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Housing Policies, Rules and Regulations
HOUSING POLICIES
Payment of the basic Housing Cost for the semester must be made before you can receive the keys to your accommodations. Housing assignments are made the week before Orientation.
You will receive your assignment and apartment address upon check-in when you arrive. Once a housing assignment is made you may not request re-assignment during the current semester. New arrangements may be possible for the following semester (on consultation with the Housing Coordinator). However, if JCU finds it necessary to change housing assignments for any reason, it reserves the right to place you in another accommodation.
- JCU will take into consideration your requests for roommates, but cannot guarantee compliance with your wishes. Roommate requests must be mutual
- All housing assignments will be same sex only. No co-ed assignments will be made except for married couples.
- First year students normally will be housed through the JCU Housing Office and freshmen will be assigned to the Residence for the first academic year
Confirmation of housing is given only after a student has been accepted for enrollment by the University and the Housing Placement Fee and Housing Request Form is received. The Housing Placement Fee is non refundable. It is a guarantee to obtain housing and, as such, will be credited against the final housing cost. Room assignments are made the week prior to the student’s arrival in Rome. Students will be informed of their housing addresses upon their arrival in Rome and not before.
Damages: JCU Housing reserves the right to withhold transcripts if the accommodations are not returned in satisfactory condition. This includes damage to the apartment, missing items, extra cleaning (Cleaning is done by an agency contracted by the university at mid-term and at the end of the year only) and excessive utility charges incurred at the end of the term. Transcript holds will be released only after payment is made to the JCU Business office by credit card only.
Withdrawal from the Housing Program: Paid Housing Costs (less the non-refundable $ 1,000 or $ 600 Housing Placement Fee) may be fully refunded when written notification of withdrawal from the Housing Program is received BEFORE the payment deadline corresponding to the term for which housing was requested. After that date and before occupying the accommodations, Housing Costs (less the non-refundable Housing Placement Fee) may be refunded 50%. After the housing unit has been occupied, no refund is possible.
The Housing Placement Fee is non-refundable in any case.
Housing Contract: Upon arrival in Rome students will be required to sign a Housing Contract agreeing to respect the property, privacy and rights of roommates and neighbors as well as abide by all Italian laws. IT IS THE REPONSIBILITY OF EACH STUDENT TO FAMILIARIZE HIS/HERSELF WITH THE TERMS OF THE CONTRACT that can be found in the Roman Housing Booklet.
- Any unlawful activity, drug use, or abuse of property, inappropriate behavior toward neighbors, JCU personnel or housemates is grounds for dismissal from JCU Housing and will lead to forfeiture of all fees
- ALL JOHN CABOT HOUSING ACCOMMODATIONS ARE NON-SMOKING including balconies
- Overnight guests are not allowed in JCU Housing for any reason
- Pets are not allowed under any circumstances
- Etc. (see sample Housing Contract)
JCU reserves the right to adjust the US dollar prices for housing if the currency exchange rate exceeds 1.40 USD/Euro |