Continuing Students Housing Options

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Cal Poly Humboldt is committed to providing safe and supportive living and learning environments. The University currently offers both on and off-campus housing options.

As we continue building our new residence halls, we remain ready to expand our scalable bridge housing options for continuing students as needed. Currently, we have one hotel that has been operated as a residence hall (Comfort Inn), and contracts are already in place to activate other hotels if/when the need arises.

Planning Ahead for Fall 2024

Each spring, continuing students have the opportunity to apply to live in the residence halls for the next academic year. In order to be eligible to live in the residence halls, you must:

  • Have a positive student conduct record.
  • Submit your online application and pay the $100 nonrefundable application fee. The $100 will be applied to the housing and meal plan charges, unless the application is cancelled where the application fee will be forfeited.
  • Students must not have financial hold on their account. If a student owes more that $199 in past due charges, they will not be able to access the housing application.
Space in Housing is Limited

Housing is first come first serve. Continuing students will be able to start the application process starting on February 6, 2024 at 11am where you can complete almost all of the application except the final agreement page. The Housing Application will open to complete your submission for Continuing Students on February 22-23. In order to limit the number of students in the portal at once, Continuing Students with last names that start with A - L can submit their Housing Application starting on February 22, 2024, at 9am. Continuing Students with last names that start with M - Z can submit their Housing Application starting on February 23, 2024, at 9am. Continuing students that apply February 22 (A-L) and February 23 (M-Z) will be considered as applying on the first day, and will be time stamped, based on the time they submit their application. Housing is first come, first served, determined by the date and time the application is submitted.

Continuing students that receive a room selection time, will have the opportunity to select a room for the next academic year in College Creek, Creekview, Campus Apartments, or Bridge Housing.

As we continue building our new residence halls, we remain ready to expand our scalable bridge housing options for continuing students as needed. Currently, we have one hotel that has been operated as a residence hall (Comfort Inn), and contracts are already in place to activate other hotels if/when the need arises.

Room Selection & Wait List Notification

On March 27, you will be notified by email of your room selection time or wait list status. If you receive a room selection time, you will be able to see it in your myHousing portal. Please log in, select the Academic Year application you completed, and navigate to the Room Selection option.

If you were not one of the students who received a room selection timeslot, you will be on a wait list or guaranteed. Students on the wait list are not guaranteed a space in the residence halls until a guarantee of assignment or a room assignment email is received. When you are assigned from the wait list it may be to any space that becomes available.

Online Room Selection

Online room selection will start on April 10. Continuing students that receive a room selection time, you will have the opportunity to select a room for the next academic year in College Creek, Creekview, Campus Apartments or Bridge Housing. If you are unavailable during your room selection time, you can select a room after your assigned time at any time up until 8am on April 15 when the online room selection closes. After April 15, you will need to submit a Room Change Request found under Forms in your myHousing portal to move to another area if you no longer want the room you selected. If you don’t go online to select a room and have a room selection time, the Housing Office will assign you to a room.

Same Room Request

All rooms are not automatically open to reassignment. If you wish to return to your same room next year, you may request to do so provided you currently live in College Creek, Creekview or Campus Apartments.

Continuing students who received a timeslot to select their room, will be able to request to return to their same room, once they receive their email notification on March 27.  The Room Renewal option can be found in the Application in the myHousing portal.

If you request to return to your same room and later change your mind, you can cancel your same room reservation and choose another room during your room selection time. Once you cancel your same room reservation, your old room is relinquished and available for others to select it as their new room.

Select Your Roommate or Fill an Apartment with Your Friends

Continuing students can make a roommate group from 2-6 members to fill an apartment or suite after room selection time and waitlist notifications are emailed on March 27. Groups can be coed and must be made up of all continuing students with room selection times.

How do roommate groups work? First, decide who will be the group leader. Pick your leader wisely! The group leader will create a group, name it and assign a group password. They will be responsible for the assignments during the room selection time. The leader will add people to the group using members’ Humboldt ID numbers, or individuals can add themselves and friends to the group through their individual application process by using the group name and password. The leader of the group must assign group members to rooms, and assign themself last. 

The group leader gets to use the best time assigned to any one person in their group. The leader can assign you to a room, but only you can cancel or change your room reservation once they have assigned you. If you change your mind, you will need to cancel your reservation and select a different room online up until 8am on April 15.

All Gender Option

All gender apartments are available in College Creek, Creekview, Cypress and Campus Apartments. All gender apartments can be comprised of any gender residents. Gender is not a consideration for placement for students that select to live in a gender inclusive bedroom. We offer a limited number of gender inclusive bedrooms across campus.

Theme & Community Housing

For the 2024-2025 academic year, we will be offering the following Theme Housing options (complete descriptions available here).

La Comunidad

Location: Cypress Special Approval Needed

Native American Living

Location: Cypress Special Approval Needed

Rainbow / Gender Inclusive

Location: Creekview Special Approval Needed

Sankofa House

Location: Cypress Special Approval Needed

Students for Violence Prevention

Location: Creekview Special Approval Needed

Cancellation Information

Remember to read your license agreement carefully! The license agreement includes information on cancellation dates, fees and penalties. There is a $100 nonrefundable application fee due when you submit your application. The $100 nonrefundable application fee will be applied to your housing charges due in the fall.

Students who wish to cancel their request to live on-campus must notify the Housing Office by canceling through their myHousing portal or by email of this decision by July 19, 2024. Notifying any other university office does not satisfy your obligation to notify Housing & Residence Life. Such requests that are received by July 19 will be honored; all cancellations will forfeit the nonrefundable application fee of $100. The deadline for canceling your contract without penalties is July 19. Beginning July 20, 2024, requests to cancel will be honored; however, these requests will forfeit the $100 nonrefundable application fee, be charged a $200 cancellation fee and charged a prorated daily penalty fee for each day of notice that is less than the required 30 days.

Summer 2024

Students taking summer school classes or working with the university for the summer has the option of living in the residence halls from May 11 – July 27. The Summer Housing Application opens on April 3, 2024 at 9am.

Looking for Off-Campus Housing?

Our Housing & Residence Life website has an Off-Campus Housing section with helpful resources to start your search for off-campus housing. The site provides information for first time renters, including things to consider when renting, what to know before moving in, transportation options and other tips for living off-campus. The Off-Campus Housing website: housing.humboldt.edu/resident-resources/off-campus also has more useful resources. If you still need some assistance, contact our Off-Campus Housing Coordinator at 707.826.3451 or by emailing housingliaison@humboldt.edu.

FAQs
  • The $100 housing application fee is NOT an additional cost to students. It is treated as an initial deposit, and is credited towards housing and meal plan charges unless the application is canceled.
  • Why charge a housing application fee? It is really all about better serving students who choose to live in campus housing. The application fee allows us to better predict how many students truly intend to live in campus housing, rather than holding spots for students who likely will not.
  • Cal Poly Humboldt previously required a housing application fee, but halted the requirement during COVID. Last year, we saw growth in students anxious to know earlier in the process whether they would have a room on campus, and the lack of the fee made it difficult to determine which applicants for housing were most likely to actually attend.
  • The application fee helps us to ensure that those students who most want and need campus housing have access to it earlier in the assignment process.
  • We have evaluated our housing availability and will be able to accommodate all new students in campus housing who apply for housing in a timely manner, as well as our continuing students who desire to live in campus housing in the 24-25 academic year.
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IMPORTANT DATES FOR CONTINUING STUDENTS
  • February 6 - Housing Application opens to explore: Continuing Students can log into myHousing.humboldt.edu to select their preferred living areas and meal plan, read through documents, pay the $100 nonrefundable application fee (the application fee will be applied to the housing and meal plan charges) and complete any preliminary information.
  • February 22, 2024 – Housing Application opens to submit for Continuing Students with last names that start with A - L: In order to limit the number of students in the portal at once, Continuing Students with last names that start with A - L can submit their Housing Application starting on February 22, 2024, at 9am. Continuing students that apply February 22 (A-L) and February 23 (M-Z) will be considered as applying on the first day, and will be time stamped, based on the time they submit their application. Housing is first come, first served, determined by the date and time the application is submitted.
  • February 23, 2024 – Housing Application opens to submit for Continuing Students with last names that start with M - Z: In order to limit the number of students in the portal at once, Continuing Students with last names that start with M - Z can submit their Housing Application starting on February 23, 2024, at 9am. Continuing students that apply February 22 (A-L) and February 23 (M-Z) will be considered as applying on the first day, and will be time stamped, based on the time they submit their application. Housing is first come, first served, determined by the date and time the application is submitted.
  • March 27, 2024 – Room selection timeslot, guarantee of room assignment, or waitlist notification emailed to Continuing Students: Continuing Students with a completed Housing Application, will be sent an email notification of room selection timeslot, guarantee of room assignment or waitlist notification.
  • March 27, 2024 – Roommate finder opens in the Housing Application: All Continuing Students who receive a room selection time, can go back into their Application in their myHousing portal to find a roommate.
  • April 10, 2024 – Online room selection starts for Continuing Students: Starting on April, 10, 2024, Continuing Students that have received a room selection timeslot will be able to login to their myHousing portal to select a room. Continuing students will have the opportunity to select a room for the next academic year in College Creek, Creekview, Campus Apartments or Bridge Housing.
  • July 19, 2024 - Last day to cancel the Housing Application without penalties: Students who wish to cancel their request to live on campus must notify the Housing Office by canceling through their myHousing portal or by emailing of this decision by July 19, 2024. Notifying any other university office does not satisfy the obligation to notify Housing & Residence Life. Such requests that are received by July 19 will be honored and not charged penalties; all cancellations will forfeit the nonrefundable application fee of $100.
  • July 20, 2024 – Cancel on or after July 20th: Beginning July 20, 2024, requests to cancel will be honored; however, these requests will forfeit the $100 nonrefundable application fee, be charged a $200 cancellation fee, and charged a prorated daily penalty fee for each day of notice that is less than the required 30 days’ notice.
  • August 19, 2024 - Residence halls open at 8:00am for Continuing Students: To help manage lines, minimize wait times and to provide you with the best service possible upon your arrival, we assign check-in timeslots to all residents. Please bring a photo ID to check-in.