UPDATE: We found an apartment complex that would let us lease for the 45 days. It's a bit of a way from campus, but we have a friend whose schedule lines up with ours, so she's offered to be our transport for the month and a half that we'll be displaced. We have free WiFi, so I should be able to keep up online.
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So, I got home from my first day of classes and ran into our landlady outside our building. Turns out that the plumbing problem they've been having downstairs is WAY worse than it initially seemed. So much worse, in fact, that the people living on the lowest floor have to move out and can't come back 'til January 'cause the plumbers have to tear everything up to completely replace the pipes.
Those of us in the higher floors have to vacate for 45 days because the plumbing and water will be turned off that whole time. We have to be out no later than Thursday morning. So my roommate and I are now attempting to find somewhere to stay for the 45 days before we get to come back to our apartment. We don't have to take everything with us; just anything we need for a 45-day stay away from home.
One of our problems is that neither of us drive. And we both have classes this semester. So trying to find somewhere to stay for 45 days that's close enough to the Missouri State campus is, well, proving difficult. All the apartments and houses want leases, but we're not moving. We're just evacuating temporarily.
Is there anyone on here who is familiar enough with Springfield who could give some advice on any organizations we might be able to contact for temporary housing? Or know of any rental companies that would be willing to let us rent for only a month and a half?
Thanks.
Joy