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Students with Families/Partners

Housing & Residential Life contracts with two separate student owned cooperatives to provide housing for University of Minnesota students and their families. Each cooperative manages and maintains the University housing complexes.

Housing options for students with families or partners


The Commonwealth Terrace Cooperative (CTC) is located south of the University of Minnesota's St. Paul campus and west of the State Fair grounds. CTC is only a few blocks from the inter-campus bus line and has easy access to the freeway system.

The Como Student Community Cooperative (CSCC) is located between Hennepin and Como Avenues and 27th and 29th Avenues Southeast approximately halfway between the St. Paul and Minneapolis campuses and on the city bus line.