Applying for Harvard University Housing

Before beginning your application, we recommend you check your eligibility and learn how the process works.

Start an Application

Edit an Application (Changes can be made to an application up until the time it has been approved.)

Helpful information

• Hints for International Applicants
• Adding a Roommate
• Applicants with Children
• Applicants with Disabilities
• Sample Harvard University Housing Lease
• HUH Tenant and Building Policies and Procedures

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• The salutation field on the application refers to the title before your name (Mr., Miss, Ms., Dr.).
• Please be aware that all times referenced during your application/self service processes are in Eastern Daylight Time.
• Our studio apartments include a kitchen area (refrigerator, stove, oven, sink) and a private bathroom, with the exception of 4-6 Mount Auburn Street (shared bathroom).
• Our partially furnished apartments:
  • Do not include linens, dishes, pots/pans, or cutlery.
  • Studio apartments have a futon, kitchen table/two chairs, bureau/chest of drawers.
  • One bedroom apartments have a couch, bed, table/two chairs, bureau/chest of drawers, and coffee/end tables.
• First floor apartments are located on the ground level.
• When returning your lease or housing contract, your initial payment (personal or bank check, money order, traveler checks, wire transfer, or credit card) must be made in US dollars.
• Our property management offices cannot accept packages on your behalf; please do not send packages that will arrive before you.

For more information, please visit the Harvard International Office web site.

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• Our HUH Roommate Center is an on-line service for affiliates that want to live with a roommate.
• If you have chosen your roommate(s) before the application deadline, please be sure to include them in the application.
• You can make changes to the roommate portion of your application only until your application has been approved.
• You may not add a roommate between the time your application has been approved and you sign your lease or housing contract. However, you will have the opportunity to add a roommate after your lease or housing contract is processed. (Note: At Cronkhite Graduate Center, roommates may be added in the triple unit only; you cannot add a roommate in a single unit.)
• The primary applicant is the only one that will receive emails from HUH during the Self Service process. The primary applicant is the only one that will be able to select a unit during the Self Service process.

Note: Information about adding a roommate after you have signed a lease/housing contract is available to residents when they log in to their tenant profile area.

HUH does not match roommates or mediate disputes between roommates, so be sure to choose your roommate(s) carefully. It is important to protect yourself by choosing roommates you can trust, by making sure that all members of your roommate group will follow the policies and payment requirements listed in your lease/housing contract, and by keeping HUH informed when you vacate your unit. Be sure you read and understand the important information about roommate rent payments and the “joint and several liability” clause below.

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Massachusetts Lead Law requires the removal or covering of lead paint hazards in homes built before 1978 where any children under six live. Lead paint hazards include lead paint on windows and other surfaces accessible to children. If you have a child aged six or under and you select an apartment containing lead paint hazards, a Leasing Coordinator will notify you. In this case we will try to locate a substitute, code-compliant apartment for you, or we will make the necessary arrangements to address the lead hazards in the apartment you have selected. Please be aware that the start of your lease may be delayed up to 30 days for abatement work which must be conducted.

Applicants with one or more children will receive preference in View and Select window assignments. A child is defined as a dependent minor up to 18 years of age. You are required to provide the name and date of birth of the child or children who will be residing with you. Documentation will be requested.

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HarvardUniversity Housing (HUH) manages a number of housing units that are appropriate for individuals with a physical disability or medical condition. Please contact the Harvard Housing Office's Disability Coordinator for further information after you have registered with your school's local disability coordinator if you are a student or with Harvard University Disability Services if you are a faculty or staff member. Learn more by visiting the accessibility@harvard site.

Note: HUH wheelchair-accessible units have been modified in a number of ways to facilitate their occupancy by a resident using a wheelchair. Floor plans for these units show a wheelchair symbol on them, and the Accessibility Details field in the online Unit Attributes/Amenities descriptions will also indicate that a unit is wheelchair accessible. Typically, a wheelchair accessible unit is larger to allow proper turning radius for a wheelchair. Unit entry door peepholes may be located both at standard and wheelchair height, and all doors will be wide enough to allow a wheelchair to pass through. Clothes rods in closets may be lower. Kitchen counters and sinks may be lower and open underneath, and the bathroom may contain a lower-height toilet and sink and either a tub with grab bars or a roll-in shower with no tub.

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