775
$64

*Commute time includes bus and/or train. It does not include walking or waiting time.

**Registration fee not included. The Standard Homestay rates may be higher depending on the home, amenities, and location. This fee is paid directly to Just Like Home. Prices subject to change. Check with Just Like Home for updates on pandemic-related requirements.

Requirements

You will need to be a registered ICLS student in order to take advantage of the homestay program.

Housing Options with 4stay

ICLS also works with 4stay.

4stay offers International Center for Language Studies students with variety of housing and affordable rooms for rent around college campus. Anyone can easily search online for a fully furnished apartments and all utilities included private rooms, shared rooms and entire homes for a semester, a year, month-to-month or short term rentals. For those students who want to experience local culture, we have homestay program.

Also, students can find a roommate at International Center for Language Studies (ICLS) who are attending same school, then review & book their stays to become roommates. On 4stay anyone who has fully furnished rooms can post apartments for rent, houses for rent and sublets for rent to students of International Center for Language Studies (ICLS).

Whether you want to sublet or book a dorm room, stay in one of the student housing or student apartment options, or simply find a roommate, 4stay is your destination for off-campus housing. 4stay is like Airbnb for student housing or simply a roommate finder marketplace.