Neighborhood Unit Application

1. The on-campus housing application for 2025-2026 Neighborhood Units is completed via your Housing Portal. 
2. Of course you'll also need access to the internet. If you are having issues with your application, please try a different browser. We have found that Chrome and Firefox work best. 
3. A $500 pre-payment deposit; deposits can ONLY be paid using a debit or credit card. 
4. Before beginning a housing application, you should confirm if you will apply as an individual or if you will apply with a group of other students.
   1. If you apply as an individual you will NOT need to create an Individual Profile in order to go through the room selection process.
   2. If you apply as a member of a group, one member of the group will need to create a Group Profile and all other members of the group will need to connect their application to this Group Profile. Make sure to verify your group once you have created it by clicking on the Verify Group button right below the name of your group. 
5. New applicants: Make sure that you and all the members of your group complete the housing application by 5:00PM on January 8, 2025.
6. Returning applicants: Make sure that you and all the members of your group complete the housing application by 5:00PM on November 13, 2024. In addition, make sure you select the Returner option as you are indicating that you are looking to return to the NU you are currently placed in for the 2025-2026 academic year. 
7. Housing requires all Neighborhood Unit applicants to complete the OCHO Programs. More information will be available shortly, and once the final OCHO schudule is ready. If you have general questions about the OCHO program, please send an email to  neighboroodambassadors@scu.edu.
8. Make sure to read through all the NU information online and contact housing@scu.edu if you have questions. 

The deadline to complete the 2025-2026 Neighborhood Unit Housing Application for new NU students is 5:00PM on Wednesday, January 8, 2025. 

Returning Neighborhood Unit students (and pull-ins) must complete the application by November 13, 2024 at 5:00pm.

Step by Step Guides Below 

As a reminder, Returners are those who are currently living in an NU and Re-applying. Non-Returners are new applicants who have not yet lived in an NU. Please be sure to review and follow the correct process. 

Neighborhood Unit Application Guide

Students who completed the full OCHO series during previous years do not need to attend these sessions. Verify your attendance through the Off Campus Living office by sending an email to neighborhoodambassadors@scu.edu. 

If you have questions or concerns please reach out to neighborhoodambassadors@scu.edu. 

THIS YEARS OCHO DATES ARE CURRENTLY TBD. NU Applicants will be notified once they are finalized. 

Students who received a confirmation to live in the Neighborhood Units 2024-2025, and wish to return for the 2025-202 academic year, are given priority to apply for their CURRENT unit. 50% of the current residents must remain for the unit to be considered a returner unit. Potential pull-ins for returner groups will also need to apply during the returning process.

Applicants will be sent an email which will confirm if they have been approved for a neighborhood unit. Either you or your group will be sent additional information on how to select rooms within your assigned neighborhood unit. Additional details are being ironed our regarding the room selection process fof neighborhood units.

If you plan to study abroad during Fall 2025 and your roommate agrees to pay the single rate for the Fall 2025 quarter, we'll hold a space within the room for you. When you return for Winter 2026, you and your roommate will each be billed the double rate for the room.

You must complete a 2025-2026 Neighborhood Unit Housing application, including the $500 prepayment deposit, and complete the required OCHO program.  

We suggest that if you are applying to study abroad and have any interest in living on campus upon your return, that you go ahead and complete the 2025-2026 Housing application. If you end up not studying abroad, you'll have more options as it relates to on-campus housing. If you do spend Fall 2025 studying abroad, the Housing Office will hold onto your application and contact you in October 2025 to ascertain your interest in on-campus housing for when you return for Winter & Spring 2026.