Applying | Eligibility | Notification | Short-Term Housing

Undergraduate and Graduate Students with Families

Applying

Newly Admitted Students
After all of your admission requirements are met, you will receive an email to your UM email address with a link to an online application for Northwood Community Apartment housing. To complete the application, you must know your UM email address (uniqname) and UMID number.

Below is the timeframe for online application notification to be sent to newly admitted students who have complete all admissions requirements:

• Fall Term – mid-March
• Winter Term – mid-October
• Spring/Summer Term – mid-March

Allow a minimum of two weeks after you confirm your intent to enroll to receive your online application information.

Eligibility

To be eligible to live in University Housing, Northwood Community Apartments you must be a UM student as defined below:

Student status is defined as:

• Graduate or non-traditional students (out of high-school 6 years or more)
• Undergraduate students with family, (married, domestic partner, single with legal custody of dependent children, or an engaged student)
• Ph.D. candidates actively writing a dissertation as verified by their faculty chair

Students must be registered for classes and paying tuition at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor campus. Students must be enrolled for 6 or more credit hours, two out of three academic terms or be actively writing their dissertation as verified by their chair.

Your spouse/partner must reside with you in Northwood Community Apartments for the duration of the contract.

Students have priority over non-students.

Household Member Policy
The University recognizes that “Family” may go beyond the traditional composition of mother, father, and child(ren). For purposes of eligibility for families with children, immediate family members of the contract holder or spouse/domestic partner are included as household members. Immediate family members are defined as:

• dependent children (under 18 years of age); children over 18 years are considered adults. Residents who have a dependent child that is 18 years or older must provide verification of legal dependent status, for example most recent income tax records.
• parents of the Contract holder or spouse/domestic partner of families with children
• grandparents of the Contract holder or spouse/domestic partner of families with children

As a member of the household, they must be included on the Contract and are entitled to the same access to most family programs, services and facilities. Verification of relationship will be required. Your siblings are not considered immediate family members and therefore are not eligible to reside in the Northwood Community Apartments as household members.
Priority for a family unit will be based upon your priority for assignment.

You must live in a 2 or 3 bedroom apartment if your parents/grandparents reside within the apartment. Under no circumstances may you exceed the occupancy limits for your apartment.

You may not allow any other person(s) to reside in the apartment who is not authorized by University Housing as a member of the household. You may request a variance to this policy by submitting specific circumstances, in writing, to the Assistant Director of Housing Information at housing@umich.edu.

Eligibility for Apartment Types
Student families with children have priority for the two and three bedroom units.
Married students, domestic partners, and single graduates are eligible for the one bedroom to three bedroom units.

Notification

If we have an apartment to offer you, you will be notified by e-mail, fax or telephone of our offer. Our goal is to notify you no less than 30 days prior to your requested occupancy date. All offers are based on residents vacating apartments, the type of apartment(s) you are requesting, the date(s) you are requesting occupancy of an apartment, and your status within the application process. You may contact the Housing Information Office for an update of your status if we have not contacted you within 30 days of your requested occupancy date at housing@umich.edu.

Short-Term Housing

Northwood also offers a limited number of short-term, completely furnished, apartments for visiting scholars, faculty, staff, University Hospital patient families, and other members of the University Community. Whether you are staying for a week, a month, or even longer, look to Northwood for moderately priced accommodations with the convenience of a campus location and amenities that will make you feel right at home in Ann Arbor. For more information, please view Northwood Short-Term Housing.

You can also read and download the complete guide to the policies for living in Northwood Community Apartments.