HOUSING

Valarie Rand, Associate Dean of Student Affairs/Director of Housing
(312) 777-8615

Welcome to College-Sponsored Housing!

The Housing office provides information to assist students in locating the type of housing that best suits their personal and financial needs while complementing their educational experience.
College-Sponsored Housing at The Illinois Institute of Art-Chicago serves the student by establishing a solid foundation in a community environment that enhances a student's well being through opportunities for social interaction, programming, and services that provide for his/her some basic personal and academic needs.

College-Sponsored Housing - Basic Information

College-Sponsored Housing offers the student a learning environment that provides accommodations which are clean, congenial, comfortable and convenient. The Associate Dean of Student Affairs/Housing Director supervises one full time professional Residence Life Coordinator who directly supervises Resident Assistants (RA's) to provide organized and thorough administrative functions that serve the students' well-being by attending to the everyday obstacles of life so that a student may focus on school for their academic success.

The Illinois Institute of Art-Chicago maintains master-lease apartments in downtown Chicago that offer congenial, convenient, clean, comfortable housing. The Associate Dean of Student Affairs/Director of Housing coordinates administrative functions that serve a student's well being by attending to the everyday obstacles of life so that a student may focus on academic success. This is in keeping with the mission of The Illinois Institute of Art-Chicago by fostering an environment that supports student success, improves student persistence and results in program completion.

College-Sponsored Housing program is currently located at Automatic Lofts and offers four bedroom apartments which has securable bedrooms for each resident. Furniture, internet, cable and all utilities are included. Additionally, the Residence Life Coordinator (RLC) who is a full-time housing staff member, lives and works on site. The RLC oversee the day to day onsite functions and services of housing. In addition he/she supervises the student staff members, Resident Assistants (RAs), who live on the property and assist students with any concerns. RAs provide answers to basic living or academic questions, complete nightly rounds of the apartments, and facilitate educational and social activities for students.

If a student is interested in touring one of the housing facilities, she/he should call the Housing office at 312-777-8615.

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The primary step in the application process is to complete the Housing Application. Please return this with a one-time $200.00 Restoration Fee and Occupancy Charge Down payment (non-refundable) Once the Housing office has received these two items and a confirmation that a student's financial plan is finalized, the Housing staff begins the process of placing the student into an apartment. Approximately two weeks prior to the start of the quarter, the student receives notification of apartment placement, move-in date and times, the Housing License to be signed and returned and the contact information about their new roommates. Students are encouraged to call roommates in advance to coordinate sharing of the space, small appliances and electronics. Students, who have a specific person they would like as a roommate, indicate this request on the housing application where appropriate. The request for a specific person must be mutual and only mutual requests of the same gender will be honored when possible.

Frequently Asked Questions

Cost

Information on the cost of housing is available in the Student Affairs office or by calling (800) 351-3450, extension 8615. The cost of housing includes; rent, utilities (electric, gas, water, heat, air conditioning), furniture rental, basic cable, and high speed internet.
The costs of food, laundry, toiletries, transportation, and all other personal items are the responsibility of the student.

Roommate Assignments

Students will receive a letter in the mail approximately two weeks prior to the start of the quarter. The letter will include the College-Sponsored Housing address, phone number, roommates' names and home phone numbers for all of the roommates.
Upon receipt of the letter, students should contact their roommates to make arrangements, such as: who will bring the TV, stereo, microwave etc.

Beds

The size of the bed is standard twin (not twin extra long).
Students must provide their own bedding.

Other Furniture

The apartments in Automatic Lofts will come furnished with twin beds, student desks with chairs, wardrobes , two kitchen stools as well as furniture for the common living area.
Students do not need to bring any additional furniture, except a desk lamp.
Furniture provided by the College may not be moved out of College-Sponsored Housing under any circumstances.

Phones

Students are responsible to bring their own cell phones to make local and long distance calls.
Each apartment has an emergency phone that can reach in –house apartments, office and 911.

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Guests

All guests must be at least 18 years of age. Guest visiting hours are: 8: 00 a.m. to 11:00 p.m. Sunday through Thursday and 8:00 a.m. to midnight Friday and Saturday. Students must remain with their guests at all times and are responsible for their behavior and actions of their guests. Students may request to have a guest visit overnight by contacting the Residence Life Coordinator at least one week in advance to obtain written approval. Additionally the roommates of the requesting resident MUST agree in writing to have the guest in the apartment.

Contract dates

The Housing License extends for 3 quarters from the date the student enters Housing regardless of the quarter the License is started.
If a student wants to move out during the middle of the housing license, there are fees associated with breaking the Housing License. Fees include: $200.00 Restoration Fee and Occupancy Charge Down payment, the balance of the month of current quarter (in which the student is breaking the leaseLicense), plus two months' rent penalty and possible damage charges (only if the student has caused billable damage to the apartment).

On-Site Support

The Residence Life Coordinator is on call each evening and available on site 5 nights a week - Monday through Friday for the current housing site of Automatic Lofts.
There are student employees (Resident Assistants (RAs) on-site to assist students. RAs complete rounds of the facilities every night of the week.

Monitored Entry

The Housing location has a front desk staff available around the clock 7 days a week.

Request To Relocate

At a designated time during the quarter, students will have the opportunity to request to relocate to a different housing apartment. This request should be during the quarterly housing confirmation process only.

Pets

No pets are allowed in College-Sponsored Housing at any time.

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