2024 Summer Housing

National Louis University provides campus housing just steps from the Michigan Avenue campus. Our housing community is beautifully furnished, loaded with exciting amenities, and located downtown near Chicago's South Loop neighborhood. For students who need summer housing, we have our beautiful 4 bedroom apartments available.

New Housing Management System eRezLife

We have transitioned the management of the housing process to a system called eRezLife. Thank you for your patience as we roll out this improvement to the housing experience. This new system will allow students to identify potential roommates, create roommate groups for whom they would like to live, and select a specific room as part of a new Room Selection Process. Students who choose not to select a specific roommate or a specific room will be assigned a roommate based on survey answers and assigned a room based on their application date, preferences, and availability. Students interested in selecting a room should plan to login during the dates listed for Room Selection in the Housing Process Timeline.

New Housing Process 2024-2025

1. Submit Application through https://nl.erezlife.com/
2. Pay $200 Deposit (HOPE students exempt)
3. Create Roommate Groups in eRezLife (optional)
4. Select a specific Room in eRezLife (optional)
5. Receive Move-In Email from the UC and Schedule Move-In time

Watch this video on the new eRezLife system and the Room Selection process: https://youtu.be/l87V-rLqrko 

Let us know if you are interested in housing by submitting a housing application, which includes reviewing the housing contract. Pay a $200 housing deposit to secure a space (Hope Scholars are exempt from paying deposits). Read and download the legal contract that gives terms, rates, and dates. The housing deposit has been decreased for 2024-2025 from $250 to $200. This is a non-refundable deposit that is added to your student account and put towards your student bill with the Office of Student Finance.  

Students who are interested in living on-campus in the University Center on the NLU floors must submit an application and acknowledge they read the housing contract and agree to the terms and fees. Students who may need specific housing accommodations must request those prior to the deadline. Keep in mind that similar to when students sign a lease off campus, they must sign a housing contract each year they would like to request housing in the UC. The process starts in April of each year for the following Summer and Academic Year. Students must be registered for at least one credit hour at NLU to be eligible for housing. Once no longer registered as a student, individuals are required to move out of housing within 72 hours.  

Housing availability is on a first-come, first-serve basis and is determined by the date you complete the housing process. After the deadline, there are no guaranteed spaces available. However, should you be interested in a summer apartment after the deadline, spaces might be available as student’s plans change. Please contact the Office of Housing & Residence Life at housing@nl.edu.

HOUSING ACCOMMODATION REQUESTS

To request a housing accommodation, such as a specific room type for a medical need or to have an Emotional Support Animal or Service Animal in the residence hall, you’ll need to start by submitting an accommodation request. Once a request is approved by NLU’s Center for Student Accessibility Resources (CSAR), we send the approval over to the University Center, which will require some additional paperwork to be signed. Here is a link to submit a request with documentation https://nl.edu/ada-accessibility-services/services-and-accommodations/

Accommodation requests must be received by the housing application deadline. The Summer 2024 housing deadline has passed, therefore accommodation requests for Summer 2024 will be met based on space availability. 

Contracts

There are two types of housing lengths that includes Summer 2024. NLU offers:

1. Summer-Only Apartment (June 2024 to September 2024)

• For students interested in living in an Apartment only for summer from June 2024 to June 2025, there is a reduced monthly rate for signing a full-year contract. Students interested in this option would move into an apartment for Summer 2024, and move out before Fall 2024. 

2. Full Year Apartment (June 2024 to June 2025)

• For students interested in living in an Apartment for an entire year. Move-In is June 2024 and move out is June 2025. This option is only available for students who wish to move in starting Summer 2024.
• For students interested in living on campus for the full year, but in different room types, so living in an Apartment over the Summer but a Semi Private Suite or Quad Semi Suite for the Academic Year, must submit applications for both Summer and Fall since the room types being requested for Fall is different than a summer apartment. 

We offer one Full Year (FY) Apartment contract from June to June. Students must move in June 2024, and the only room type available is the Apartment. If wanting to live over the summer in an apartment, but a different room type (SPS or QSS) for the Academic Year, those are separate processes that involve two applications. The other contracts are for the Academic Year which is September to June. Contracts or Summer-Only contract that is just from June to September.

Once contracts are signed, students are financially responsible for the room they are assigned. Housing contracts are not canceled, and there are fees associated with any early move outs. If you do not need housing from June to June or from September to June, but are only looking for housing for a shorter length of time, we are not able to accommodate. Once you sign the housing contract / agreement, should you not move in, you agree to submit a Housing Contract Cancellation Request and accept the associated non-appealable, non-refundable cancellation charges, which may include full charges for all housing and meal plan costs. This contract is set based on the 10-week academic calendar. Students in programs on a different calendar (11-week, 12-week, 16 week) should adhere to the move-out deadlines posted on the Important Dates page of the NLU housing website. You also agree that room assignments are based on availability, and if your preferred room option is unavailable, you will accept the assigned room type. Moving in early or not moving out by the deadline will result in a charge at a daily rate for the length of time the space is occupied, plus additional fees. Deadlines and a full list of housing dates are posted online. By signing the contract, you agree to the terms and conditions outlined and agree to all associated financial costs for the contract duration.

RATES

Please review the housing agreement and contract for more details. The contract is signed through acknowledgement when submitting a housing application through eRezLife. 

• Housing Contract & Agreement 2024-2025: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1iOuIgolAv_NbHRqdaAujAmpGNmJ1JfFc/view?usp=sharing 

SUMMER 2024 HOUSING TIMELINE

• Monday, April 29: Application Opens
• Friday, May 10: Summer Housing Priority Application Deadline
• Wednesday, May 15 - Saturday, May 18: Summer Housing Room Selection
• Monday, May 20: Automatic Room Assignments for remaining applications
• Saturday, June 1: FINAL Summer Housing Application Deadline
• Wednesday, June 26: Summer Housing Move-In Day
• Sunday, September 8: 10-week students Move-Out Deadline & Summer Meal Plans End
• Sunday, September 15: 15-week students Move-Out Deadline

Room Types

National Louis offers one room type at the University Center during the Summer. Apartments are the only type available. Quad Semi Suites and Semi Private Suites are only available for Academic Year contracts. See below for and click the plus icon to expand layouts for each room type:

1. APT: Bedroom in a 4-Bedroom Apartment (single bedroom with shared bathroom, common area, and kitchen)