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Apartment Homesteading Paper Petition Information
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The Off-Campus Apartment Homesteading process is for current residents in Greenway, Rosedale, University Drive, Waterman Courts and Loop Lofts (Loop Lofts residents will homestead to University Terrace).
Homesteading is available for a particular apartment if at least one current resident wishes to return to the apartment the following year and then finds other elegible students to fill the apartment. Each apartment in this process must be completely filled.
The paper petition must be submitted by March 6, 2009 to the Village Office. Residents in this process must remember to visit WebSTAC to submit the online application/payment by March 22 in order to be assigned to a space. The petition is available below.
Off-Campus Apartment Homesteading Petition
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Gender Neutral Paper Petition Information
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Residential Life aims to treat students as adults and encourages them to make well-thought-out decisions. We are happy to offer upper-class students a housing option where the assignments are not based on gender. This program is offered during Round 1 and Round 2 in:
- The Village (four-person, single bedroom, two bathroom suites)
- Greenway Place Apartments (two and three person apartments with single bedrooms)
This option is available during Round 1 in the Apartment Homesteading & Village BLOC processes and during Round 2 for general assignments in these areas. In Round 2, assignments will be made in lottery average order (along with petitions that are single-sex). If you are not financially independent, we expect you to discuss your housing preference with those responsible for payment. Please note that this option requires a paper Housing Petition. Do not use the online Housing Petition on WebSTAC for Gender Neutral petitions.
If your group participates in this option, you must completely fill the suite/apartment for the entire academic year. Groups with members who intend to participate in the Spring Study Abroad Program must be prepared to replace members after the fall semester. If there is an unexpected cancellation, you will be offered the opportunity to secure a replacement, but Residential Life reserves the right to assign another applicant to the space or to reassign the remaining residents to same-sex accommodations.
To apply:
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General Online Petition Information
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- Student must have a general lottery number for the 2009-2010 process.
- Student must have registered to participate in the petition process.
- Student cannot be a graduating senior.
- Student cannot be assigned through a previous round.
- Petition participants must be the same gender (Gender Neutral petitions for The Village and Greenway are available here in paper form for you to download and submit).
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Incomplete or Late Petitions
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Incomplete petitions will not be accepted.All Housing Petitions must be completely filled--the number of roommates/suitemates must match the space you are requesting. Incomplete petitions will not be accepted. For example, if you are filling out a petition for a 4-person suite, 4 people must be on the petition. If you do not have enough people, use our online Roommate Finder to post and find a roommate to fill the petition.
Late petitions will not be accepted online. If you miss the deadlines for petition submission, you must contact Residential Life and your petition will be considered as space is available.
Individual petitions are accepted only for Round 2 (there are very few single spaces).
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Residential College, Village BLOC, Rounds 2, Round 3
Online Petition Instructions & Information
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For the Residential College Round, Village BLOC Application, Round 2, and Round 3 online petitions must be submitted under the "Campus Housing Room Selection" link via WebSTAC. Below, find step-by-step instructions on this process. If you need further help, please visit the FAQ page.
During the Online Petition Process, a student can either be a Petition Contact or a Roommate. Please note the difference in roles in the below instructions.
Each student can only be a Petition Contact or an Accepted Roommate on one Petition.
1. Register for Housing Selection Process & look at your Lottery Number on WebSTAC under "Campus Housing Room Selection" (starting Feb. 19). Each student must register and agree to allow their WUSTL email address to be searchable.
2. Discuss with your potential roommates who will serve as Petition Contact. The Petition Contact is responsible for inviting all roommates, selecting the housing assignment, submitting the petition in on time, accepting the housing assignment, and selecting bedrooms.
3. Petition Contact will:
a. Click on "Create Petition" to create a new petition.
b. Create the petition by a 4-Step Process:
- Indicate & Rank Petition Preference (size and location of housing)
- Invite roommates (via WUSTL email address)
- Enter optional comments
- Review & create petition
4. After Petition Contact "Creates Petition"
a. Petition has a status of "Proposed"
b. An email is sent to all roommates listed
c. Petition Contact can return to WebSTAC anytime before submission date to:
- Edit housing preferences
- Change (add or remove) roommates
- Add phone number and create comments
- View the accept/decline status of roommates
- Cancel Petition
5. Roommates on Petition will:
- Receive an email informing them they are on a petition. They should log into WebSTAC to view the type of housing and all roommates in the petition
- Add best contact number
- Accept or Decline "Proposed Petition" via WebSTAC (students can change their Accept/Decline status at anytime before "Petition Submission")
PLEASE NOTE: A student may only accept one petition invitation.
6. After all Roommates on Petition "Accept" Proposed Petition:
- Petition Status changes to "Confirmed"
- Rank of petition is established and listed
Petition Contact can still go into Petition to:
- Edit housing preferences
- Change (add or remove) roommates
- Create comments
- Cancel Petition
7. Petition Contactmust "Submit" Confirmed Petition on the Submission Date on WebSTAC. Once submitted, no more changes may be made. Submission dates are:
- Residential College Round - Submission Date: March 1
- Village BLOC Applications - Submission Date: March 6
- Round 2 – North Side Submission Date: March 27
- Round 3 – South 40 Submission Date: April 15
8. After submission, Petition Status will be listed as "Submitted." On March 2, March 7, March 28 and April 16, petition status will be reflected as "Processing."
9. On notification date (March 30 for Round 2; April 17 for Round 3), Petition Contacts &
Roommatesmust log onto WebSTAC to view their Petition. The status will be listed as:
- Offered
- Denied (Residential Life will contact you with updates on housing)
- Syscancelled (Petition was not submitted/not submitted correctly)
10. Petition Contact must "Accept" Housing Assignment for self and all roommates. When
Accepting, Petition Contact will place self and roommates in desired bedrooms in the unit.
Deadlines for Acceptance are:
- Round 2: Accept or Decline this offer by April 6
- Round 3: Accept assignment by April 19 or lose housing assignment and advance payment
11. After "Acceptance" Petition Contact & Roommates can view Room Assignments on
WebSTAC.
12. For the Residential College Round, room selection will occur in person on March 23. On March 24, WebSTAC will reflect selections made.
13. For The Village BLOCs, the application follows the general steps above, but also includes application questions. The Petition Contact must be the BLOC Agent. One additional BLOC Agentcan be added during the application process. Suites will be assigned administratively to all approved BLOCs. If BLOCs want to request certain spaces, they may do so on the application, under "comments." Once suite assignments are made, Petition Contactmust log onto WebSTAC to view the suite assignments. The Petition Contact will then assign bedrooms for each BLOC member, based on the assigned suites.
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Petition Information