Top 7 Websites to Find Housing in Bennington

Though Bennington - and most of America - is suffering from a chronic lack of affordable housing, there are still housing opportunities to be found. With so few housing opportunities available, one of the best ways to secure housing is to find newly available apartments quickly. But where should you look? We investigated twelve different websites, spoke to our case managers who routinely sleuth the internet in search for housing opportunities for our guests, and boiled them all down to the top 4 best places to look for housing in Bennington Vermont.

*Note of Caution: Unfortunately, like much of the rest of the internet nowadays, you must use caution when seeking housing opportunities online. There has been a major surge in rental scams in the last few years. Make sure you know the warning signs so you don’t become the victim of someone’s scam. Learn more from our previous blog post here.

Tier 1

Rent.com, ForRent.com, and Apartments.com - I have three websites are both very similar in design and approach. These are your more traditional housing rental websites and they are the ones most frequently used in our area. Landlords and housing corporations tend to favor one or the other so you’ll typically find unique housing opportunities listed for each one. They where you will find more traditional apartment listings and while they are not immune from scam listings, they are less common.

Tier 2

Hale Resources and Shires Housing - Hale and Shires are two of the largest housing rental corporations in South Western Vermont. There websites only include their own listing so of all the options listed here, they are the only ones you can count on to be 100% safe from scams. However, listing only their own rentals means you’ll only see a narrow swath of what’s available to rent in the area.

Tier 3

Facebook Marketplace and Craigslist - These two websites are attractive to renters because they typically have the largest number of rental listings for Bennington. For the landlords, posting listings here is straightforward and easy. These places are more likely to include offerings from homeowners looking to rent out a single bedroom or an in-law suite which could be an affordable and money-friendly living situation depending on your needs. However, these Tier 3 offerings are also the least regulated and are the most common rental websites where you will encounter scammers. If you look for rentals here, be sure to know how to spot the signs for false listings so you don’t inadvertently give your hard-earned money to someone who has no apartment to give you.