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Here's one of the companies Ann Arbor properties:

https://www.americancampus.com/student-apartments/mi/ann-arb...

Their cheapest rates (~$1000...) are for double occupancy studio apartments that are about 550 square feet. They are nicely furnished (at least, that's what it says on the sticker, who knows how well the furnishing are kept up).

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As a UofM grad and still an Ann Arbor resident, Ann Arbor has significant housing supply issues and a city council elected to effectively keep it that way.

That said, there’s definitely more the university and others could do despite the opposition, and it’s getting more attention. Even as a student splitting a house with 6-8 other people, I was paying at least $800/month. Ann Arbor is not the easiest place to be a commuter into, so students have very few options.

The 5 bedroom I lived in, a few blocks north of central campus, is apparently ~$3100. I think I paid ~$450 for one of the smaller rooms. Certainly not much more than that.

It's even been remodeled.

Willowtree there is ~$1150 for a 2br, unfurnished. Location (north of north campus) kinda sucks for non-engineering students, but not much worse than Northwoods.

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