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University towers, suites, and apartments offer students a variety of living arrangements. 

Residence Halls

Three tower halls house a combination of either two students in each room or single rooms.  Each room is equipped with beds, dressers, study desks, chairs, and closets or wardrobes.  Holshouser Hall also has two-bedroom, four-person suites on each floor.  Each of these suites has a den and a bathroom in each unit.  Each floor has a central lounge, plus study and seminar rooms. Two elevators service each air-conditioned building.  Each building also contains an office for the full-time professional staff (Residence Education Coordinator), student mail boxes, a vending area, a lounge, and a laundry room.  A meal plan is required in the tower halls.

Dependent upon the building, single bedroom options are available in one-, two-, three-, and four-bedroom units.  Double bedroom options allow four residents to live together with two occupants sharing each bedroom.  All suites have a shared den area and bathroom in each unit.  All residents living in suites are required to have a meal plan.

On-campus apartments offer students a more private living environment and require a more self-reliant lifestyle.  Most apartments are four-bedroom units, with one student assigned to each bedroom.  The four students share a bathroom area and kitchen, complete with appliances and a living/dining space.  Levine Hall offers four-bedroom apartments in addition to suites.  Belk Hall offers a limited number of one-bedroom apartments in addition to the traditional four-bedroom apartment units.  A meal plan is optional for upper-class students, allowing students the experience of buying and preparing their own food, if they so desire.

Greek Village

Greek Village houses up to thirteen fraternities, sororities, and, in some cases, independent students.  Each house has a chapter/living room and kitchen for common use and holds 28 or 14 students. 

Summer Housing

For information about summer housing, please contact the Housing and Residence Life Office .

Applying For Housing

Students who plan to live on campus should apply as soon as possible, as assignments are made according to a combination of factors including: date of completed application, community preferences, roommate requests, space availability, class year, and building/room preferences.  Application for housing may be made online at housing.uncc.edu following the student’s admission to the University.  For new student applicants, a $200 deposit is required with the application in order for it to be considered complete.

Accommodations for Students with Disabilities

Housing facilities designed specifically for students in wheelchairs are available.  Wheelchair users who receive confirmation of residential space have priority in assignment to these facilities as long as the University is able to offer space.  It is extremely important that the housing application is received before all space is committed so that this priority for assignment to appropriate facilities can be exercised.  Students utilizing wheelchairs may be considered for priority status on the waiting list on the basis of:  (1) the date of completed application and (2) the degree of utilization of wheelchair-equipped facilities as compared to the proportion of wheelchair students who apply.

Assignment to a disability accessible housing space requires documentation of the disability and special needs in accommodations by the Office of Disability Services .  Documentation must be provided to Disability Services when the housing application is submitted and no later than June 1.  The University does not assume any responsibility for the provision of attendants for students with disabilities.  Such arrangements are entirely the responsibility of the individual student and should be established well in advance of the time the services are to begin.

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Student Rooms

Moveable Furniture Measurements

These measurements apply to the furniture in all other halls not mentioned above.

Desk Measurements

Built-In Desk

• 37” wide x 26” deep
• Shelf:  16” above desk top x 9 ½” deep x 37” wide

Single Wall Hung Desk w/ Shelf

• Desk Top Dimensions:  39” x 26 ½”
• Shelf Above Desk Top Dimensions:  12 ½” high from top of desk x 10” deep x 37” wide
• 5-Drawer Dresser: 20" deep x 32" wide x 48" high
• Desk: 24" deep x 42" wide x 30" high
• Wardrobe (only in rooms with no closet): 24" deep x 36" wide x 75" high.

All rooms on campus listed as having MOVABLE furniture are furnished  with the same brand and model of furniture as show here. (With a small number of exceptions in the Connor Community.)

Internet Access

Getting Connected

The instructions for connecting to the campus network can be found at http://help.unc.edu . The ResNET staff living in your community can also help you connect to the internet. See below for details about how to request technical support.

Wireless Internet

Wireless network access (Wi-Fi) is available in all residence halls.

Request Technology Support

ResNET provides campus residents with reliable, on-site IT support, educational programs, cutting-edge technologies and laser printing stations – all right in your residential community, all for FREE!

To request support:

• Find a ResNET RCC (Residential Computing Consultant) in your residential community.
• Visit http://help.unc.edu to search the Knowledgebase, open a Support Ticket or use UNC Live Chat.
• Call 919-962-HELP and request on-site support.
• Visit one of the IT Response Centers in the Undergraduate Library or SASB South.

Instructions for Connecting

When You Arrive

Approved/not approved items.

Below are examples of items that are approved (and/or not approved) in on-campus residential facilities.  If you have questions or need additional information, please consult the Community Living Standards, contact your Community Director, or email us at  [email protected] .

Not Approved

• Air conditioner (personal)
• Candles and other item(s) that may pose a fire hazard in a residence hall (see the Community Living Standards  for additional information).
• Ceiling fan
• Crock pot/Instant pot
• Deep fat fryer
• Electric frying pan
• Electric griddle
• Electric scooters or electric bicycles
• Electric wok
• Fog and smoke machine
• Flexible LED strip light
• Halogen bulbs and lamp
• Hot oil popcorn popper
• Multiple bulb light fixture (“octopus” or “spider” lamps)
• Rice cooker (also "instant pots")
• Self-balancing scooters (also known as "hover boards")
• Slow cooker/grill convertible
• String Lights (including Christmas lights or fairy lights)
• Toaster oven
• Two-prong household extension cords
• WiFi router (personal)
• *Anything deemed unsafe will be instructed to be removed by Facilities or Fire Safety Staff

*The following appliances are permissible in Baity Hill and Ram Village apartment kitchens only.  

• Rice cooker

These items must only be plugged into wall receptacles (not extension cords or surge protectors) and cannot be left on when the apartment is not occupied.

Items Included in the Room

• One Closet/Wardrobe
• Window blinds
• Twin bed and XL Mattress (loftable)
• One dresser
• Desk and Chair
• Small recycling bin
• Wired/Wireless Internet

Items You Can Bring

• Coffee maker
• Desk lamp (non-halogen, single bulb)
• Electric mixer
• Floor lamp (non-halogen, single bulb)
• Fans – floor or window type
• Food processor
• Microwave oven (must be plugged directly into wall receptacle)
• Toaster (community kitchen use only)
• Electric grill (community kitchen use only)
• Power outlet strip with surge protection
• MicroFridges offered through  RHA's Preferred Vendors are approved. (must be plugged directly into wall receptacle)
• Three prong extension cords

General Guidelines

• Each individual residence hall room is limited to 1800 watts usage at any time.
• No single item can exceed 1000 watts of usage, have an exposed heating element or open flame.
• Power strips are recommended for both surge and fire protection.
• Please insure that appliances do not have frayed wiring.
• If using an electronic device with a lithium battery, it must be UL certified and charged according to the manufacturer’s instructions. Not doing so can pose a fire hazard.

Mattress Specifications

All furnished residence halls and apartments on campus are outfitted with mattresses that meet the following specifications:

• 36” x 6” x 80”
• Non-Allergenic
• Anti-Bacterial
• Anti-Fungal
• Anti-Static
• Crack Resistant
• Stain Resistant
• Fire Retardant
• Wipes clean with mild soap and water

Built In Furniture Measurements

Built-In diagram here apply to the following halls:

• Hinton James

Built-In Furniture Measurements

There is an image of the diagram listed below.

Closet Measurements

All closets are the same size, none have doors.

•     Width across = 36"
•     Height = approx. 75"
•     Depth from back of closet to edge of frame = 26"
•     Space from top of closet to shelf board = 7"

Overhead Storage Bin Measurements

All bins are the same size, none have doors, 4 in each room above the closets.

•     Height = approx. 22"
•     Depth from back of the bin to edge of frame = 26"

Built in Desk

•     Width across = 37"
•     Height = approx. 33"
•     Depth from back of the bin to edge of frame = 25"

Built in Dresser

•     Width across = 39"
•     Height = approx. 45"
•     Depth from back of the bin to edge of frame = 19"

Lofted Bed Measurements &  Instructions

• Maximum clearance under the loft: 55 inches high x 79 inches wide
• Frame height: 60 inches
• Frame length: 79 inches between posts, measured from inside edges
• Frame depth: 38 inches

All beds should come equipped with loft safety rails. If for some reason you do not have safety rails in your room, they are available by request through Fix My Room .

*NOTE: Some rooms on the top floor of Spencer Hall have gabled ceilings with fire sprinklers which can make lofting tricky. It is recommended that students in these rooms wait until move-in day to do a walk-though with their roommate and make decisions regarding lofting.

Bed Safety Rails

Since we cannot anticipate whether or not students will want to bunk or loft their bed, bed safety rails are included in every room, for every bed. If you opt not to install the bed safety rail, you must find a place to store it in your room. Please do not call to request pickup or storage of your safety rail.

Below are the bed safety rail installation instructions for all communities except Parker Community.

Lift up mattress.

Step  2

Lay safety rail flat down on the bed spring.

Step  3

Attach the two hooks on the safety rail to the bed frame.

Lift up the safety rail.

Lay the mattress back down.

All residence halls are in the process of receiving new bed ends. This video explains how to loft the new style of bed ends.

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How to Make the Most of Your Virtual Visit

Located just 9 miles north of uptown Charlotte, UNC Charlotte offers not only easy access to one of the country’s fastest-growing cities, but also a close-knit community of students, professors, and staff members. Given the unprecedented times, our campus is quiet as Niner Nation stays home to do our part in keeping our community safe.

We realize this impacts not only the experience of our incoming students, but also our future students. To high school juniors and seniors, as well as transfer students, we understand the important decisions that you are facing about where to go to college, and that this situation doesn’t make visiting colleges any easier! We understand that your last semester of school presented new challenges and that those challenges are ongoing, but we want to continue to support your college search process any way that we can during this time.

We want to provide you with four ways to make the most of your virtual visit experience without leaving your couch!

1 – Show up (virtually, of course)!

There are many ways to connect with us and all of them start with you showing up! We’ll take it from there!

To make the most of your experience, we would recommend you start by asking yourself what you want to know. Once you have that determined, it will be easier to select which virtual events to attend.

Here are a few of the ways you can connect with us…

Live Information Sessions – Join our admissions counselors and student Tour Guides as we present information about UNC Charlotte and admission requirements, and take a live virtual tour of our campus.

One-on-One Counselor Meetings – Drop into our virtual Zoom lobby during the designated times to talk with members of our admissions team. From the virtual lobby, you’ll head over to a virtual breakout room where you’ll meet one-on-one with a counselor and have your questions answered and concerns addressed.

Meet A Niner – Join our student Tour Guides for a Q&A session and learn more about our student experience.

Virtual Housing Tour – Follow a Housing Ambassador as they lead you on a virtual tour of a residence hall.

Be sure to view the schedule of our live information sessions and make plans to attend!

2 – Connect with current students!

Once you’ve learned about the admissions process, we encourage you to connect with members of Niner Nation. Our current students are experts on the UNC Charlotte experience and are eager to connect with prospective students.

During the Meet a Niner session, a featured student will share their favorite experiences and organizations at UNC Charlotte, followed by a Q&A session with additional students.

This is a perfect opportunity for you to learn more about life as a Niner through their student experiences! Feel free to ask questions and learn more about their student involvement, campus traditions, and academic experiences.

If you can’t attend a Meet a Niner session, you can connect with students on your own time. See current student profiles and contact information here.

3 – Ask questions!

Use the Q&A feature as much as possible! We are here to help you and answer any questions you may have about the application process, academics, or student life.

When attending information sessions you can submit questions to the Q&A box located below the presentation. Your questions will only be viewed by those presenting and they will answer them live or chat you directly.

Here’s what one of our Niner Guides had to share about students asking questions, “Even if you don’t have questions, let the admissions team and tour guides know your curiosities and interests. During the campus tour portion of your experience, you can ask questions about any part of campus, even if it’s not explicitly included in the tour.”

Engaging with our Admissions Team and current students will ensure you make the most out of your virtual visit.

4 – Contact the Admissions Team!

If you still have questions after attending information sessions, feel free to have a one-on-one call with an admissions counselor or in our Virtual Zoom Lobby.

While we’d much rather welcome you in person on campus, for now, we are happy to get to know you over the phone and online!

Give us a call at your convenience! We have dedicated counselors ready to help Monday through Friday, 8 am – 5 pm at 704-687-5507.

We hope to have in-person campus visits as soon as we can do so safely. Until then, we’re here to support your college search process any way that we can.

After 2 years of applying for the NYC housing lottery, she finally won her bid. Now she pays $1,000 in rent for her Manhattan apartment.

• A millennial woman won the New York City affordable housing lottery after applying for two years.
• Nkenge Brown, 30, now pays around $1,000 in monthly rent for her one-bedroom Manhattan apartment.
• It's almost a year since she moved in, and she's turned her place into a cozy, eclectic home with over 40 plants.

Nkenge Brown first heard about the New York City housing lottery system four years ago while she was at work.

"Someone told me that they won a lottery apartment, and I was like, 'What's that?'" Brown, 30, told Business Insider. Back then, Brown was working in the tech industry and lived at home with her mother in Upper Manhattan .

"Once they told me about it, I ended up going online to search the website, but I didn't really pay too much attention to it at the beginning," Brown said.

Fast-forward two years, and Brown was ready to move out and live on her own.

"That's when I started to apply. But, of course, with these things, I know they take time, so I was hoping for the best," Brown said.

It would take her another two years and over 130 applications before she finally succeeded in her bid for an apartment, she said.

It couldn't have come at a better time. Brown had just quit her job to become a freelance photographer and content creator . She was also living in a different apartment after moving out of her mom's house, and her rent was getting too expensive .

Rent was about $1,940, and if she had stayed for another year, it would have been over $2,000, she said.

"This place literally came just in time, like a few months before my second-year lease ended," Brown said.

A long, drawn-out process

The affordable housing lotteries are run by the New York City Department of Housing Preservation and Development, or HPD, and the Housing Development Corporation.

Both rental units and homeownership units are available, and application is free.

To qualify for a lottery apartment, each household must meet specific income and size requirements, and these vary across the developments depending on unit size and location.

Since 2013, there have been more than 25 million applications submitted for about 40,000 units, The New York Times reported. In 2018, the odds of winning the housing lottery were 1 in 592, per the Times. The HPD did not respond to a request for comment from BI.

Applying for the housing lottery was a long process that required a lot of patience and paperwork, and Brown ran into a few hiccups along the way.

"It took me maybe over a year before I started hearing back from different properties that I applied to," Brown said. "Some of them I ended up not qualifying for, some of them I didn't provide enough documentation for."

Some of the paperwork included pay stubs, tax returns, as well as receipts for rent and recent gas or electric bills from where she had been living before.

Even after getting the news that she qualified for an apartment, it took another three months before she was able to move in at the start of May last year.

"I started submitting documents at the beginning of February and getting things rolling in terms of being accepted by the place," Brown said.

Brown's one-bedroom apartment is located in Chelsea, a neighborhood on the west side of Manhattan , and her rent is stabilized . It's a two-year lease with an option for renewal.

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Her apartment costs $1,081 a month, but since she gets a utility allowance of $85, she ends up paying $996 for rent, as well as an additional $54 monthly for amenity fees.

The median monthly rent for a one-bedroom apartment in Chelsea is $5,232, per the latest April data from RentCafe.com .

"The day I moved in, I was super excited. I felt blessed," Brown said. "It was like things were coming together, with the opportunity for me to take my business to the next level in a way where I don't feel stressed out about bills and all the things that adulting has to offer."

Her apartment came with some standard appliances , including a washer and dryer, a dishwasher, and a refrigerator, although she says that's not always the case.

"There are a wide range of apartments that offer different things, so it's just up to you as the applicant to apply for the ones that you want or that you're open to," Brown said.

Although the housing lottery website has a list of amenities displayed for each apartment block, it doesn't specify which appliances each apartment within the block has, she added.

"For example, in this building that I'm in, there are quite a few apartments available," Brown said. "So one of them may not have a washer and dryer, whereas another one. But they don't tell you in detail which of these apartments they are."

Additionally, potential tenants have to submit all their documents even before they can view the apartment in person, she said.

"So there is a chance that you may not even want the place, but you still have to submit your documents first," she said.

A space of one's own

Brown's home is a reflection of her personality and all the things she loves: bright colors, eclectic furniture, and over 40 houseplants .

"Plants have a way of really transforming your space," Brown said. "I mean not only in terms of health benefits, with oxygen and everything, but also in nurturing your plant and taking care of them."

She brought most of her furniture and decor over from her old apartment and succeeded in turning her new space into the cozy, airy home she had always envisioned .

Aesthetics aside, most of her furniture pieces double as storage space, she said.

"I have a lot of things, so I always try to find ways to hide them away but at the same time, make the space look comfortable," Brown said. "For example, I have a couple of Ottomans that have storage — you just open up the top. The ottomans themselves look very cute, and you can sit on them. They don't take up too much space."

It's hard to pick a favorite spot in the home, but if she had to choose, it'll be the corner by her southeast-facing window.

The pink and yellow curtains, together with her plants and a little seated area by the window, remind her of a café.

"I'm really inspired by cafés, especially the ones in Paris. And I know a lot of those would have the chairs facing outward, and I really liked that. So if anything, I was just bringing that into my home as well," Brown said.

"This is my little corner where I can drink some tea or read a book and just enjoy the sun coming in, because the sun does rise in this area," Brown added.

Brown has one suggestion for those who are interested in applying for the housing lottery.

"I actually encourage people to apply to as many as they want because I would say you have a higher chance of succeeding," Brown said.

She added that she also signed up for email alerts, so she'd be notified whenever new properties get listed on the portal.

Being able to have an affordable apartment in the heart of the city is like a dream come true, Brown said.

"I mean to call this space my own. I've also felt inspired. There's always so much going on in the city and it's nice to be able to have access to all of these areas while living here," she added. "I'm just very, very grateful."

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