Student Housing Services

General Information

Housing contracts are offered for the Academic Year (mid-August through mid-May), the Fall semester (mid-August through mid-December), and the Spring semester (early January through mid-May).

On-campus housing is guaranteed for freshmen who submit a housing application AND satisfy the university’s partial tuition payment requirement by May 1, 2009.

You will receive electronic notification when your contract is offered. It is very important that you check your university issued e-mail address regularly as that will be the means by which you are notified of your housing status.

When you receive your email contract offer: print, complete, sign, and return it with either your full payment or $225 minimum deposit. Your signed contract and payment MUST be received by the offer expiration date printed on your contract. If the contract and your payment are not received by the expiration date, your housing offer will expire and be offered to those who are wait listed.

Be sure to read your contract thoroughly. Your signature will signify your acceptance of the housing contract offered to you and your agreement to the stated terms and conditions. If you are not 18 years of age, your parent or legal guardian must also sign the contract.

Assignment Terms and Conditions

• Freshmen are defined as those who graduate from high school the spring semester preceding the fall 2009 semester.
• Freshmen who submit their housing application AND partial tuition payment by the assignment priority deadline of May 1, 2009 are guaranteed a place in the residence halls. Please note that this does not assure that hall, room type or roommate preferences will be met.
• All campus housing applicants must be accepted into classified programs of study and have paid the university’s tuition deposit at the University of Hawaii at Manoa before being eligible for housing placement.
• Residents must be enrolled for a minimum of 12 credit hours (undergraduate) or 8 credit hours (graduate) for the duration of their housing contract.
• For assignment priority consideration, housing applications must be received at the Student Housing Services office by:
  • May 1, 2009 for Academic Year and Fall Only terms
  • October 15, 2010 for Spring Only term
• The housing contract is not transferable; residents may not sublease their assigned space.
• Hall requests are accommodated according to priority, then a random lottery.
• Applicant preferences cannot be guaranteed. Applicants may elect to remove themselves from the assignment process if none of their choices are available.
• Requests for specific roommates or rooms are given consideration but are not guaranteed. Roommate requests must be mutual and must have matching hall preferences.
• Participation in the meal program is required for those living in the residence halls. Residents must select one of the meal plans offered. Please note that provisions will not be made for special diets, including diets based on medical, religious, or lifestyle needs or preferences. Meal plans for apartment residents (Hale Wainani and Hale Noelani) are optional.
• Freshmen involved in Residential Learning Programs are assigned to specific floors within the Hale Aloha Towers. If necessary, Johnson Hall will be used to accommodate freshmen.
• The Student Housing Services office reserves the right to reassign students as necessary.
• All students reapplying for UHM Student Housing must be in good standing with the Student Housing Office and the University of Hawaii.
• Modified facilities for students with documented disabilities and/or special needs that require an on-campus accommodation are available for those who apply by the geographic priority deadlines. Students with special needs and/or disabilities requiring modification or accommodation, e.g., accessible shower, single room, service animal, to create equal access to the living facility and/or program will be asked to provide written verification of their special need after placement. Residents who are unable to properly attend to their personal care needs will be required to arrange for Personal Care Attendants (PCAs) at their own cost.

Assignment Priorities

First Priority:

Students in special categories established by prior commitments such as Regent and Presidential Scholars, student athletes, National Student Exchange Program, special needs, and College Opportunities Program.

Second Priority:

Traditional freshmen-resident and non-resident students confirmed to attend UHM who graduated from high school in the spring prior to enrolling at the university.

Third Priority:

Resident and non-resident students who lived in the residence hall and completed their housing contracts as freshmen during the previous spring semester.

Fourth Priority:

First-year undergraduate transfer students confirmed to attend UHM.

Fifth Priority:

Students whose permanent residences are on the neighboring-islands.

Sixth Priority:

Students whose permanent residences are in the following towns: Kahuku, Waialua, Nanakuli to Makaha, Laie, Haleiwa, and Hauula.

Seventh Priority:

Students whose permanent residences are in the following towns: Wahiawa, Kapolei, and Kaaawa.

Eighth Priority:

Students from the mainland and foreign countries.

Ninth Priority:

Students whose permanent residences are in the following towns: Mililani, Kunia, and Ewa Beach.

Tenth Priority:

Students whose permanent residences are in the following towns: Waipahu and Waimanalo.

Eleventh Priority:

Students whose permanent residences are in the following towns: Pearl City, Kaneohe, and Kailua.

Twelfth Priority:

Students whose permanent residence is in Aiea.

Thirteenth Priority:

Students whose permanent residences are located in the City of Honolulu (all zip codes beginning with 968__)

Fourteenth Priority:

Late: Applications received at the Student Housing Services office beginning May 2, 2008 for the Fall Only and Academic Year terms; and beginning October 16, 2008 for the Spring Only term will be considered late. Late applications will be assigned on a first come, first served basis.

All students reapplying for UHM Student Housing must be in good standing with the Student Housing Office and the University of Hawaii.

Smoke-Free Facilities.

All residence halls and apartment complexes are designated smoke-free. Residents and their guests may not smoke anywhere within the building or in building courtyards, breezeways, and terraces, on exterior stairways and access ramps, and outdoor dining patios, terraces and lanais.

Smoking and Drinking Preferences

Applicants may indicate their preference of a roommate’s smoking and drinking habits on the application. Every attempt will be made to adhere to such requests; however, there is no guarantee that a request will be honored. NOTE: Hawaii’s legal drinking age is 21 years old.

Freshmen

Students classified as incoming freshmen and graduated from high school in spring 2008, are required to reside in Hale Aloha. Programs and activities designed to enhance the first-year college experience are offered in these halls. If necessary, Johnson Hall will be used to accommodate freshmen.

Graduate and Student Family Housing

General Information:

Student Housing Services offers a limited number of apartments in the Hale Wainani complex for Graduate and Family Housing. Graduate and Family Housing will be available in one and two bedroom units located in the low-rise apartment buildings.

Graduate Housing

To qualify for Graduate Housing, student must be a registered, full-time UH-Manoa graduate student.  Applicants to the Graduate Housing must indicate that they are graduate students on their application and indicate that they want to live in graduate housing.  Apartments designated for Graduate Students will be assigned to 2 students (one bedroom units) or 4 students (two bedroom units).  (Graduate students are eligible to live in other housing accommodations if they choose.)

Family Housing

To qualify for Family Housing, there must be a registered, full-time UH-Manoa student as part of the family unit. Family units include: married couples, married couples with child(ren), parents with dependent children, domestic partners, domestic partners with child(ren). Consideration may also be given for other types of family arrangements.

Siblings that are both UH-Manoa students may apply to live with each other. In these cases, housing will assign the students to a building environment that they are eligible to live in.

Requirements and Restrictions for Family Housing:

• At least one apartment occupant must be a student and must be enrolled full-time as a UH-Manoa student.
• Students with children must provide a copy of the Birth Certificate for each child residing in the apartment.
• Students with partners must provide a certified copy of legal documentation that demonstrates that the student and partner have entered into a marriage, domestic partnership or civil union.

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Eligibility documents must be provided at the time the signed contract is returned to Student Housing Services in order to be eligible for Family Housing.

Additional Information:

Student Housing Services will offer a set number of spaces for Graduate and Family housing. The priority process for Graduate and Family housing spaces will run independently of the standard process but will be based on a student’s assignment priority.

Student families with children will have priority for 2 bedroom units and student families without children are eligible for the one to two bedroom units. The maximum capacity of the apartment may not be exceeded.

Due to the high demand for space, Student Housing Services needs to provide as much on-campus housing to UH-Manoa students as possible. When needed, Student Housing Services may fill the apartments in Graduate and Family housing area block with single students after all qualified Graduate and Family housing applicants have been offered housing.

Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) Housing

Student Housing Services is supportive of all students including those who identify as transgender and those with a gender identity that is not traditionally associated with their birth sex. Student Housing Services will work to meet the needs of students with various gender expressions in regards to appropriate housing accommodations. Housing assignments will be made on the basis of the gender with which the student currently identifies. For specific requests or additional information please contact: the LGBT Student Services Office at 956-9250.

Special Needs/Handicapped Facilities

Modified facilities for students with documented disabilities and/or special needs that require an on-campus accommodation are available for those who apply by the geographic priority deadlines. Students with special needs and/or disabilities requiring modification or accommodation, e.g., accessible shower, single room, service animal, to create equal access to the living facility and/or program will be asked to provide written verification of their special need after placement. Residents who are unable to properly attend to their personal care needs will be required to arrange for Personal Care Attendants (PCAs) at their own cost.

Construction, Renovation and Repairs

Construction, renovations, and/or repairs of existing and new residence halls and adjacent areas on the UH Manoa campus are scheduled for the upcoming years.

Renovations and/or repairs of the existing residence halls occur throughout the year. Every effort is made to expedite this work. Occasionally, we are unable to complete the work and must wait for the following working day. Temporary measures will be taken until the permanent repair can be completed that may result in disturbances, disruptions, and inconveniences, including, but not limited to noise, dust, use of alternate facilities, etc.