Commuting / Off Campus Housing
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Important Dates For 2010-2011 Off-Campus Applications Application Due Date - February 15th (commuting); March 2nd (off-campus)
Off-Campus Mandatory Meeting Dates |
Off Campus Housing
Students that are eligible to live off-campus, as outlined through the housing policy, may live off-campus with the authorization from the Director of Residence Life or their designee. All students with less then 90 credits must apply to live off-campus through the off-campus application process. This process begins in December of the academic year and applications are typically made available the second week in December.
Students wishing to live off-campus will need to complete the follow in order for their application to be considered complete: 1) Fill it out completely 2) Select a licensed property within the area they are choosing to live, which will be verified 3) Attend one of the three mandatory meetings that are typically scheduled for February. 4) Pay your housing deposit and submit housing card for the next academic year 5) Complete online application.
You are reminded that completely filling out and submitting an application does not guarantee you permission to live off-campus and we discourage students from signing leases until they have been granted permission to reside off-campus.
Applications are reviewed based on credit groupings similar to those when registering for classes. Within these groups, applications are in order of when they were received. The process is in place to allow students that have achieved academic seniority to have first priority when receiving permission to reside off-campus. The process is not based on the number of semesters that you have been attending York College. Each application is reviewed individually within each credit grouping, which means students within the same credit group stand a better chance of receiving permission at the same time. All applications must be received before March 2nd to be fully considered for release. Notification will be made by York College email on or before April 15th.
Off-Campus Statement
The Residence Life Office does not publish a listing of off-campus housing. Publishing a listing would imply that we sanction or approve off-campus facilities. We encourage all students to be aware of their rights and responsibilities regarding occupancy and safety. These ordinances vary according to the municipality in which the home/apartment is located. Check with the local borough or township office for ordinances that apply to that locality. A summary of the York City Housing Regulations is as follows:
The College has been advised officially by City authorities that City regulations prohibit more than two unrelated persons to inhabit a dwelling unit in the City's residential neighborhoods. The point of this advisory is to provide advance notice that City zoning officers will be citing violating landlords and tenants on a regular basis and seeking to impose fines on such violators.
Students should take care to avoid residing in an off-campus "dwelling unit" with more than one other unrelated person, given the provisions of prevailing regulations and the chance that enforcement of such regulations could displace a person at a point in the academic year that would interfere with his/her studies.
Information regarding available off-campus accommodations can be located through the following sources:
- The York Dispatch (Evening Paper)
- The York Daily Record (Morning Paper)
- The Community Courier
- Local real estate agencies - Rental Dept.
- Bulletin Board - various locations on campus