MAC Online Housing Guide
- House Hunting
- Looking for Housemates
- Establishing Housing Priorities
- Looking for Houses
- Viewing Houses
- Before Signing a Lease: Doing Your Research
- Signing a Lease
- Furnishing Your House
- Moving In
- Living in the Community
- Welcome to Kingston
- Bylaws
- Kingston Waste Programs
- Fire Safety
- Theft Prevention
- Insurance
- More Information
- Sustainable Housing
- Kingston Property Standards
- Residential Tenancies Act
- Negligent Landlords
- Contacts and Resources
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Municipal Affairs Commission 613.533.6000 ext. 75178 This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it The MAC is the branch of your student government that exists to defend your rights and provide information about living in Kingston. For general advice from a student perspective, call, email, or visit anytime!
Student Property Assessment Team (SPAT) 613.533.6000 ext. 75178 This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it This AMS service provides free property inspections by trained students who can help determine if you should call the city inspectors.
Campus Security 613.533.6733 (non-emergency)
City of Kingston 613.546.000 Contact the City for general information on bussing, garbage, bylaws, and utilities
Kingston Fire and Rescue 613.548.4001 http://www.cityofkingston.ca/residents/emergency/fire/index.asp
Kingston Police (non-emergency) 613.549.4660
Kingston Property Standards Office 613.546.4291 ext. 4291 cityofkingston.ca/cityhall/bylaws/property.asp This city office can arrange a free inspection of your apartment within a few business days, and its inspectors have the power to issue your landlord a work order.
Queen’s Apartment and Housing 613.533.2501 www.queensu.ca/dsoa/housing/ah1.htm
Queen’s Legal Aid 613.533.2102 law.queensu.ca/students/legalaid.html QLA provides free legal advice to students. Law students give advice about subletting, or assigning your lease, and they can represent your disputes with your landlord
Queen’s Town-Gown Relations Office 613.533.6745 This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it Be it leases or landlords, housemates or heating bills, Joan Jones provides confidential advice to students in areas of community and housing.
Student Safety Website This website has tons of information about living in the community. It focuses around four main pillars: Safety at Home, Safety on Campus, Safety Online, and Personal Safety. I would highly recommend at least skimming through the table of contents so that if you have questions in the future, you know where to look. If you have a specific concern, this website will likely address it. Sustainability Office (AMS) 613.533.6000 ext. 75663 This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it . Claire Nelischer is the Sustainability Co-ordinator for the SO. The SO has a great “Green Guide to Kingston” PDF.
Greenovations 613.533.6000 ext. 75663 Greenovations is a program run out of the Sustainability Office that provides students with free house visits and information about how to make housing more environmentally friendly. |