LiveOn with us for 2024-2025

The Housing Assignment Office offers many resources for you to learn more about the LiveOn Housing Process.

• Information Sessions: sessions held during Parents & Family Weekend
• Webinars: online webinar sessions held throughout September, October, November, December, January, and February
• Tabling Events: stop by the Commons building during identified days to chat with staff
• Housing Fair: the Housing Assignment Office will be present during the Housing Fair
• Virtual Housing Fair: the Housing Assignment Office will have a booth you can visit during the Virtual Housing Fair

View LiveOn Housing Process information sessions and webinars

Students are also encouraged to contact the Housing Assignment Office to learn more about the process, which is located in 201 Johnston Commons in East Halls. Staff are available Monday - Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

Upper-class students have many housing options to consider at University Park. Review the available options and associated room rates to determine which meets your needs and fits your budget.

Upper-class student housing options:

• Double Room, Traditional Residence Halls (you and 1 roommate)
  Double rooms are located in Pollock (Beaver**), South (Atherton, McElwain, Simmons**), and West (Hamilton**, Irvin, Jordan, Thompson, Watts**) 
   
• Triple Room, Traditional Residence Halls (you and 2 roommates)
  Triple rooms are located in South (Atherton, McElwain, Simmons**), and West (Jordan, Thompson, Watts**) 
   
• Quad Room, Traditional Residence Halls (you and 3 roommates)
  Quad rooms, which is a single large room, and are located in South (McElwain, Simmons**), and West (Hamilton**, Thompson) 
   
• Single Room, Traditional Residence Halls (no roommates)
  Single-occupancy rooms are located in South (Atherton, McElwain, Simmons**), and West (Hamilton**, Jordan, Thompson, Watts**)
   
• Double Room, Renovated Residence Halls (you and 1 roommate)
  Double rooms are located in South (Chace**, Cooper, Hoyt, Ewing, Cross, Haller, Lyons, Hibbs, and Stephens Halls)
   
• North Hall suites (you and 1 roommate and 2 suitemates)
  2-bedroom/4-person suite with shared bathroom. Limited 2-bedroom/2-person suites are available through a Waitlist
   
• Nittany Hall suites (you and 1 roommate and 2 suitemates)
  2-bedroom/4-person suite with shared bathroom
   
• Eastview Terrace (no roommate)
  Single-occupancy room with private bathroom and air conditioning (Brill**, Curry**, Harris, Miller, Nelson, Panofsky, Young)
   
• Nittany Apartments (you and 3 roommates) **
  2-bedroom/4-person apartments and 4-bedroom/4-person apartments
   
• White Course Apartments (you and 3 roommates) **
  4-bedroom/4-person apartments
   
• Supplemental Housing, Traditional Residence Halls (you and 3-5 roommates) 
  Supplemental housing rooms, which is a large single room, are located in Pollock (Beaver**), South (McElwain, Simmons**), and West (Hamilton**, Jordan, Thompson, Watts**) 
   
• Supplemental Housing, Renovated Residence Halls (you and 5 roommates) 
  Supplemental housing rooms, which is a large single room, are located in South (Cross**, Haller, Hoyt, Stephens) 
   
• Supplemental Housing, Suite Residence Halls (you and 5 roommates) 
  Supplemental housing rooms, which is a large single room, are located in North (Beam, Holmes, Leete, Runkle) 

Students do not need to have a roommate request to select a housing option. If no roommate is listed, the Housing Assignment Office will process a random room assignment.

** These housing options offer Break Access/Holiday Housing for students who are not able to leave campus during the three closedown periods. There is an additional fee for Break Access/Holiday Housing for ALL housing options (including Nittany and White Course Apartments).

Eligible students interested in living on campus for the next academic year will need to Request Housing in eLiving during the LiveOn Housing Process timeline: 

• 12:00 p.m. (noon) ET October 1 - 12:00 p.m. (noon) ET October 31: Students who Request Housing in October will be eligible for the November invitation process
• 12:00 p.m. (noon) ET December 1 - 12:00 p.m. (noon) ET February 14 (extended from January 31): Students who Request Housing in December 1 - February 14 will be eligible for the February invitation process

Invitations are offered on a random basis, not on a first-come, first-served process. The date that a student Requests Housing is not considered when housing invitations are made.

All students who Request Housing will receive an invitation to #LiveOn!

Students who are not eligible to Request Housing, or who do not participate in the process, may add their name to the On-Campus Housing Waitlist in eLiving, which opens at 12:00 p.m. (noon) ET December 1. HFS Contract offers for either a double room, traditional residence hall or supplemental housing will be made starting on Mondays in late-March, and will continually be offered on Monday afternoons until the beginning of the fall semester. 

An invitation provides the student the opportunity to review available housing options, select a space, invite friend(s), and then create/accept the HFS Contract through the eLiving system. All students who Request Housing will receive an invitation; invitations are randomly made on the following timeline:

The number of students who Request Housing will determine how many invitation rounds are made, as not all students will receive an invitation on the same day.

Invitations are sent out on Mondays and Thursdays (between noon and 5:00 pm) throughout November and February. Once a student receives an invitation, the student will need to complete the entire process before the invitation expiration date:

• Monday invitations expire Thursday at 12:00 p.m. (noon) ET
• Thursday invitations expire Monday at 12:00 p.m. (noon) ET 

Logon to eLiving to view the invitations; either select View Invitation under the Contracts icon, or select the Shopping Cart.

View and select a housing option 

The invitation will display all housing options and indicate the amount of space remaining. As students select a housing option, the space available will decrease. Once a housing option is filled, it will no longer be available to select, but will be grayed out.

Select a housing option and click the "continue" button.

Add a Friend

You can add a friend to your invitation! Adding a friend is not required to select a housing option. If a group of students want to live together, the first student to receive the invitation should select the housing option and add friends to ensure the group is assigned together.

1. Friend must be eligible (must have Requested Housing and not accepted a HFS Contract yet)
2. Friend can be any gender
3. Depending upon housing option selected (no friends can be added to single rooms), up to 3 friends can be added,
4. Adding a friend will reserve the housing option selected for you and the friend(s), and create HFS Contract offers for each person
5. Each student must accept the HFS Contract by the deadline date.

Review your selection

Review your select and click "Create Contract"

eLiving will create an HFS Contract offer for the student and friend(s), which will be added to each student’s eLiving Shopping Cart. This means that some students may receive an email with a HFS Contract offer (instead of an invitation), since their friend added them to the invitation. Once the HFS Contract offer is available, each student is responsible for individually accepting the HFS Contract offer before the invitation process expiration date. If the HFS Contract offer is not accepted by the expiration date and the offer expires, the offer cannot be remade.

1. Click the ‘Begin Contract Signing Process’ button to view and read the HFS Contract agreement and Terms, Conditions, and Regulations (TCRs).
   If you log out before accepting the offer, the HFS Contract Offer will be available in your Shopping Cart until the offer expiration deadline
2. Check the box to indicate that you have read and agree to abide by the Terms, Conditions, and Regulations (TCRs).
3. Type your name to electronically sign the HFS Contract.
4. Click the ‘Accept Contract’ button.

Be sure to read the fine print for your HFS Contract before you accept - once you have accepted the HFS Contract, you are legally bound to that contract for the specified semester(s). You may not cancel the HFS Contract after it has been accepted.

HFS Contracts for upper-class students are "preference" HFS Contract - meaning, the student can indicate preferences for housing area, building, room type, roommate(s) (if applicable, depending upon HFS Contract type - does not need to be the same person(s) added as friends to the invite), and Campus Meal Plan level. Preferences indicated are NOT guaranteed. The Housing Assignment Office will try to accommodate preferences requested if space is available.

Housing preferences can be modified in eLiving on the Contracts > Update Preferences page until 12:00 p.m. (noon) April 2.

The Campus Meal Plan level for 2024 fall semester can be modified in eLiving on the My Info > My Meal Plan page until 12:00 p.m. (noon) December 20, 2024

Room assignments for the 2024 fall semester will be available in eLiving on the My Info > My Room page at 12:00 p.m. (noon) Tuesday July 16.

Room Exchange eBoard

The eBoard for the 2024 fall semester is available in eLiving on the My Info > Room Exchange eBoard from 12:00 p.m. (noon) Tuesday July 16 through 12:00 p.m. (noon) Tuesday August 6. 

Visit the Arrival website to learn more about moving into your room, including the move-in schedule, check-in locations, and checklists to help you plan and pack.