How we edit.
Most international-student-housing sites describe themselves as “100% verified.” We don't. The word verified means something specific, and meeting that bar takes a process. This page explains exactly what we mean by every word we use — and where we are on the path.
The verbs we use, and what each one means
Each verb maps to a precise level of evidence. Interchanging them is a small lie, and small lies compound.
Listed
A property management partner has shared inventory data with us. We display it. No claim about the building beyond what the partner has stated.
activeEditor's pick
A human at MyHomeversity manually selected this building from partner inventory based on neighborhood fit, price-band fit, and university adjacency. The editor's pick stamp on a card means we've put our names behind that selection.
activeAudited
Desk audit completed: photo audit (cross-reference partner photos against street view), utility cost check (we call the utility company in that postcode), landlord call. Recorded with a date and the auditor's name.
rolling out 2026Toured
In-person walkthrough by a named MyHomeversity person. The card displays the tour date, the editor who toured, and a 60-second walkthrough video clip filmed during the visit.
rolling out 2026Verified
Reserved. Currently unused on the site. We will not use this word until our audit and tour processes are running at scale and we can stand behind every property carrying that label.
reservedWho edits.
MyHomeversity is built and edited by a small team. Today, that means a founder with leasing-agent experience at MAC Properties (Chicago) and a software collaborator. Editorial decisions about which buildings get the editor's pick stamp are made by humans, not algorithms.
As we add city editors and student writers, this page will list them by name. If you're a current international student who would like to write a city guide ($50 per piece, full byline, full edit rights), email editors@myhomeversity.com.
How to challenge an editor's pick.
If you've lived in a building we recommend and disagree with the recommendation, tell us. Email editors@myhomeversity.com with the building name, your tenancy dates (we'll verify against the partner's records with your permission), and your concern. We respond within 7 days. If the concern is substantiated, the pick is withdrawn and we publish a brief note explaining why.
The numbers we publish.
Every number on this site that describes us — partner count, editor's-pick count, response time — comes from a database query, not marketing copy. If you see a number, it has a last_updated timestamp visible on hover or in a footnote. If we ever can't produce a recent timestamp, the number is removed, not estimated.
One last thing
We are a young company.
Most of these processes are partially in place and being built out through 2026. This page exists so you can hold us accountable to what we're promising. Bookmark it. Watch the verbs change as processes mature. Send us evidence when reality drifts from the claim.
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