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Subletting Policies and Procedures for University-Assigned, Off-Campus Apartments

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UPDATED 3/17/06

Current, off-campus residents who have a contract for the full 2006-07 academic year and who are planning to leave during the summer may sublet their apartments to direct, non-undergrad Stanford students under the following conditions:

1. Subletting is permitted by the apartment complex management.
2.

Subletting is only permitted during the summer.

3. The resident cannot charge a higher rent to the sublessee than he or she is paying to the University for the space. Violations of this policy may be referred to the Judicial Affairs Office.
4. Residents interested in subleasing their spaces during the summer are solely responsible for locating eligible sublessees. Available sublets will be listed through the Community Housing database of available rentals. In addition, Community Housing will maintain lists of available sublets and lists of people wishing to sublet. These will be available in person at the Community Housing office, by e-mail, or by fax.
5. All sublessees must be matriculated or non-matriculated graduate students, visiting scholars, visiting students or students on medical rotation. The sublessess must be the same gender of the resident if subletting in a shared 2/3br unit. Undergraduates and graduating students are not eligible to sublet these spaces. If a space is sublet to a person who is not formally affiliated with Stanford, the resident is in violation of the housing policy, and the resident's apartment contract can be terminated by the University without notice.
6. An apartment or space may not be sublet without permission of Community Housing, and without completing and submitting all necessary forms. Once a sublessee is located, the resident must have him/her/them complete a Sublessee Information Sheet, and must also complete (with the sublessee) a University-Assigned Off-Campus Apartment Sublease Agreement Form. Before signing the Sublease Agreement Form, the sublessee must read all of the complex's rules and regulations. Resident may pick up a copy of the complex's packet from Community Housing. The resident is responsible for giving it to the sublessee and ensuring that he/she/they read it. If the space is in a single student apartment, the resident may also have his or her housemate(s) submit a Roommate Property Use Restriction Form to be signed by the sublessee.
7. The resident subletting his or her space continues to be responsible for paying the rent through his or her University Bill, and the contract will remain in the resident's name. The resident and the sublessee are responsible for arranging payment of the rent from the sublessee to the resident, and the University is not responsible for any nonpayment or shortfall.
8. Besides the rent, the resident subletting his or her space is responsible for the condition of the apartment, and for seeing that the sublessee adheres to the rules and regulations of the apartment complex. Community Housing can provide a copy of the apartment complex rules and regulations.
9. It is the resident's responsibility to see that the apartment/room is clean and in good order before the sublessee takes possession. A resident may also wish to ask for a security deposit from the sublessee to cover any damage or charges that might be incurred by the sublessee.
10. It is also the resident's responsibility to make arrangements regarding keys for his or her apartment with the sublessee. No additional keys will be issued.
11. The University will not be responsible for any conflicts that arise from these arrangements.

For more information, contact Community Housing by calling (650) 725-2810 or sending an e-mail to subsidizedhousing@stanford.edu.


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