Housing Selection at Bloomsburg

• 2-Year Residency Requirement: All full-time undergraduate students are required by Commonwealth University to live in university housing for their first four semesters (not including summer and winter sessions) as part of the 2-Year Residency Requirement. Students under this obligation who do not complete this process and select housing or do not have an approved exemption will automatically be matched with roommates and assigned housing by the Office of Housing and Residence Life.
• Coed living is offered in all upper campus apartments, Soltz Hall suites, Lycoming Hall ground floor, and Northumberland Hall 2nd floor. If you wish to live with someone of opposite gender, request each other in MyHousing Self-Service and select one of these locations during the selection dates.
  • Please note, there is only a gender inclusive bathroom on the Lycoming ground floor. Residents can take the stairs to the 1st floor for a female or male only bathroom. In Northumberland Hall, there is a gender inclusive bathroom on the 2nd floor West wing and also a female only bathroom on 2 East and 2 West and a male only bathroom on 2 West. Gender inclusive means the bathroom is available for any gender to use at any time.
• JKA Residents, the dishwashers in JKA are nearing lifecycle and will not be replaced. All dishwashers will eventually be removed and the space filled with a cabinet. Your apartment may or may not have a dishwasher until they are all removed but the housing rate remains the same.
• Parking for residence hall students is in the Blue Lot - the shuttle stop is at the JKA community center.

• Full Academic Year Agreement is for the full fall - spring academic year. We will not release students to move off-campus after the start of the academic year. Review the housing release request for information on what to do if you no longer need on-campus housing and whether or not you will be released and if so, at what cost.
• Winter, Summer, Interim and 12-month Housing are not included in your fall - spring housing agreement. Students who anticipate needing on-campus housing during these time periods must choose to live in MPA, MOA, JKA, Soltz or Elwell Hall.
  • Students will need to submit an Interim Housing Request form closer to the start of these sessions.
  • Students who need year-round housing must move to Soltz or Elwell Hall from May - August, whichever building is used for summer housing.
  • Students will incur additional charges for winter, summer, interim and 12-month housing.
  • Students who do not reside in MPA, MOA, JKA, Soltz or Elwell Hall will not be permitted to stay in their assignments during semester breaks, winter and/or summer sessions or at the close of the academic year.

• Students with special housing needs should submit the Special Housing Accommodations Request from. If you have concerns about selecting the room type to meet your needs, email buhouse@commonwealthu.edu before the selection dates in March to discuss this process.
• Students with hearing impairment must select housing equipped with a visual fire alarm. This is noted beside the room listings in MyHousing Self-Service so be sure to select the room and bedroom that you need.

During one of the selection processes, the person in your group who meets the most criteria first (current housing location and number of credits) must complete these steps and select housing for the group.

1. Log into MyHousing Self-Service
2. On the home page, scroll down to Room Selection to see the process that you are eligible to participate in. Click on Select a Room/Suite during those dates and times.
3. The next page that opens you will see your roommate group. Click on Select from Room List for the available rooms that you can select. You will only see options with the same number of beds as roommates in your fully matched roommate group.
4. Click on the one you want and add yourself and your roommate(s) into the bedroom in which each person wants to live.
5. Check the Overview page to see your Fall 2024 - Spring 2025 housing assignment.

Process Overview

Students currently living in a Soltz Hall suite or a MPA, MOA, or JKA apartment can select their current housing location again for the next academic year. At least one student in your roommate group must currently live in the suite or apartment you want for next year in order to be eligible for this process.

• Same Soltz Hall Suite
  • Any group wishing to keep your, or your future roommate(s), same Soltz Hall suite must select their same suite on March 5, 2024.
  • In order to retain the same suite, at least one person in the group must currently live in that suite. The student currently living in the suite, must select it and place each student in the beds that you decided on beforehand.
• Same Apartment
  • Any group wishing to keep your, or your future roommate(s), same MPA, MOA or JKA apartment must select their same apartment on March 5, 2024.
  • In order to retain the same apartment, at least one person in the group must currently live in that apartment. The student currently living in the apartment must select it and place each student in the beds that you have decided on beforehand.

Important: You must have a fully matched roommate group in MyHousing Self-Service to fill the room that you want.

Process Overview

Students currently living in a Soltz Hall suite or a MPA, MOA, or JKA apartment and have more than 59 credits can select a different suite or apartment for the next academic year. At least one student in your roommate group must currently live a suite or apartment and have more than 59 credits in order to be eligible for this process.

• Different Soltz Hall Suite
  • If you currently live in Soltz Hall and have more than 59 credits and would like to choose a different suite in Soltz Hall, you must select your suite on March 7, 2024.
  • The student currently living in Soltz Hall with more than 59 credits must select the suite and place each roommate in the beds that you decided on beforehand.
• Different apartment
  • If you currently live in any on-campus apartment and have more than 59 credits and would like to choose a different MPA, MOA, or JKA Apartment, you must select your apartment on March 7, 2024.
  • The student currently living in an on-campus apartment with more than 59 credits must select the apartment and place each roommate in the bed you decided on beforehand.

Important: You must have a fully matched roommate group in MyHousing Self-Service to fill the room that you want.

Process Overview

Students currently living in a Soltz Hall suite or a MPA, MOA, or JKA apartment and have less than 60 credits can select a different suite or apartment for the next academic year. At least one student in your roommate group must currently live a suite or apartment and have less than 60 credits in order to be eligible for this process.

• Different Soltz Hall Suite
  • If you currently live in Soltz Hall and have less than 60 credits and would like to choose a different suite in Soltz Hall, you must select your suite on March 19, 2024.
  • The student currently living in Soltz Hall with less than 60 credits must select the suite and place each roommate in the beds that you decided on beforehand.
• Different apartment
  • If you currently live in any on-campus apartment and have less than 60 credits and would like to choose a different MPA, MOA, or JKA Apartment, you must select your apartment on March 19, 2024.
  • The student currently living in an on-campus apartment with less than 60 credits must select the apartment and place each roommate in the bed you decided on beforehand.

Important: You must have a fully matched roommate group in MyHousing Self-Service to fill the room that you want.

Process Overview

Students currently living anywhere on campus who have more than 59 credits can select a Soltz Hall suite or MPA, MOA, or JKA apartment for the next academic year. At least one student in your roommate group must have more than 59 credits in order to be eligible for this process.

• Different Soltz Hall Suite
  • If you currently live anywhere on-campus and have more than 59 credits and would like to select a Soltz Hall Suite you can do so on March 21, 2024 from those available.
  • The student currently living anywhere on-campus with more than 59 credits must select the suite and place each roommate in the bed you decided on beforehand.
• Different apartment
  • If you currently live anywhere on-campus and have more than 59 credits and would like to choose an MPA, MOA, or JKA Apartment, you must select your apartment on March 21, 2024.
  • The student currently living anywhere on-campus with more than 59 credits must select the apartment and place each roommate in the bed you decided on beforehand.

Important: You must have a fully matched roommate group in MyHousing Self-Service to fill the room that you want.

Process Overview

Students currently living anywhere on campus who have less than 60 credits can select a Soltz Hall suite or MPA, MOA, or JKA apartment for the next academic year. At least one student in your roommate group must have less than 60 credits in order to be eligible for this process.

• Different Soltz Hall Suite
  • If you currently live anywhere on-campus and have less than 60 credits and would like to select a Soltz Hall Suite you can do so on March 26, 2024 from those available.
  • The student currently living anywhere on-campus with less than 60 credits must select the suite and place each roommate in the bed you decided on beforehand.
• Different apartment
  • If you currently live anywhere on-campus and have less than 60 credits and would like to choose an MPA, MOA, or JKA Apartment, you must select your apartment on March 26, 2024.
  • The student currently living anywhere on-campus with less than 60 credits must select the apartment and place each roommate in the bed you decided on beforehand.

Important: You must have a fully matched roommate group in MyHousing Self-Service to fill the room that you want.

Process Overview

Students currently living in any on-campus residence hall can select their current housing location again for the next academic year. At least one student in your roommate group must currently live in the suite or apartment you want for next year in order to be eligible for this process.

• Same Room
  • Any group wishing to keep your, or your future roommate(s), same residence hall room must select their same room on March 28, 2024.
  • In order to retain the SAME ROOM, at least one person in the group must currently live in that room. The student currently living in the room must select the room.

Important: You must have a fully matched roommate group in MyHousing Self-Service to fill the room that you want.

Process Overview

Students currently living in any on-campus residential facility can select to reside in a single occupancy residence hall room for the next academic year.

• Residence hall double to single
  • Any student currently living anywhere on-campus wishing to select a designated double room and buy out the second bed must select a room on April 2, 2024.
  • All furniture will remain in the room. There are limited designated rooms available for this process.

Process Overview

Students currently living in any on-campus residence hall can select a different residence hall room for the next academic year.

• Different residence hall room
  • If you currently live anywhere on-campus and would like to choose a different residence hall room, you must select that room on April 4, 2024.

Important: You must have a fully matched roommate group in MyHousing Self-Service to fill the room that you want.

Process Overview

If you missed a selection process or do not have enough roommates to fill the housing you want, send us the top three choices of where you want to live and we will place you in an available space; you will not know your roommates until we assign you.

• Send Choices
  • During the last dates of the housing selection process on April 1 - 5, 2024, send your top three preferences (traditional residence hall double room, Soltz Hall suites, Montgomery Place apartments, Mt Olympus apartments, Jessica Kozloff apartments) of where you would like to live to buhouse@commonwealthu.edu.
    • We cannot guarantee what will be available but we will match you with a roommate(s), if you do not have one, and try to house you in one of your choices. If there is nothing available in one of your choices, you will be placed wherever there is space available.
  • Your assignment will be available in MyHousing by May 1.

The housing selection process is for current residents only. This process allows for students currently residing on-campus to select their housing assignment for the next academic year.

Note: Incoming students do not participate in the housing selection process. They complete a similar process at a different time, but do not select their housing assignment.

The housing selection process is open to students living on-campus during the current academic year.

If you lived on-campus during the fall semester but do not live on campus during the spring semester, contact buhouse@commonwealthu.edu to confirm that you are included in the process.

All current on-campus students can choose to live on-campus again, however there are procedures and date sensitive requirements that must be met in order to secure housing. If students fail to follow our timeline and complete housing requirements, they will not be eligible to select on-campus housing the following year. Please see the housing selection schedule for specific dates and times.

Students under obligation of the 2-year residency requirement who do not complete this process and select housing or do not have an approved exemption will automatically be matched with roommates and assigned housing by the Office of Housing and Residence Life. Complete the process and select your preferred roommate and housing location.

All full-time undergraduate students are required by Commonwealth University to live in university housing for their first four semesters (not including summer and winter sessions). For more information, see the 2-Year Residency Requirement.

Students who meet one or more of the exception reasons and wish to not live on-campus for the second year of their residency requirement, must submit a Housing Exemption Request form to request an exemption. You will not be exempt unless you receive an approval notice from the Office of Housing and Residence Life.

Follow all information and instructions sent out through university email and posted on our housing selection pages.

We cannot guarantee that students will get the exact housing they want. Our housing process is organized so that students first have an opportunity to select their current apartment/suite/room (as long as they have completed the necessary steps to that point). The process is then broken down so that students living elsewhere on-campus, depending on their current housing location and number of credits they have earned to date, get the next opportunity to choose housing. This means that some students may not get their first choice. We encourage students to have a second or even a third housing choice.

No, a deposit is not required.

However, you must complete your housing agreement in MyHousing Self-Service by the date indicated during the current housing selection process to confirm your commitment to live on-campus. Once you complete the housing selection process you are committed to on-campus housing for the full academic year (fall and spring semesters). As long as you complete all parts of the housing selection process, you will be able to select campus housing during the selection dates in March.

For housing rate and fee information visit the Housing Rates & Fees section of our website.

No. All expenses (i.e. garbage, cable, internet, electric) are paid through housing and utility fees.

The on-campus housing agreement covers the full academic year (fall and spring semesters) or remaining portion thereof.

See Searching for a Roommate on the MyHousing Self-Service page.

You must have the exact number of roommates requested in MyHousing Self-Service to fill the number of beds in the apartment/suite/room that you want. Your roommate group must be fully matched, which means that each roommate must request everyone in the group. If you want to remove someone from your roommate group, everyone in the group must do the same.

MyHousing Self-Service will only show you available apartments/suites/rooms that match the number of roommates in your roommate group.

Yes, students are permitted to select their roommate(s) for next year, however, their roommates must be eligible to live on campus and must also complete all of the housing selection requirements to secure housing. If the roommate you want to request does not meet deadlines, you will not be able to choose them. Roommate requests must be entered by each roommate in MyHousing Self-Service before you try to select your housing.

• New incoming students do not normally complete the housing selection process. Current on-campus residents planning to live on campus again can request new incoming students as roommates, if the incoming student is admitted and has already paid their admissions deposit prior to the housing selection process in March.
  • If you would like to request a new incoming student as a roommate during the housing selection process, email buhouse@commonwealthu.edu so that we can determine whether or not they are eligible to be your roommate and if so, give them access to participate in the housing selection process.
• If the new incoming student does not meet the requirements prior to the housing selection process in March, you will not be able to request them. You will need to request another roommate who is eligible for on-campus housing. Once your new incoming student is admitted, they can email us to request to be placed close to your room and we will try to do so.

If for some reason, after you have selected your apartment/suite/room, your roommate(s) notifies us that they are no longer attending Commonwealth University - Bloomsburg, we will fill the vacancy. We encourage students to check their housing assignment in MyHousing Self-Service throughout the remainder of the semester and again when we open assignments in the summer for any changes. Students will not be notified directly about roommate changes. Assignments are blocked in MyHousing Self-Service after the Spring semester ends through the first week of June while we work on placing our incoming new students.

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   Students must answer the Personal Information questions in MyHousing Self-Service even if you request a roommate(s). In the event that your roommate(s) does not return, we will fill that space with another student. We will try to match your answers to your new roommate so it is in your best interest to have them completed.
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If you plan on living with a RA again (in a suite or apartment only), you must complete the housing agreement, personal information questions and roommate request in MyHousing Self-Service during the housing selection process. You will not need to participate in the room selection process in March as we will place you wherever your RA roommate is assigned.

If you do not want to live with a RA again next year, you should complete the entire housing selection process and select housing in a different room, suite or apartment during the scheduled dates.

All students should have a back-up plan. During the selection process, MyHousing Self-Service will show you what rooms, suites and apartments are available. You will only see options matching the same number of beds as roommates in your roommate group. If there is nothing available in the location you want, you can rearrange your roommate group by adding or removing roommates to fill a different size room, suite or apartment. Each person in your roommate group must do the same so you have a newly matched group. It would be a good idea to have everyone in your group together when you are selecting in case you need to change plans.

If you no longer need on-campus housing, review the housing release request. We will not release students to move off-campus after the start of the academic year. With that in mind, we encourage you to be sure you need on-campus housing before signing up.

MyHousing Self-Service will not allow you to make changes once you have selected housing. In order to make this type of change, each roommate will need to email buhouse@commonwealthu.edu as soon as possible to request a change to be made. We will remove you from the assignment you chose which will allow you to go back in and select a different location. Keep in mind that the housing you really wanted could be gone by the time these changes occur so pay close attention to what you are doing in MyHousing Self-Service when you select your room, suite or apartment.

Remember, your housing agreement is for the full academic year, or any remaining portion. Review the housing release request for information on what to do if you no longer need campus housing.

We will not release students to move off-campus after the start of the academic year. With that in mind, we encourage you to be sure you need on-campus housing before signing up.