Apply for Housing at Orchard Park and Primero Grove

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Fill out the Orchard Park application linked under the "Application and Lease Offer Instructions", below.

For more information about on-campus housing, please visit our Apartments webpage.

Priority Groups and Eligibility

The following groups are eligible for Family and Graduate Housing with Student Housing and Dining Services (SHDS), and unit-lease offers are prioritized in the following order:

  1. Students with Children
  2. Students in a Marriage or Domestic Partnership
  3. Single Graduate Students
  4. Single Undergraduate Students

Please note that Faculty, Staff, Post-Docs, and Visiting Scholars are not eligible to live with SHDS Family and Graduate Housing. Single refers to unmarried students without a legal domestic partnership, children, or legal guardianship.

Application Process

Apply for Housing at Orchard Park

Application and Lease Offer Instructions for Students with Children

  1. Fill out the Orchard Park Application online
  2. Check for an email notification from studenthousing@ucdavis.edu for a lease offer within 5-7 business days, as space is available
  3. Review Unit Lease Offer via the myHousing Portal within 48 hours*
  4. Monitor email for notification your unit lease is available for signing, within 3-5 days of accepting a unit lease offer
  5. Begin the Lease Signing process via the myHousing Portal
  6. Read and sign the Orchard Park Unit Lease

*Accept your lease offer by the deadline provided via email. If you miss the deadline, your offer will be rescinded.

Application and Lease Offer Instructions for Students in a Marriage or Domestic Partnership

Same as above

Application and Lease Offer Instructions for Single Graduate Students

  1. Fill out the Orchard Park Application online
  2. Check for an email notification from studenthousing@ucdavis.edu for a lease offer within 5-7 business days, as space is available
  3. Review Bed Lease Offer via the myHousing Portal within 48 hours
  4. Monitor email for notification your bed lease is available for signing, within 3-5 days of accepting a bed lease offer
  5. Begin the bed Lease Signing process via the myHousing Portal
  6. Read and sign the Orchard Park Bed Lease
  7. Participate in roommate search (May)
  8. Complete the Orchard Park Bed Lease Addendum after roommate search and assignments have been completed

Application and Lease Offer Instructions for Single Undergraduate Students

  1. Fill out the Orchard Park Interest Application via the myHousing Portal online
  2. Check for an email notification from studenthousing@ucdavis.edu for a lease offer within 5-7 business days, as space is available
  3. Review Bed Lease Offer via the myHousing Portal within 48 hours
  4. Monitor email for notification your bed lease is available for signing, within 3-5 days of accepting a bed lease offer
  5. Begin the bed Lease Signing process via the myHousing Portal
  6. Read and sign the Orchard Park Bed Lease
  7. Participate in roommate search
  8. Complete the Orchard Park Bed Lease Addendum after roommate search and assignments have been completed

Apply for Housing at Primero Grove

We are currently not accepting application at Primero Grove for Fall 2023.

For more information about on-campus housing, please visit our Apartments webpage.

Documentation for Priority Groups

Documentation of family and student status is required and must be sent to shdsleasing@ucdavis.edu prior to receiving a lease offer. Any falsification of documents or misrepresentation of facts is grounds for the termination of an application or lease.

Please consult the chart below to determine the necessary documentation based on your family status:

Priority Group Required Documentation
Students with Children Copy of each child's birth certificate, legal guardianship, adoption or proof of pregnancy
Students in a Marriage or Domestic Partnership Copy of Marriage Certificate OR State Declaration of Domestic Partnership
Single Graduate Students All roommates must be full-time UC Davis graduate students

Lease Offers

Applicants will receive an apartment offer email if their selected apartment size becomes available, including an overview of the lease start and end dates, the monthly rent rate, the required security deposit, and any relevant deadlines. Applicants will have 2 business days to accept an apartment offer. Applicants may receive up to 2 apartment offers. If the first offer is declined, they may remain on the waitlist until another unit preference becomes available. If the second offer is declined, they will be removed from the waitlist and must reapply if they resume interest in living in SHDS Family and Graduate Housing.

Applicants who accept an apartment offer will be sent a lease agreement via DocuSign. Following the signature from the leaseholder, all additional adult occupants will receive the lease through DocuSign. All signatures must be completed within one week (7 calendar days) of receiving the lease agreement. The security deposit must be received by the Cashier's Office within a week of the lease signing deadline.

When to Apply

Incoming and current UC Davis students may apply for an apartment any time.

Prospective students are welcome to apply but must be registered UC Davis students in order to receive a lease offer and enrolled as full-time UC Davis students when the lease term begins. Applicants who submit applications without a 9-digit UC Davis student ID number must send their student ID number to studenthousing@ucdavis.edu once they have it.

For more information about living with Family and Graduate Housing, review our Guide to Student Housing and Dining Services and sample lease agreement, available on our Contracts and Lease Forms webpage.