Undergraduate students with disabilities who are requesting a housing accommodation need to follow the process outlined below.

NOTE: All housing accommodations approved for the fall term will rollover to the spring term, no new requests are required.

Fall 2024 Housing Requests:

  • Housing accommodation requests submitted after the start of the semester will be reviewed on a rolling basis.
    • Requests will be reviewed by the Housing Accommodations Committee on the 2nd and 4th Thursdays of each month through November.
    • Complete requests and all supporting documentation should be submitted to Disabilities Resources by 12:00 noon on the 2nd and 4th Mondays of each month through November.

Housing requests will be accommodated based on the level of need and space availability. Requests will be subject to space availability.

All requests will be reviewed by the appropriate university officials on the Housing Accommodations Committee (Student Health center staff, counseling Center staff, Disabilities Resources, etc.) and a recommendation will be given to Residence Life.

Housing Accommodations – Application Processes:

  1. First-time Housing Accommodation: Complete Intake Form in Accommodate or login to Accommodate and submit a supplemental request. Complete the full Housing Accommodations Request packet and submit to Disabilities Resources by the due date. Housing Accommodations Committee will review request, and Disabilities Resources will email student with an accommodation decision.  If approved, Residence Life will make a housing assignment that meets student’s needs and will email students with an offer of placement that the student can either accept or decline.  Assignments will be made according to the timeline.
  2. Continuing Housing Accommodation (Keeping the same previously approved accommodation): Complete Residence Life’s General Housing Application in Self-Service and indicate “Continuing Housing Accommodation on file” on the form. Assignments will be made according to the timeline.
    *Note: A continuing housing accommodation DOES NOT mean you will be granted the same room exact room for next year. Rather, it indicates that we will place you in the same room/housing style based on the previously granted housing accommodation.
  3. Changed Housing Accommodation (Requested change to a previously approved accommodation): Complete the full Housing Accommodations Request packet and submit to Disabilities Resources by the due date. Assignments will be made according to the timeline.

Other Accommodations Related to Housing:

If you are in need to an accommodation in campus housing that is not related to room type (which follows the process above) you will also need to complete the full Housing Accommodations Request packet submit to Disabilities Resources by the due date.

Some examples may include: bringing your own mattress/desk chair; furniture removal; access to a MicroFridge; washer/dryer access; etc.

Please keep the following in mind:

  • Diagnosis of a medical condition does not, in and of itself, automatically qualify you for a housing accommodation.
  • Requests will be accommodated based on the level of need and space availability.
  • Recommendations or statements made by your physician should not be interpreted as automatic approval for specific housing. The university has many different types of housing that match your needs.
  • A medical need will take priority over requests for specific residence halls or roommates.
  • Requests turned in after the posted deadline will be subject to space availability.
  • Housing accommodations are provided for the individual student, not the student and their group. You must decide what the most important factor in your housing needs for next year is.
  • If you have questions about your request or approved accommodation, please contact Disabilities Resources at disabilities@elon.edu or (336) 278-6568.  If you have questions about placement or location, please contact Residence Life at residencelife@elon.edu or (336) 278-7300.