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Application and Assignments
- How are roommates assigned?
- How do I apply for housing?
- How do I apply for Living Learning Community Housing?
- How do I confirm my housing assignment?
- How do I get a password?
- How much USC Housing is available to graduate and family applicants?
- How much USC Housing is available to upperclassmen and transfer students?
- I’m a current resident, how and when do I apply for housing next year?
- I’m a registered student at USC but not living in university housing–how can I apply?
- If USC Housing is not able to offer me an assignment, are there other resources for housing?
- Is housing available during the summer?
- What are the deadlines for cancelling my contract?
- What are the priorities for assigning applicants?
- What if I need special accommodations?
- What if I want special housing due to my sexuality and/or gender identity/expression?
- What if I want to change my housing assignment?
- What is my user name?
- When will I get my housing assignment?
- Where can I get a copy of my Living Agreement (contract terms)?
- Confirmation Payment
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General Information
- Can I bring my own furniture?
- Can I have a pet?
- Do residents of apartments have to move out during Winter Break?
- Is it possible to check-in before Move-In Day?
- What should I bring with me when I move-in?
- Where can I find check out information?
- Where do I find building information?
- Where is my customer service center?
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Housing
- Can I be assigned to a Gender-Inclusive space if I didn’t request it?
- Can I select my own roommates?
- How do I apply for Gender-Inclusive housing?
- How much USC Housing is available to graduate and family applicants?
- How much USC Housing is available to upperclassmen and transfer students?
- I am a __________ major. Should I live in a particular building?
- I am a transfer student. Am I guaranteed housing?
- I am admitted for Spring. When can I apply for housing?
- I applied by May 1. Why didn’t I get my first housing choice?
- I applied for USC Housing Renewal but didn’t get a space during the General Lottery. What should I do?
- I have additional questions about Gender-Inclusive housing. Where can I get answers?
- If USC Housing is not able to offer me an assignment, are there other resources for housing?
- If USC Housing is not able to offer me an assignment, are there other resources for housing?
- Is there a waitlist for housing?
- What about housing for next year?
- What if I want to tour or see a building?
- When are my contract start and end dates?
- Where can I live?
- Where is Gender-Inclusive housing located?
- Where should I live?
- Who may apply for Gender-Inclusive spaces?
- Freshmen
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Undergraduate Upperclassmen
- How much USC Housing is available to upperclassmen and transfer students?
- I am a transfer student. Am I guaranteed housing?
- I applied for USC Housing Renewal but didn’t get a space during the General Lottery. What should I do?
- If USC Housing is not able to offer me an assignment, are there other resources for housing?
- Grad and Family
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Gender-Inclusive Housing
- Can I be assigned to a Gender-Inclusive space if I didn’t request it?
- Can I select my own roommates?
- How do I apply for Gender-Inclusive housing?
- I have additional questions about Gender-Inclusive housing. Where can I get answers?
- Where is Gender-Inclusive housing located?
- Who may apply for Gender-Inclusive spaces?
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Reassignment
- Can I be reassigned with a roommate?
- Can I be reassigned with roommates?
- Can I be reassigned with roommates?
- Can I request a different room/apartment number?
- Can I request a different room/apartment number?
- Can I request reassignment with roommates who don’t currently have an assignment?
- Can I request reassignment with roommates who don’t currently have an assignment?
- Can I sign up for a reassignment wait list?
- Can I submit more than one request?
- Can I submit more than one request?
- Can I switch spaces with another resident?
- How do I find out what housing spaces are available?
- How do I submit my reassignment request?
- How long do I have to move to my new assignment?
- How long will it take for my request to be granted?
- How long will it take for my request to be granted?
- How long will reassignments be open?
- How long will reassignments be open?
- I am part of a group request in which some of the students are already assigned to the building and room type we want, but wish to bring in one or more other roommates. Do we need to contact the students already assigned to those spaces and get them to move?
- I changed my mind and don’t want to live where I have been reassigned. Can my reassignment be undone?
- I changed my mind and don’t want to live where I have been reassigned. Can my reassignment be undone?
- I don’t have an assignment yet; can I apply for reassignment?
- I don’t have an assignment yet. Can I apply for reassignment?
- I don’t think I will get along with one of the people assigned to my room; can I reassign to get a more compatible roommate?
- I don’t think I will get along with one of the people assigned to my room; can I reassign to get a more compatible roommate?
- I’ve heard that someone is cancelling their university housing contract. Can I reassign to their space when they cancel?
- Is there a form I need to fill out?
- My intended roommate(s) and I are already assigned to the same building and room type, but we aren’t roommates. Should we use reassignment to be placed together as roommates?
- The person I want as roommate and I are already assigned to the same building and room type, but we aren’t assigned together. Should we use reassignment to be placed together as roommates?
- What are my chances to be reassigned?
- What are my chances to be reassigned?
- What is a pre-Move In reassignment request?
- What is a pre-Move In reassignment request?
- When can I reassign?
- When will I know if I have been reassigned?
- When will I know if I have been reassigned?
- Where do I go for reassignment?
- Why does everyone involved in a group reassignment have to submit a request?
- Will I be reassigned to just any space?
- Will I be reassigned to just any space?
- Will I lose my current assignment when I apply for reassignment?
- Will I lose my current assignment when I apply for reassignment?
- Will you contact me when you have a new space for me so I can decide whether or not I want it?
- Will you contact me when you have a new space for me so I can decide whether or not I want it?
- After Move-in (All Residents)
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Pre-Move In (New Students)
- Can I be reassigned with a roommate?
- Can I request a different room/apartment number?
- Can I request reassignment with roommates who don’t currently have an assignment?
- Can I submit more than one request?
- How do I submit my reassignment request?
- How long will it take for my request to be granted?
- How long will reassignments be open?
- I changed my mind and don’t want to live where I have been reassigned. Can my reassignment be undone?
- I don’t have an assignment yet; can I apply for reassignment?
- I don’t think I will get along with one of the people assigned to my room; can I reassign to get a more compatible roommate?
- The person I want as roommate and I are already assigned to the same building and room type, but we aren’t assigned together. Should we use reassignment to be placed together as roommates?
- What are my chances to be reassigned?
- What is a pre-Move In reassignment request?
- When will I know if I have been reassigned?
- Will I be reassigned to just any space?
- Will I lose my current assignment when I apply for reassignment?
- Will you contact me when you have a new space for me so I can decide whether or not I want it?
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Pre-Move In (Returning Students)
- Can I be reassigned with roommates?
- Can I request a different room/apartment number?
- Can I request reassignment with roommates who don’t currently have an assignment?
- Can I submit more than one request?
- How do I submit my reassignment request?
- How long will it take for my request to be granted?
- How long will reassignments be open?
- I am part of a group request in which some of the students are already assigned to the building and room type we want, but wish to bring in one or more other roommates. Do we need to contact the students already assigned to those spaces and get them to move?
- I changed my mind and don’t want to live where I have been reassigned. Can my reassignment be undone?
- I don’t have an assignment yet. Can I apply for reassignment?
- I don’t think I will get along with one of the people assigned to my room; can I reassign to get a more compatible roommate?
- I’ve heard that someone is cancelling their university housing contract. Can I reassign to their space when they cancel?
- My intended roommate(s) and I are already assigned to the same building and room type, but we aren’t roommates. Should we use reassignment to be placed together as roommates?
- What are my chances to be reassigned?
- What is a pre-Move In reassignment request?
- When will I know if I have been reassigned?
- Why does everyone involved in a group reassignment have to submit a request?
- Will I be reassigned to just any space?
- Will I lose my current assignment when I apply for reassignment?
- Will you contact me when you have a new space for me so I can decide whether or not I want it?
- Rents and Billing
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Sophomore Guarantee
- Are sophomores guaranteed spaces in particular buildings?
- Can sophomores request juniors or seniors as a roommate in the Sophomore portion of the UHR General Lottery?
- I didn’t get a housing assignment in the General Lottery. Does the Sophomore Guarantee still apply to me?
- If USC Housing is not able to offer me an assignment, are there other resources for housing?
- Is there a timeline or expiration of the guarantee?
- What is the definition of a sophomore for the purposes of this guarantee?
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USC Housing Renewal (UHR)
- Can I cancel my contract after I have confirmed my assignment?
- Does it matter when I apply during the UHR application period?
- Does my Lottery Selection Time matter?
- How do I sign up for the Wait List?
- How does the Wait List process work?
- How long will the Wait List be active?
- How much USC Housing is available to upperclassmen and transfer students?
- I missed the application deadline. Can I still participate in UHR?
- I’ve completed the “Roommate Selection” step in the online application, but the portal says my application is ‘not complete’. Did I miss something?
- I’m a sophomore and I really want to live with a junior/senior, but we go through different lotteries. How can we live together?
- I’m attending USC now, but am not living in university housing. Can I apply for UHR?
- I’m eligible for UHR but someone I want to live with next year is not. Is this possible?
- I’m searching for a roommate while applying and can’t find them. What’s going on?
- I’ve been accepted to a Living Learning Community, but don’t want that assignment. Can I still get housing?
- I’ve got a question about the Wait List that wasn’t answered here. What do I do?
- If I’m pulled in (assigned) by a roommate, do I need to do anything else?
- If USC Housing is not able to offer me an assignment, are there other resources for housing?
- What if I decline or don’t respond to the offer?
- What if I want to cancel?
- What is an ‘accepted’ roommate and how do I accept roommates?
- When selecting an assignment, who can I pull in to be a roommate?
- When will I get an assignment?
- Where will these new spaces come from?
- Who decides who get accepted to Living Learning Communities?
- Who may be on the Wait List?
- Will I be assigned with my UHR roommate(s)?
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Application & Assignment
- Can I cancel my contract after I have confirmed my assignment?
- Does it matter when I apply during the UHR application period?
- How much USC Housing is available to upperclassmen and transfer students?
- I missed the application deadline. Can I still participate in UHR?
- I’ve completed the “Roommate Selection” step in the online application, but the portal says my application is ‘not complete’. Did I miss something?
- I’m a sophomore and I really want to live with a junior/senior, but we go through different lotteries. How can we live together?
- I’m attending USC now, but am not living in university housing. Can I apply for UHR?
- I’m eligible for UHR but someone I want to live with next year is not. Is this possible?
- I’m searching for a roommate while applying and can’t find them. What’s going on?
- I’ve been accepted to a Living Learning Community, but don’t want that assignment. Can I still get housing?
- If I’m pulled in (assigned) by a roommate, do I need to do anything else?
- If USC Housing is not able to offer me an assignment, are there other resources for housing?
- What is an ‘accepted’ roommate and how do I accept roommates?
- When selecting an assignment, who can I pull in to be a roommate?
- Who decides who get accepted to Living Learning Communities?
- Wait List
