UM Faculty, Staff, Visiting Scholars, and Postdoctoral Research Fellows


Eligible non-student status is defined as:
U-M faculty and staff, postdoctoral research fellows, and visiting scholars. Faculty and staff members must be a permanent employee with at least a 50% appointment and agree to sign a payroll deduction card for automatic rent payments. All non-student must provide verification of their University appointments. All contracts end June 30 regardless of the contract start date.

Household Member Policy
The University recognizes that “Family” may go beyond the traditional composition of mother, father, and child(ren). For purposes of eligibility for families, immediate family members of the contract holder or spouse/domestic partner are included as household members. Immediate family members are defined as:

• dependent children (under 18 years of age); children over 18 years are considered adults. Residents who have a dependent child that is 18 years or older must provide verification of legal dependent status, for example most recent income tax records.
• parents of the contract holder or spouse/domestic partner
• grandparents of the contract holder or spouse/domestic partner

As a member of the household, they must be included on the Contract and are entitled to the same access to most family programs, services and facilities. Verification of relationship will be required. Your siblings are not considered immediate family members and therefore are not eligible to reside in the Northwood Community Apartments as household members.
Priority for a family unit will be based upon your priority for assignment.

You must live in a 2 or 3 bedroom apartment if your parents/grandparents reside within the apartment. Under no circumstances may you exceed the occupancy limits for your apartment.
You may not allow any other person(s) to reside in the apartment who is not authorized by University Housing as a member of the household. You may request a variance to this policy by submitting specific circumstances, in writing, to the Assistant Director of Housing Information.

Eligibility for Apartment Types
Non-student families with children have priority for the two and three bedroom units. Non-students who are married or have domestic partners are eligible for the one bedroom to three bedroom units.

Single non-students are eligible for efficiencies, economy one bedroom and one bedroom units.

Applying

Newly Appointed Faculty, Staff, Visiting Scholar and Postdoctoral Research Fellows:
Once your appointment is confirmed by your department and you have been issued a UMID number, you may request an online application by emailing the Housing Information Office at housing@umich.edu. You will need send (by mail, fax or email) a copy of your University appointment letter verifying your UM status and provide the following information:

• Complete name
• UMID number
• Date of Birth
• Gender
• Complete address
• Complete email address
• Complete phone and fax number (including country and city code for international numbers)

After we receive this information you will receive an email from the Housing Information Office with the link and your access code to an online application for Northwood Community Apartment housing.

Current UM Faculty, Staff, Visiting Scholars, and Postdoctoral Research Fellows:
If you are a current faculty, staff, visiting scholar or postdoctoral research fellow at UM, you can come to the Housing Information Office and we will process your online application request, or you can contact the Housing Information Office at housing@umich.edu and follow the same procedures for newly appointed staff. After verification of your UM status, you will receive an email with a link to an online application for Northwood Community Apartment housing. To complete the application you must know your UMID number.

Applications for housing beginning July 1 through December 31 are accepted starting mid-April and expire December 31. Applications for housing starting January 1 through June 30 are accepted starting mid-October and expire June 30. Contact the Housing Information Office at housing@umich.edu for the dates the applications will become available.

Notification
If we have an apartment to offer you, you will be notified by e-mail, fax or telephone of our offer. Our goal is to notify you no less than 30 days prior to your requested occupancy date. All offers are based on residents vacating apartments, the type of apartment(s) you are requesting, the date(s) you are requesting occupancy of an apartment, and your status within the application process. You may contact the Housing Information Office for an update of your status if we have not contacted you within 30 days of your requested occupancy date at housing@umich.edu.

Short-Term Housing
Northwood also offers a limited number of short-term, completely furnished, apartments for visiting scholars, faculty, staff, University Hospital patient families and other members of the University Community. Whether you are staying for a week, a month, or even longer, look to Northwood for moderately priced accommodations with the convenience of a campus location and amenities that will make you feel right at home in Ann Arbor. For more information, please view Northwood Short-Term Housing.

You can also read and download the complete guide to the policies for living in Northwood Community Apartments.