You may be both excited and nervous to live in Campus Housing. It may be the first time you are living in a community with other people who may be strangers at first. Conflict and disagreements are natural in any communal living space, and NSCC Campus Housing staff will be there to support you and your room/suite mates throughout the process.

Please keep in mind that all students are individuals, with rich, unique personal experiences, cultures, identities, and preferences. These experiences shape how we interact with our living spaces, and with others. We have created various processes to support student in navigating these differences to live well.

Roommate/Suitemate Agreement

Campus Housing requires anyone with roommates or suitemates to complete a roommate agreement upon moving into shared accommodations. Each student will be provided with a roommate agreement form. The Community Assistants will host a suite or floor meeting to review the agreement and will encourage roommates and suitemates to fill out the form together. In some buildings, Community Assistants support suitemates and roommates in completing this living document.

It is each student’s responsibility to identify differences in living preferences, make compromises, and establish expectations. It is important to enter these conversations with honesty, compassion, and willingness to make reasonable compromises.

The roommate agreement will generally cover such items as:

• Cleanliness of individual and common spaces and standards of cleanliness
• Noise (music level, sleeping hours, etc.)
• Guests (overnight or during quiet hours)
• Safety and security (i.e., allergies, medical conditions)
• Physical property
• Other information

We call this agreement a living document as it can be re-visited as needed during the year and is a resource that students and Campus Housing Staff can use to work through challenges.

Requesting a Room Transfer

Students are expected to occupy the room and bed space that has been assigned to them by NSCC Campus Housing and are not approved to change without permission. This includes “agreeing to switch” with another student.

Campus housing room transfers will not be considered during the first 2 weeks of each academic term, except for changes required for medical reasons. Room transfers are based on the merit of the request and are not first come, first considered. Offers will be made to help resolve specific issues, not accommodate personal preferences.

If you would like to request a room change, you must contact your Coordinator, Campus Housing via email and provide additional information as required.

In your email, you must include:

• The reason for your room transfers request, along with any additional information about your rooming situation.
• Whether or not a roommate agreement was completed.
  • If there is concerns about roommate agreement, what they are, and what steps you’ve taken to resolve the conflict.
• Indicate what steps you have taken to try to resolve any challenges.

The information that you submit may be shared with your Community Assistant (CA) and you may be asked to meet with the Coordinator, Campus Housing to discuss your request. If the request for a room transfer is related to a conflict within the room or suite, Roommates and Suitemates are encouraged to work with Community Assistants, and the Coordinator of Campus Housing to resolve conflict using the roommate agreement, prior to submitting a request for a roommate transfer.

If your request falls within the parameters of the Housing/Room Assignment Consideration process, you must complete and submit the appropriate documentation.

Please note: Room transfers depend on the availability of spaces/rooms and the College cannot guarantee that a request for a room change, although approved, can be met. Certain room changes may result in different Campus Housing fee charges and if accepted, the student is responsible for all charges associated with the new space.