Neighborhood Unit Application

1. The on-campus housing application for 2024-2025 Neighborhood Units is completed via your Housing Portal. 
2. Of course, you'll also need access to the internet. If you are having issues with your application, please try a different browser. We have found that Chrome and Firefox work best. 
3. A $500 pre-payment deposit; deposits can ONLY be paid using a debit or credit card. 
4. Before beginning a housing application, you should confirm if you will apply as an individual or if you will apply with a group of other students.
   1. If you apply as an individual you will NOT need to create an Individual Profile in order to go through the room selection process.
   2. If you apply as a member of a group, one member of the group will need to create a Group Profile and all other members of the group will need to connect their application to this Group Profile. Make sure to verify your group once you have created it by clicking on the Verify Group button right below the name of your group. 
5. New applicants: Make sure that you and all the members of your group complete the housing application by January 10, 2024.
6. Returning applicants: Make sure that you and all the members of your group complete the housing application by November 10, 2023. In addition, make sure you select the Returner option as you are indicating that you are looking to return to the NU you are currently placed in for the 2023-2024 academic year. 
7. Housing requires all Neighborhood Unit applicants to attend four OCHO Programs which will be offered. More information to come on new applicant date sessions. If you have questions please contact  neighboroodambassadors@scu.edu.
8. Read through all the NU information online and contact housing@scu.edu if you have questions. 

The deadline to complete the 2024-2025 Neighborhood Unit Housing Application for new NU students is 11:59PM on Wednesday January 10, 2024. 

Returning Neighborhood Unit students (and pull-ins) must complete the application by November 10, 2023 at 5:00pm.

Step by Step Guides Below 

As a reminder, Returners are those who are currently living in an NU and Re-applying. Non-Returners are new applicants who have not yet lived in an NU. Please be sure to review and follow the correct process. 

Neighborhood Unit Application Guide

Students who completed the full OCHO series during previous years do not need to attend these sessions. Verify your attendance through the Off Campus Living office by sending an email to neighborhoodambassadors@scu.edu. 

If you have questions or concerns please reach out to neighborhoodambassadors@scu.edu. 

THIS YEARS OCHO DATES ARE CURRENTLY TBD. NU Applicants will be notified once they are solidified. 

Students who received a confirmation to live in the Neighborhood Units from 2023-2024, and wish to return for the 2024-2025 academic year, are given priority to apply for their CURRENT unit. 50% of the current residents must remain for the unit to be considered a returner unit. Potential pull-ins for returner groups need to wait and apply in February when the application opens. 

Neighborhood Unit placements for new applicants will be processed in order based on date and time of application. This includes students wanting to join returner groups that have already been assigned to a house/apartment.

All individuals will be sent an email to notify them of their placements. Once you have been informed of your Neighborhood Unit placement, your group will also be sent an email. This email will contain a floor plan of the Neighborhood Unit and instructions for room selection. Each group member will need to place themselves in a bedroom and designate the room type of the bedroom (ex. single, double, or triple).

If you plan to study abroad during Fall 2024 and your roommate agrees to pay the single rate for the Fall 2024 quarter, we'll hold a space within the room for you. When you return for Winter 2025, you and your roommate will each be billed the double rate for the room.

You must complete a 2024-2025 Neighborhood Unit Housing application, including the $500 prepayment deposit, and complete the 1 required OCHO programs.  

We suggest that if you are applying to study abroad and have any interest in living on campus upon your return, that you go ahead and complete the 2023-2024 Housing application. If you end up not studying abroad, you'll have more options as it relates to on-campus housing. If you do spend Fall 2023 studying abroad, the Housing Office will hold onto your application and contact you in October 2023 to ascertain your interest in on-campus housing for when you return for Winter & Spring 2024.