Summer and Temporary Rental Agreements for Interns
Internship housing can be a direct landlord-tenant lease, a roommate arrangement, a room sublease or a furnished temporary sublease. Match the document to the actual housing relationship instead of assuming every short stay is a sublease.
Recommended lease, roommate and sublease paths
What to put in writing
- Actual housing relationship: direct lease, roommate arrangement or sublease
- Internship and occupancy dates
- Rent, deposit and payment terms
- Furniture and condition inventory
- Utilities, internet and parking
- Master-lease and landlord-consent review
Timing and legal review
State the actual housing start and end dates, renewal or extension process and notice expectations independently from the internship schedule; a changed internship date does not by itself rewrite the housing agreement.
General information only, not legal advice. Verify the master lease, property rules, landlord consent requirements, and current state and local law before signing or accepting payment.
Student and academic housing
Academic terms, internships and rotations do not replace the written housing agreement. Use exact occupancy dates and match the document to the actual lease, roommate or sublease relationship.
Nationwide and multilingual resources
Use the property’s state and locality—not the worker’s employer, school or home state—to review the rental rules that may apply.