Long story short: Found out in March that the current apartment building will be renovated in May because of sanitary drainage problems (pipes no longer contain sewer gas adequately). Applied in March but found out that the regular wait time for student housing is 2-3 months. Ninjaed myself onto the local student housing committee in late April, chatted up the MD and customer service manager, and then this arrived:
From: PSOAS Asuntotoimisto
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But always at the last five working days, applicant can ask what is left available apartments for the beginning of next month. You have to ask by phone, so this month it starts Tuesday 24th April and at 8 o'clock in the morning.And of course most of the month we offer according to our waiting list , will contact the applicants, but that is your possibility to contact us yourself [Tuesday] 24th April at 8 o'clock by phone.
Note that from abroad, the number is +358 8 317 3110, not (08) 317 3110 as the PSOAS literature indicates.
I have now secured an apartment at 1/3 the rent of my previous accommodation.
The key takeaway is that the wait list can be bypassed, even for studios which notoriously take months or years to get, by phoning up at 8 a.m. EET five working days before the end of the month (the last day in April, April 30 is a Monday this year).
Apologies for the search engine keyword loading. This topic is not well covered in the usual forums.
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