Hi, sorry for the delay in responding.....I am not familiar enough with the area of phoenix where the campus is to provide any good info regarding living situations, as far as Tucson goes you really have two options.....live close to campus or live in the nice part of town. To me the nicer part of town is a little further north than another member posted on here (they said north of river) I even prefer to go north of Orange grove (if you are east of 1st ave) and north of Ina (if you are west of 1st ave). There are plenty of places to rent so you should not have any trouble at all finding housing, it just comes down to what you are looking for.