Eligibility:
Full-time employees are eligible to request college-owned housing.

Students are not eligible to rent College-owned houses.

Request for College Owned Housing:
To request to be placed on the waiting list for College-owned apartments, you must complete a "Request for College-owned Housing" form and submit to the Business Office, Room 203. Be sure to complete all requested information.

Request forms will be placed on the waiting list in order of when received. If a house becomes available and your name is next on the waiting list, you will be contacted. At that time, you can pickup keys to look at the house to determine if you wish to rent it.

Renting a House:
If you rent a house, you are required to:

1. sign a lease, (tenant can have roommates, but the house will only be leased under one person's name)
2. transfer the water & sewage billing account to your name,
3. transfer the electric billing (AEP) account to your name, and
4. pay a security deposit equivalent to one month's rent (cash, check, or charge).

Paying Rent:
The employee's rent for the house is paid via payroll deduction for the current month's rent.

House Rules:

• Tenants are responsible for disposing of their own trash. Do not leave trash or trash bags outside of the house.
• Tenants are responsible for all utilities.
• Tenants in apartments without mailboxes are responsible for obtaining a post office box at the Ferrum U.S. Post Office. The College Post Office is not to be used as a source for delivery of PERSONAL mail.
• Tenants are responsible for the total cost of any damage to the house.
• Tenants must request permission to install additional cable or telephone jacks in a house. Contact the Business Office at X 4233.
• Repairs that need attention should be communicated directly to the Physical Plant Office at X 4250.
  Tenants are responsible for obtaining renter's insurance on personal property. The College is not responsible for damage to or loss of personal property during the term of the lease.
• Tenants found to be in violation of state and federal laws and/or College policies may be required to vacate a house.
• Tenants must give 60 days written notice of plans to vacate college-owned housing.
• Please refer other questions to the Business Office at X4233.
  

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