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Transfers

If you wish to move to a different apartment, you will need to apply to transfer. The Leasing Coordinator will act on your request to transfer in accordance with the conditions of transfer stated below.  Requests for transfer that are very specific in terms of location may take longer to fulfill.

Conditions of Transfer

Convenience Transfer

 A convenience transfer is defined as a transfer to a different apartment which is not required by the Division of University Housing to remain in compliance with the lease. A convenience transfer will be handled, for the most part, like a new application for an apartment. The resident requesting a transfer will be placed on the new apartment waiting list and assignments will be made according to date of receipt of the transfer request.

Priority Transfer

For purposes of this policy, a priority transfer is defined as:

  1. Medical transfers when approved by the Manager of Apartment Leasing, Manager of Community Services or Director of University Apartments.
  2. Emergency transfer requested by a University Apartments Manager or the Director of University Apartments.

Mandatory Transfers

For purposes of this policy, a mandatory transfer is defined as:

  1. Mandatory transfers initiated by the Division for renovations or remodeling.
  2. Mandatory transfers due to unexpected or emergency maintenance issues or major physical damage to the resident’s
    apartment or building.
  3. Mandatory transfers of those families whose size may not allow them to remain eligible in their current apartment type.

Transfer Offer Limitations

Convenience transfers (with the exception of transfers to 3 bedroom apartments) will not be made between May 1and September 30.

Transfer requests will not be approved for residents who have past due accounts with University Housing. Transfers for these residents will be reconsidered when their account is current.

Transfer approvals will be contingent upon the results of a pest control inspection of the applicant’s current apartment. Residents must pass a pest control inspection of their apartment in order to receive a lease for another apartment.

The Leasing Coordinator will offer no more than two convenience transfers to a resident based on the original transfer application date. Residents who refuse the second
offer of transfer will move to the end of the New Applicant Waiting List.

The number of transfer offers that can be made to residents who are required to make a mandatory transfer because their household size no longer allows them to remain eligible for their current apartment will be limited by rental conditions and/ or apartment availability. Residents who decline an offer or otherwise refuse to move may not be offered a lease renewal when their current lease expires.

The number of transfer offers that can be made to residents who must move to accommodate a renovation or remodeling project will be limited by rental conditions and/or apartment availability at the time the project is scheduled.

Transfer Charges

All residents who accept a convenience or priority transfer will pay an administrative fee of $300 at the time of transfer.

Residents making mandatory transfers will not be charged the administrative transfer fee but are responsible for any damage and cleaning charges that might be assessed.

Residents who vacate the old apartment and move to the new apartment on the first day of the new lease will not pay double rent if the following conditions are met:

  1. The resident picks up the keys for the new apartment the first day of the new lease.
  2. The resident turns in their keys for the old apartment by 8:00 a.m. of the next working day of the new lease.

Additional days to move (with double rent) can be arranged through the Leasing Coordinator or Manager of Apartment Leasing.