Returning Student Housing Application Processes

The deadline for returning students to apply for and be guaranteed fall housing is May 1. Returning students must also submit a $400 deposit at the time they apply for housing in order to be guaranteed on campus housing. The optional roommate matching and room selection processes will only be available to students who have submitted their completed housing application with deposit. Students should monitor their MyHousing profile page for messaging related to their status in the housing application process. After the May 1 deadline, returning students applying for housing will either be placed in housing (in a space available basis), or referred to a Third-Party housing provider through which the can be guaranteed housing.

Returning Student Housing Application and Room Reservation Process

The HOUSING APPLICATION AND ROOM RESERVATION PROCESS is a multi-step process. This process is automatically open to all students currently in on-campus housing on the New York City or Pleasantville campuses, as well as those attending Study Abroad for Spring 2026, who lived on campus for the Fall 2025 semester. If you are a current student at Pace University but not a resident and want to live on campus for the 2026/2027 school year, please reach out to housing@pace.edu.

Buildings Available For Returning Students

The following buildings will be available for returning students in the 2026-2027 academic year:

• New York City
  • 33 Beekman
  • 15 Beekman (the building will initially be available to large groups through an EARLY room selection process, then remaining spaces will be available through the MAIN room selection process)
  • Maria's Tower (a limited number of single rooms in Maria's Tower will be available through the EARLY room selection process for single rooms; this building will NOT be available through the MAIN room selection process)
• Pleasantville
  • Elm Hall (a limited number of single rooms in in this building will be available through the EARLY room selection process for single rooms, then remaining spaces will be available through the MAIN room selection process)
  • Martin Hall (a limited number of single rooms in in this building will be available through the EARLY room selection process for single rooms, then remaining spaces will be available through the MAIN room selection process)
  • North Hall (a limited number of single rooms in in this building will be available through the EARLY room selection process for single rooms, then remaining spaces will be available through the MAIN room selection process)
  • The Townhouses (these buildings will initially be available to large groups through an EARLY room selection process, then remaining spaces will be available through the MAIN room selection process).

Please refer to the Housing Rate page for rates on each room-type within each building.

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Medical Housing Accommodations

Students seeking specific accommodations due to a medical concern must follow the Housing Accommodations Request Process set forth by Student Accessibility Services to be approved for their accommodation, and must also complete the housing application and deposit process. Receiving an approved accommodation from SAS is not enough to reserve a space in housing. Please engage with SAS as early as possible to either apply for a new accommodation, or verify an existing accommodation.

Students who intend to apply for a medical accommodation should complete their accommodation approval process with SAS by April 15 to receive priority for their accommodation to be met. We will always work to meet medical accommodations, but accommodations can only be met on a space-available basis, and we can only guarantee availability to meet all returning student accommodations through April 15. After that date, students will be prioritized for placement in their accommodation as soon as a room meeting that accommodation becomes available.

To participate in the selection of their specific medical accommodation, students are asked (but not required) to schedule a meeting with a Housing Operations Staff Member to discuss their placement. To do so, simply email housing@pace.edu, put “medical accommodation request” in the subject line, and provide several times during the week that you are available to meet, either in person or by Zoom. Our staff will respond with a meeting time (and Zoom details if necessary). By the time of their meeting, students must have completed the housing application (including submission of the housing deposit), and have at least started the Housing Accommodation Request Process with the Student Accessibility Services Office.

Students who do not choose to meet with a Housing Operations Staff Member prior to April 1, or whose accommodation is not approved by SAS until after that date, will be placed in a room by Housing Operations (once again, provided that they have also completed the Housing Application and Deposit in time to be guaranteed housing for their requested campus).

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Gender Affirming Roommate Matching

In keeping with the mission of Pace University to promote and support inclusion, the Office of Residential Life and University Housing Operations allows participation in the Gender Affirming Roommate Matching option for students who desire housing placement that is based on a broader and more inclusive definition of gender and gender identity.

Gender Affirming Roommate Matching will provide participating students with the opportunity to be placed in housing in an environment that is welcoming to gender affirming identities. Students who seek a gender affirming roommate matching should consider the following guidelines when deciding whether to participate in Gender Affirming Roommate Matching:

In order to participate in Gender Affirming Roommate Matching, students must:

• Indicate (in the Housing Application) that you wish to have access to the Gender Affirming Matching Participation Form. This will be a question to which applicants must respond in the application.
• Complete the separate Gender Affirming Roommate Matching Participation Form. This form will be available to all students who, in their completed housing application, indicated that they wish to have access to it.
• Participation in Gender Affirming Roommate Matching (optional) - as soon as students have submitted their Gender Affirming Matching Participation Form they will be entered into a Gender Affirming Roommate Matching pool for their desired campus (and removed from the general roommate matching pool), and may begin matching with others without their searches and matches being limited to binary gender criteria. Students are not required to make their own roommate and suitemate matches, but the process is much more likely to result in strong roommate and suitemate matches if students actively participate in searching for and matching with roommates and suitemates. As individual definitions of gender vary, the ability of the Housing Operations staff to ensure strong matches among student (who do not select their own roommates and suitemates, and are therefore placed in a room by the housing staff) is limited.

More information can be found on the Gender Affirming Roommate Matching page of the housing website.

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Key Dates and Deadlines

• The Housing application will open on March 2.
• The Gender Affirming Roommate Matching Process Participation Form will also open on March 2.
• Roommate searching and matching will open on March 4.
• Students MUST apply and deposit by March 22 to participate in the Early Processes.
• Students must by April 5 to participate in the Main Room Selection Processes, where students are given the opportunity to select their own space.
• Students applying and submitting their deposit after April 5 (but by the May 1 deadline) will be assigned a room by Housing Operations during the summer.
• Students applying for Pleasantville housing after the May 1 deadline will continue to be place in housing on a space-available basis.
• Students applying for New York City housing after the May 1 deadline will not be placed in NYC housing, but will have the opportunity to secure guaranteed housing via a partnership Pace University has with a Third-Party housing provider.
• Move-In will take place on August 28, 29 and 30. Due to the late ending of the summer 2 term with respect to the start of the fall term, we will not be able to accommodate early arrivals in fall 2026. Students must make plans to arrive during this three day period or LATER. Students should keep their travel plans flexible as the earlier dates may fill up first. Students who are not able to maintain flexibility in their travel should schedule their arrival for August 30 or later.

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Priority Factors in Room Reservation

Please keep in mind that three factors that can give students higher priority in the ROOM SELECTION PROCESSES:

• First, completion of the housing application and deposit is required to allow students to participate in Roommate/Suitemate matching (and to complete the Gender Affirming Roommate Matching process form)
• Secondly, completion of the housing application and deposit is required to allow students to participate in any ROOM SELECTION PROCESS (whether the Early Processes or the Main Process).
• Thirdly, class year and GPA will impact the timing at which students may select rooms within their ROOM SELECTION PROCESS. Specifically, those with more credits and higher GPA’s will have earlier room selection appointments (if they participate in one of the optional Early or Main room selection processes – see below).
• Finally, roommate matching (forming roommate/suitemate groups of 2 or more) provides an advantage, as each ROOM SELECTION PROCSS is initially open only to groups of students who can completely fill rooms (those processes are subsequently open to individual, unmatched students selecting individual vacant beds within rooms and suites).

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Steps 1 and 2: Applying and Depositing for Housing (REQUIRED in order to be guaranteed on-campus housing for 2026/2027)

The first steps (submission of the online housing application and room reservation deposit for 2026/2027) are required to be guaranteed housing for next year. Later steps are required to keep this guarantee.

There are several additional steps in the process that are optional and encouraged, as they may allow students more control over their room placement for next year. Here is a summary of each step:

• Application: The application will be available (in MyHousing) starting March 2 (note that this has been moved back from the original date of March 1 in order to open the application on a weekday rather than a weekend). The deadline for returning students to submit the application to be guaranteed housing for the 2026/2027 academic year is May 1.
• Deposit: Returning students wishing to apply for housing for next year will also need to submit a $400 deposit at the time of their application.
  • We will not be able to waive or defer any housing deposits for returning students.
  • Students must be in good standing in order to submit their deposit. This includes being registered for the spring, having an account that is in good standing, and meeting Pace University immunization requirements.

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Step 3: Searching for and Matching with Roommates and Suitemates (optional)

The next part of the housing application room reservation and selection process is roommate and suitemate matching. The roommate matching process allows students to search for other students to be roommates and suitemates, and link to them in order to be placed in rooms and suites together. Roommate matching will become available starting on March 4 to those who have submitted their application and deposit.

Searching for and matching with roommates or suitemates is completely optional, but we strongly encourage students to consider utilizing this option. This search process will allow students to filter potential roommates by many more criteria than the housing office can use if we are doing the matching. Roommate matches made by Housing are based on limited criteria, and a 100% match cannot be guaranteed. When making room assignments during the summer (for those student who are guaranteed housing but who do not receive a room assignment through a Room Selection Process, or who for any other reason lose their original housing assignment), Housing Operations will work to honor the roommate/suitemate matches students have made.

Please Note – all potential roommates and suitemates need to meet the application and deposit deadline to find and match with one another on the Housing Portal. Students must also be in the same roommate matching pool (e.g. they must all be in the general roommate matching pool, or the Gender Affirming Roommate Matching pool).

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Step 4: Participate in an Early Room Selection Process (optional)

Some students may seek placement in specific housing communities or room-types (such as placement in townhouses or single rooms). Students seeking to participate in an Early Room Selection Process must submit their housing application and deposit by March 22 in order to be included. Students entered into an Early Room Selection Process will receive their room selection appointment (the earliest time at which they may log in to MyHousing to attempt to select a space) on March 23.

The areas are offered through our Early Room Selection Processes, which include:

• Returning Student Honors Floors (both campuses) - Returning honors students who wish to be placed on one of the Upper-Class Honors Floors (in Pleasantville - a portion of Elm Hall 1st floor; in NYC - 33 Beekman 17th and 18th floors) must indicate this when completing their Housing Application and Deposit. Once they do so, they may search for roommates prior to the start of the Honors Floors Room Selection Process. Honors students may match with non-honors students, but at least one member of each group must be an honors student in order to participate in the Honors Floors Room Selection Process. At the time of the room selection process, only the honors student(s) in each group will be given a room selection appointment for the Honors Floor Room Selection Process. They will be able to select from available rooms on the Honors Floor(s) for their campus. When they do, they will be able to assign themselves and all members of their fully matched roommate group to the room or suite.
• Single Rooms (both campuses) - students who wish to choose a single room must indicate this when completing their Housing Application and Deposit. Not all students who indicate a desire to be placed in a single room will be placed in the Single Rooms Selection Process. The number of single rooms is limited, and the number of students permitted into the process will be capped at 110% of the number of available rooms. Students entered into the single room selection process will be given a room selection appointment for the Singles Room Selection Process. They will be able to select from available single rooms on their campus. Students who are not entered into the process will be rolled into the Main Room Selection Process. Students who are not entered into the Single Rooms process are strongly advised to search for roommates/suitemates as doing so will give them greater priority in the process (see Priority Factors in Room Reservation).
• Townhouses (Pleasantville campus) - students who wish to be placed in a townhouse must indicate this when completing their Housing Application and Deposit. Once they do so, they may search for roommates prior to the start of the Townhouse Room Selection Process. Students in this process must forms groups of SEVEN or EIGHT in order to select placement in a townhouse. Groups of EIGHT will have first priority in the Townhouse Room Selection Process. At the time of the room selection process, all students in each group will be given a room selection appointment for the Townhouse Room Selection Process. They will be able to select from available Townhouse. When they do, they will be able to assign themselves and all members of their fully matched roommate group to the room or suite. After all groups of eight have selected spaces, groups of seven will be able to select from remaining townhouses. Note: Housing Operations will reach out to Fraternities and Sororities that have an FSL Townhouse to address renewing that house for the coming year. Members of those organizations wishing to live in one of those houses must complete the application and deposit, but DO NOT need to indicate that they are participating in Townhouse Room Selection.
• 15 Beekman Large Suites (New York City campus) - students who wish to be placed in a suites for 7, 8, 9 or 10 must indicate this when completing their Housing Application and Deposit. Once they do so, they may search for roommates prior to the start of the 15 Beekman Large Suite Room Selection Process. Students in this process must forms groups of Seven or more in order to select placement in a large suite. First priority in the 15 Beekman Large Suite Room Selection Process will be given to groups that can fill all available beds in a suite. At the time of the room selection process, all students in each group will be given a room selection appointment for the 15 Beekman Large Suite Room Selection Process. They will be able to select from available suite in 15 Beekman. When they do, they will be able to assign themselves and all members of their fully matched roommate group to the room or suite. on the 3rd and 4th evening of the 15 Beekman Large Suite Room Selection Process, the restriction to completely fill a suite will be lifted, and all groups may select from available that have enough empty beds to accommodate the number of students in their group.

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Step 5: Selecting a Room (optional), or Being Assigned a Room

The final part of the HOUSING APPLICATION AND ROOM RESERVATION process is room selection and placement. Some students (excluding those who selected a room assignment through an Early Room Selection Process), if they have applied and deposited in time , will have the opportunity to select their own room. When completing the housing application, students will be able to indicate if they would like to participate in an EARLY room selection, the MAIN room selection process, or NO room selection process.

• March 24 through March 27 – the EARLY ROOM SELECTION PROCESSES - if you are interested in being part of any of the following room selection processes, you must submit your housing application, $400 deposit, and complete any roommate matching you wish to do by March 22:
  • Non-Medical Single Rooms (must not match with any roommates)
  • Pleasantville Townhouse (must form roommate groups of at least 8 or 7)
  • New York City 15 Beekman Large Suites (must form roommate groups of 7, 8, 9 or 10)
  • Upper-class Resident Honors Floors (may form roommate groups of 2 or 3 in NYC, and up to 5 in Pleasantville)
• April 7 through April 10 – the GENERAL ROOM SELECTION PROCESS – in order to be included in the the general room selection process (wherein students have the opportunity to select their own rooms, rather than be assigned a room by housing during the summer) you must submit your housing application, $400 deposit, and complete any roommate matching you wish to do by April 5. Roommate matching is not required to participate in this process, but students who have formed groups large enough to completely fill rooms and/or suites will have priority (be able to select rooms earlier) in the room selection process.
• May 1 through July 1 – ASSIGNMENT BY THE HOUSING STAFF - as a reminder, students applying and/or depositing after April 5 will not qualify to participate in online room selection but will still have opportunities to match with roommates and receive an assignment.

Remember, selecting your own room is optional! Students who deposit and apply by the guaranteed housing deadline, but who do not participate in a room selection process, will still be guaranteed housing, and will still be held to the cancellation policy. These students will be assigned by housing between May and late June.

Finally, with respect to choosing a room: As the end of each Room Selection Process nears, the number of available options will diminish (as they are filled by students who selected spaces earlier in that process). For some student this will lead to the need to choose whether to take a less preferred space, or not choose a room at all. All students who apply and deposit by May 1 are guaranteed fall housing, but we cannot guarantee that all students will receive their preferred building or room type. As space generally becomes available after Room Selection is over (and through the summer, as students getting off campus housing cancel their fall housing assignments), Housing Operations is generally better able to meet student assignment preferences. For this reason, students who chose to participate in a Room Selection Process, whether an EARLY process or the MAIN process, as asked NOT to select a room unless it is the room they wish to live in for the fall. If a student chooses placement in a room, Housing Operations will assume that it is the room they prefer, and they will receive last priority if they later request a change in their assignment.

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Additional Steps to Maintain Guaranteed Status

Important note: students who submit their application and deposit by the dates listed above must also continue to meet other deadlines throughout the summer for other forms and criteria that are required for move-in in order to maintain their guaranteed housing status. These include:

• Registration and account standing - in May, Housing Operations will begin a process to review registration status of all students who have selected a room for the fall semester. Students who are not registered for fall classes, and/or whose prior-term accounts are not in good standing by June 1, are at risk of losing their room assignment.
• The Housing Agreement, which will be available starting June 1 and due by August 1. This form will also only be available to students who have submitted their Housing Application and deposit.
• The Pre-Assignment and Move-In Ready forms, which will be available June 15 and July 15 respectively must be completed before students may select a Move-In Appointment.
• The Move-In Appointment Scheduling - As always, students will have to meet all immunization and vaccination requirements, be fully registered, and have an account in good standing to select a move-in appointment, and students will be required to select a move-in appointment before arriving on campus. Students who are not registered for classes, or whose accounts are not in good standing as of August 15, are subject to having their guaranteed status revoked and being moved to the waitlist.
• Move-In will take place on August 28, 29 and 30. Due to the late ending of the summer 2 term with respect to the start of the fall term, we will not be able to accommodate early arrivals in fall 2026. Students must make plans to arrive during this three day period or LATER. Students should keep their travel plans flexible as the earlier dates may fill up first. Students who are not able to maintain flexibility in their travel should schedule their arrival for August 30 or later.

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Ongoing Communication about Housing Application and Room Selection

Please check your MyHousing Profile page, where we post alerts with updated information about your individual next steps in the Room Reservation process throughout the spring semester. Please also look out emails that will be sent during the spring. We will work to have an email update before the start of each major step in the process.

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