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Brown-Owned Housing

The Auxiliary Housing office leases and manages approximately 150 residential housing units ranging in size from efficiency/one-bedroom to multi-bedroom apartments and houses. These living units surround the campus and occupy an area that extends to Lloyd Avenue on the north, Brown Street to the west, Power Street to the south, and Hope Street to the east. They provide housing for approximately 200 graduate, medical, and undergraduate students.

The typical rental unit in a Brown-owned off-campus building includes utilities such as heat, hot water, and electricity. Telephone service, cable television service, internet access, and the wiring for these services, are available through private providers. The Auxiliary Housing Office has parking spaces available to its tenants for a monthly fee in addition to rent.

Roughly 60 housing units are made available each year for currently-enrolled graduate, medical, and undergraduate students. Apartments are available on a first-come, first-serve basis each fall to currently enrolled students. For availability, please contact Gail Medbury at Gail_Medbury@Brown.edu or phone (401) 863-2541.

Recent Updates

For this contract period (2009-10), apartments are available to currently enrolled undergraduates, graduate, and medical students on a first-come, first-serve basis.

Contact: Gail_Medbury@Brown.edu by e-mail or call (401) 863-2541 for availability.

2009-2010 Housing Contract Terms

Housing contract terms are generally for a 12-month period beginning June 1st and terminating on Memorial Day for currently enrolled undergraduates, graduates and medical students. Rental charges for these living units are placed on the student's account with the Bursar's Office.

Once a living unit is selected, a security deposit equal to one month's rent must be paid within 10 days in order to secure the living unit. A University housing contract is then prepared and presented to all occupant(s) for signature.

Important Note for Undergraduates

Undergraduates wishing to reside off-campus must first obtain off-campus permission through the Office of Residential Life.

Dates, Deadlines and Application Forms

For the 2009-2010 academic year, there will not be application forms. For availability, please contact Gail_Medbury@brown.edu by email or call (401)-863-2541.

University Plans to Improve Housing for Students with Disabilities

Brown University offers a range of campus housing that accommodates the needs of students with disabilities. Over the next several years, Brown University will be revising policies and performing various campus projects to improve accessibility to these facilities for students with disabilities. These improvements run the gamut from short term to long term projects. Among the accessibility improvements that will be addressed are the following

Campus Residence Hall Facilities

Improvement to accessibility features of dormitory rooms, bathrooms, and kitchens.

Campus Site Improvements

Improvements will be performed relating to the accessibility of routes of travel on campus to accessible dormitories. Brown University has campus accessibility maps that provide information about campus accessibility, including but not limited to information about accessible paths of travel, lift locations, and accessible parking. These maps can be found here. For specific information about accessibility, please contact the Office of Disability Support Services, at 401-863-9588 (phone), 401-863-9588 (TTY), 401-863-1999 (fax), DSS@Brown.edu (e-mail).

Program Houses

The University is currently evaluating program and special interest housing to determine a course of action for making inaccessible program and theme housing accessible to disabled students desiring to reside in such a program or special interest house. Among the options being considered by the University are renovating currently inaccessible program/special interest houses or relocation of inaccessible program/special interest houses to accessible facilities.

Auxiliary Housing

Additionally, the University is evaluating making improvements to selected auxiliary housing facilities so that there are units that are accessible to and usable by students with disabilities.

Some of these projects are on-going and some of them require substantial evaluation, planning, and execution A recently completed project that has greatly enhanced the accessibility of campus facilities involves improvements to the Sharpe Refectory dining hall, including the installation of an elevator for the purpose of making the dining hall accessible to students with disabilities.

Brown University asks for your patience as it undertakes these important improvement projects. It is our goal to perform these improvements with minimal interference to campus activities.