If you’re a student going to a Mississauga or Brampton post-secondary institution in the fall, a new tool launched by Torontorentals.com can help you through the challenging process of finding off-campus housing within walking distance from school.

The tool, launched on July 20, can be accessed for free through the company’s website and allows students to search for rentals by selecting their desired college or university campus.

Campuses listed on the website include University of Toronto Mississauga, Sheridan College Hazel McCallion Campus, and Sheridan College Davis Campus.

CEO of Torontorentals.com, Matt Denison, says the goal of providing this service on their website was to make it easier for students to find a place in the GTA.

“We had a couple of students intern for us in the past — so we talked to students and our friends and we saw the pain of students trying to find off-campus housing,” he said.

The biggest struggle, Denison says, was trying to locate rentals within walking distance of college and university campuses.

“A lot of times when students conduct searches in Google they would search for a rental and sure enough it would be an hour away from campus and that is too far for students — they want to live at walking distance from school.”

Denison says once a listing is selected, the website shows by kilometres how far a particular rental is from campus.

The tool has gained popularity fast and requests have been made from students to list rentals for more campuses and will be coming soon to the website. The campuses include CDI College Mississauga, Mississauga College National Academy of Health and Business, Canadian Business College, Brampton Institute of Technology, Huron College Brampton Campus and Evergreen College Brampton Campus.

To see off-campus housing rentals visit: www.torontorentals.com/off-campus-housing.