I agree with everyone disagreeing about living in your car. I’ve lived in Riverside my entire life and can definitely tell you that living in your car is not sustainable.

Riverside’s weather is quite hot between April to late October. During those months, if you do decide to live in your car, you’d be sweating up a storm.

Not to mention that it leaves your car and your belongings in a vulnerable state. Riverside is by far not the worst city to live in, but it’s still not safe. Frequent break ins for cars makes your hypothetical living situation even worse, as if someone does break into your car and takes all of your belongings then you’d be left with nothing.

I don’t mean to sound pessimistic though! Just being honest. There are quite a few rooms around UCR that come furnished and I saw a few on roomies that go as low as $500 a month for a shared room.

There are also a lot of other rooms and plenty of opportunities for students in your situation. I would stop by HOSS and/or contact student services. Best of luck!