A. Advance Housing Fee
A $150.00 advance housing fee is required in order to apply for University housing. If Student accepts occupancy, the advance housing fee, when paid, will be applied to the Student’s first quarter room and board charges.
ReservedHousingSpace: If Student elects not to take occupancy and instead cancels a reserved housing space, University, according to the schedule and circumstances set forth below, shall retain all of the advance housing fee and assess any applicable late cancellation fees. Student agrees that the actual damages for Student’s decision not to or failure to take occupancy are extremely difficult or impractical to determine, and that the amount withheld constitutes liquidated damages.
a. Notification of Cancellation: Student must log-in to studenthousing.ucsc.edu and cancel application/contract for Student’s reserved housing.
b. Students who cancel a reserved housing space for winter and/or spring quarter will be charged for the $150.00 advance housing fees and a $200.00 late cancellation fee.
B. Residence Rate
Proration: The residence rate is charged in advance of each academic quarter.
a. If Student takes occupancy after the date Student was scheduled to commence occupancy, no residence rate adjustment shall be made.
b. A rate adjustment shall be made if Student takes occupancy after the start of the quarter, as long as Student was scheduled to commence occupancy on the later date or such late occupancy and residence rate adjustment has been approved in writing by University.
c. No rate adjustment shall be made for termination occurring during the final two (2) weeks of any quarter.
Payment of Housing Charges: The residence rate is due and payable according to the attached schedule. A breach of this contract by Student, including but not limited to delinquency in payment, may result in any or all of the following actions: suspension of contracted meals, a hold on enrollment and/ or financial aid, and termination of the right of occupancy.
a. UCSC accepts credit card, e-Check via MyUCSC Portal (my.ucsc.edu), cash, check, Western Union, or Moneygram.
1. Proration
d. The residence rate is inclusive of the Winter and Spring breaks, without recourse for reimbursement for days unoccupied by Student.
The payment due dates are as follows:
Payment Due Dates*
1) Quarterly Billing Option
Fall Quarter: September 18, 2024
Winter Quarter: December 18, 2024
Spring Quarter: March 25, 2025
2) Monthly Billing Option**
Fall Quarter: September 18, October 22, November 13
Winter Quarter: December 18, January 23, February 12
Spring Quarter: March 25, April 17, May 14
Note: As of August 15, 2024 these are the recent payment due dates. As these dates are subject to change, check for updated dates, by visiting housing.ucsc.edu
* Due dates subject to change. For updates, visit: housing.ucsc.edu
** Monthly billing option may consist of fewer payment installments in instances when a student is assigned to housing after the first bill of the quarter has been generated.