Recently accepted to Cal Poly Pomona, confused on Housing requirement

I get that it’s required to live on campus for the freshman year, but the website also says if you take too long to submit the housing application, you may not receive Housing then you’ll be put on a waitlist.

So if I don’t receive housing even through the waitlist, how am I supposed to live on campus?

https://www.cpp.edu/~housing/housing-options/freshmen-requirement.shtml says that new non-local frosh are required to *apply for housing/i.

My friend last yr was admitted to CPP, waited til last day to apply for housing. Found out in July she was on a waitlist that was 299 deep. She was told they would waive housing requirement. She ended up NOT going to CPP because housing of campus was a no deal for her parents.

It was awful for her … so dont wait to apply for housing