All requests for housing accommodations must be supported by documentation from a qualified professional. ODS offers forms that can be completed by professionals to submit as documentation depending on the type of disability: Medical Disability Documentation Form (MDD)  and Psychological Disabilities Diagnostic Report Form (PDDR). For more information on documentation requirements, please visit Documentation Requirements.

Documentation must be submitted by the housing accommodations request period deadline. If you are unable to submit documentation by the deadline, you must still submit the request by the deadline and notify ODS that you are unable to submit documentation at that time. ODS will review whatever has been submitted in support of the housing request, but cannot guarantee a decision can be made without sufficient supporting documentation. 

Graduate Students who receive accommodated housing for their first year and wish to retain their unit for a second or third year can do so by accepting the renewal offer sent to students at the beginning of March. These students do not need to apply for accommodations again until the housing accommodation process in their fourth year (G4), when they are no longer able to retain their housing unit for the following year.

Graduate Students in their first, second, or third year who do not wish to retain their current unit must apply for housing accommodations and also enter the standard room draw. Please refer to the Process to Request Housing Accommodations and complete a Supplemental Request.

Graduate Students in their fourth year (G4) or above must participate in a standard room draw to receive on-campus housing. Graduate Students with disabilities who would like to request accommodations can do so but must also apply for the standard room draw. If the student is approved in the room draw for on-campus housing, a room assignment including the accommodations determined to be reasonable and supported will be assigned.

If you wish to live on campus for the next academic year and did not request housing accommodations by the request period deadline, you must go through the standard room draw process. If you do not enter the standard room draw, you will be placed on a waitlist for on-campus housing.

If you are awarded on-campus housing through the room draw, you can apply for housing accommodations at that time. Please refer to the Process to Request Accommodations for information on how to submit a request.

If a student makes a late housing accommodation request and ODS determines that they are eligible for accommodations, the University’s housing department will work to assign or reassign you to an appropriate available space. Students can expect varied wait times depending on availability. If an appropriate room is not immediately available, you will be placed on a housing accommodations waitlist. While you will be prioritized for an assignment, please note that room assignments are not guaranteed and are subject to availability. 

Students who are not approved for some or all of their requested housing accommodations may request reconsideration through the Office of Disability Services’ Process for Resolving Issues (Process for Resolving Issues | Office of Disability Services (princeton.edu). 

This process should be started as quickly as possible after receipt of the accommodation response letter to permit sufficient time for a reconsideration decision to optimize the assignment of an appropriate housing unit. If you are pursuing a reconsideration of a housing accommodation request submitted by the deadline, the reconsideration request must be made no later than two weeks after you receive your pre-draw housing accommodation response letter in order to receive a response by the standard room draw application deadline.

It is strongly recommended that students who have been denied housing accommodations submit a standard room draw application in case the reconsideration process does not result in an approval for the requested accommodations. Students who are not approved for a housing assignment in the housing accommodation process and do not apply in the standard room draw will not receive on-campus housing.

Students who feel that their pre-draw housing assignment does not meet the accommodations the Office of Disability Services has determined they are eligible for should email [email protected]. The email should explain the reason why the assignment does not meet the accommodations the student is eligible for but should not contain any confidential disability or medical information or documentation. Reconsideration of the housing assignment will not be based on the functional impact of the disability, but will be assessed for alignment with the type of room specified by the Office of Disability Services.

Students are not obligated to accept the housing accommodations room assignment, however a subsequent offer will not be made. Students who do not accept the contract should plan to participate in the standard room draw process or pursue off-campus options.

Students may request housing accommodations at any time for the current academic year. Please refer to the “Process to request accommodations” information above for guidance. 

If ODS determines that you are eligible for an out of cycle accommodation, the University’s housing department will work to assign or reassign you to an appropriate available space. Students can expect varied wait times depending on availability. If an appropriate room is not immediately available, you will be placed on a housing accommodations waitlist. While you will be prioritized for an assignment, please note that room assignments are not guaranteed and are subject to availability.

ODS may determine that a student is eligible for accommodations for one or more academic years. At the time of the determination, ODS specifies the accommodation time period for which the student is eligible.

If ODS determines that a student is eligible for multiple years, the student should not submit a new request for housing accommodations in the Accommodate portal. Students who are G1,G2, or G3 may choose to retain their current unit.  Students who do not wish to retain their unit or are G4 or above must enter the standard room draw to receive on-campus housing, even if their accommodations are approved for multiple years.  If the student receives housing through the room draw process, a housing unit meeting your  approved accommodations will automatically be assigned by the Housing Office.

If you require additional or different housing accommodations for next academic year (i.e. different than what you were previously determined to be eligible for), you must reapply. Please refer to the “Process to request housing accommodations” information above for guidance.

Students must also enter the standard room draw to receive on-campus housing, even if they were found eligible for housing accommodations in the past. If the student receives on campus housing through the room draw and is found eligible for new or different housing accommodations, a housing unit meeting the approved accommodations will automatically be assigned by the Housing Office.

For questions or concerns about your requested accommodations, contact ODS at [email protected] or 609-258-8840.

For questions relating to your housing accommodation assignment or other housing questions, contact the Housing Office at [email protected].