Hobomaxxing

The concept of living homelessly to keep cost of living down, while maintaining an otherwise normal life. Usually done to build savings while working a job, or to get through college without student loans. Why pay rent if you don't have to?

The rest of this page will consist of documentation of specific locations, tips, and tricks, mostly based on HomelessStudent's findings (although the great thing about a wiki is that anyone can edit. If you have info to share, please share it.)

Showers

There are a number of showers in campus buildings outside of the dorms, including Chem Sci, Forestry, and the GLRC. Two of these are accessible without a HuskyCard if you enter the building during the workday. I do recommend using the showers outside of normal working hours though.

The MTU Biking resources page also has a list of all the showers, but some info seems outdated. The Wayback machine shows it hasn't been updated in ages as of Oct2025

I also reviewed a University of Michigan shower for fun.

Cooking

The dorms all have kitchens/kitchenettes, if you look like a student who could plausibly live in the dorms, and someone lets you in, I suspect you would have no problems. Many academic buildings have microwaves in common areas with large staff/faculty presences.

Sleeping

Haven't personally tested this one, but I've heard you can sleep in most lecture halls if you're awake before 6am. No promises though. I wouldn't sleep in the same place more than once every couple weeks though. Keep a low profile and don't ruin it for anyone else.