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Show Service locates off-campus housing The off-campus housing service for University students has been explained by Brian O'Toole, director direc-tor of the residence halls, as a free housing service to a select community, commu-nity, the University, rather than competition with downtown realtors. real-tors. For a $2 annual listing fee, landlords are provided a listing at the University to tell what they have to offer. In past years an expensive, time consuming process proc-ess of inspection of off-campus housing took place. Now however, the landlord merely fills out a form describing the place for rent. The person renting the apartment room or house has the responsibility responsi-bility to notify the University should the accomodations be unsatisfactory. Previously off-campus off-campus housing inspectors played the judge and jury in the disputes between tenants and landlords. The policy now does not call for inspections, rather mediation and communication with householders and tenants. The policy for off-campus housing is: (1) Householder agrees to comply com-ply with the University's policy which "...restricts its listing and approval of off-campus rental units to those units whose householders house-holders are willing to accept as tenants all students regardless of religious affiliation, race or ethnic origin. This is to assure that the selection of students be based on personal behavior and individual character only." (2) Householder agrees to notify not-ify the housing office immediately after unit is rented. (3) Householder agrees to insure that his units do meet and will continue to meet the standards stan-dards set forth in the Off-Campus Housing Procedures bulletin. The service also finds accommodations accommo-dations for faculty to rent their homes should they leave on sabbaticals. sab-baticals. A roommate listing is being organized. It will provide roommate listings to be posted on bulletin boards around campus. |
