Applying for Harvard University Housing

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

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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, your initial rent payment (check, money order, traveler check(s)) 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 Roommate Connections 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. However, you will have the opportunity to add a roommate after your lease is processed
• 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 an apartment during the Self Service process.

Note: Information about adding a roommate after you have signed your lease is available to residents.

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, and by making sure that all members of your roommate group will follow the policies and rent payment requirements listed in your lease and keep HUH informed when you vacate your apartment. Be sure you read and understand the important information about roommate rent payments and the “joint and several liability” lease clause below.

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Appliants with a child aged six or under must live in an apartment that is deleaded. If you have a child aged six or under and you select an apartment containing lead paint, a Leasing Coordinator will notify you. We will work with you to either try to locate a substitute, code-compliant apartment for you, or we will make the necessry arrangements to address the lead in the apartment you have selected. Please be aware that the start of your lease may be delayed up to 30 days while we remove the lead paint.

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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Harvard University Housing (HUH) manages a number of apartments 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 apartments have been modified in a number of ways to facilitate their occupancy by a tenant using a wheelchair. Floor plans for these apartments show a wheelchair symbol on them, and the Accessibility Details field in the online Unit Attributes/Amenities descriptions will also indicate that an apartment is wheelchair accessible. Typically, a wheelchair accessible apartment is larger to allow proper turning radius for a wheelchair. Apartment 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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