Family Housing Policy

UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, RIVERSIDE
HOUSING SERVICES

Canyon Crest Family Student Housing

Housing Policy on Eligibility and Assignment Priority

ELIGIBILITY

Canyon Crest Family Student Housing is provided to support students with families in achieving their academic goals while maintaining their family commitments. A family is defined as an established long-term relationship with an exclusive mutual commitment in which members (children, spouses, domestic partners) share the necessities of life and on going responsibility for their common welfare.

For children, the following conditions must be met:
  • Children must be minors, under 18 years of age.
  • The parent needs to have at least 50% legal as well as physical custody of his/her minor children.
For families, the following conditions must be met:
  • At least one spouse/partner is a regularly enrolled, fulltime student, as defined by the University of California, Riverside, Office of the Registrar or the Graduate Division.
  • Neither spouse/partner is in an existing marriage or domestic partnership with anyone else. Both individuals are at least 18 years of age.
  • The married couple/domestic partners agree to notify Housing Services at the University of California, Riverside, of any change in the status of the marriage/domestic partnership and will not be eligible for entering into another housing agreement with the University of California, Riverside, for six months after the termination of the current marriage/domestic partnership. Should the change in relationship cause the resident to be ineligible to live in Family Housing, the resident will be required to vacate the unit pursuant to the Student Housing Contract.
  • The married couple/domestic partners agree to fulfill all terms and conditions as stated in the University of California, Riverside, Student Housing Contract.
ASSIGNMENT PRIORITY

All applicants are placed on an assignment list according to the date their housing application is submitted and the following assignment priority:
  1. Single UCR student with children.
  2. Families of two UCR students with children.
  3. Families of one UCR student and one non-student spouse/domestic partner with children.
  4. Families of two UCR students without children.
  5. Families of one UCR student and one non-student spouse/domestic partner without children.
Families are defined above under eligibility.

Chancellor Approval 11/12/01