<p>I am being kicked out of my dorm for disciplinary reasons and I need a place to stay FAST. I must move out before 3pm tomorrow and I do not understand the rental process. All of my roommates say that I should be fine in an apartment but I do not know where to begin. I am pretty sure I qualify because I have the Pell Grant and Financial Aid. I want to use that to rent a new place that is very close to campus. I believe I must go to the financial aid office to request myself being switched from on campus housing to off campus housing. Is it possible that I could get in touch with the land lord, apply and pay all in one day? Is it possible I can apply and move into an apartment by tomorrow evening. What all exactly to I need to get things switched over? This is very urgent. Thank you.</p>
<p>It’s possible, but unlikely that you’ll be able to do all of that in a single day. Even if you could, depending on the complex, you probably wouldn’t be able to get the power/gas/etc. turned on in that same day. You really need to get a motel room for a couple nights and take some time to shop around for different options.</p>
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That isn’t what “qualifies” you to rent an apartment - you need money (generally one to two months worth of rent + security deposit). You can use Pell Grant money to pay rent, but institutional financial aid may or may not be so flexible. That money may already have gone toward paying your dorm lease for the semester, and you will not be refunded, generally, if you’re evicted for breaking the lease.</p>
<p>Also, you need to consider that signing an apartment lease is a pretty serious contractual matter, and you’ll want to carefully review the terms and provisions of the contract so that you know what your rights and responsibilities are as a tenant. If you break apartment complex rules, you can be evicted from those just as much the dorms. You should talk to your parents about this.</p>
<p>Check various apartment review Web sites and talk to your classmates for suggestions as to where to look - you don’t want to end up signing a lease in some fleabag deathtrap.</p>
<p>Hmm…I’m not completely sure. If cost is not a concern then anywhere is OK, there is likely open apartments (efficiencies or one-bedrooms) near campus. The campus housing office has seen this before, they might be able to help. Definitely call landlords and try to find a place tomorrow, the good places will be picked over but something is better than nothing.</p>
<p>Sublets are common (at least here), and not all are taken, maybe they would let you rent right away.</p>
<p>I have no idea if you can apply and move in the same day, if not …
Do you know anybody living off-campus you could stay with for a night or two? Or, possibly, a hotel for a night. Though that gets expensive fast.</p>
<p>I’m just guessing, some of my advice might be completely wrong.</p>
<p>The apartments are owned by the school.</p>
<p>You’ll still need money to sign the lease. You’re going to have a completely new housing contract with different rules and regulations.</p>
<p>Again, you’ll have to check with your school’s housing office to be sure, but generally, you are out whatever money you paid for the dorms. You’ve been evicted for breaking the contract and in general, those sorts of evictions do not result in any refund of fees already paid.</p>
<p>someone help me I am really confused how do you even post a question on this site?</p>
<p>This depends on your rental market. In NYC, it is very possible to apply and rent in one day if you have enough money.</p>
<p>If these are university-owned apartments, first you have to make sure you can actually live there. If you are being kicked out of the residence halls for disciplinary reasons, then you may not be able to live in university-owned apartments either.</p>
<p>We’re not your school; we don’t know what you have to do to move out and move into a new apartment. The best possible thing to do is call the off-campus housing office at your school and ask these questions to them (or, better yet, go in person).</p>
<p>just make sure you see it first, in addition to making sure there are no cockroaches. Don’t make the same mistake I did!!!</p>
<p>And if it’s school owned, there should be a monthly contract that you can start and terminate at any given month. That’s how it was at my school</p>