Off-Campus Housing

Opinion

TAARIQ | Cornell’s Misdirected Master Housing Plan

By Aminah Taariq | February 13, 2019

The number of students who want to live on-campus far exceeds the number that actually live on-campus, according to a housing survey. The current system consists of guaranteed on-campus housing for all incoming first-year students. Following freshman year, students have a variety of on-campus housing options, which include the West Campus House System, program houses and cooperative houses. In order to live on campus, students register online for housing, then receive a randomly designated General Room Selection timeslot. During this timeslot, they select a room and sign a housing contract.

campus life

‘Isolated,’ ‘Vulnerable’ and ‘Nervous’: Transfer Students Express Frustration Over Not Being Able to Live On Campus

By Anne Snabes | December 4, 2018

The University explained that it was unable to offer transfer students housing on-campus because the incoming class of transfers was “unusually large,” so there was an “overwhelming demand” for housing.

Common Council Considers Creating Commission to Address Ithaca Housing Issues

By Matthew McGowen | December 2, 2018

Mayor Svante Myrick ’09 intends to create a new commission to holistically assess long-standing housing issues in the city, including the lack of enforcement mechanisms, affordable housing and preventing landlords from requiring leases to be signed over a year in advance.

News

Interim President Rawlings announced a plan to establish a ratings system for off-campus housing.

Rawlings Announces Plan to Launch Ratings System for Off-Campus Housing

By Alisha Gupta | March 30, 2017

Interim President Hunter Rawlings is working to ensure improved safety measures for students, off-campus staff and faculty renters living off-campus housing who he says “deserve no less.”