Apply for Housing at Orchard Park and Primero Grove

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
  5. University Affiliates

Bed leases are available to single students and affiliates. Single refers to unmarried individuals without a legal domestic partnership, children, or legal guardianship.


Apply for Housing at Orchard Park and Primero Grove

2024-25 Application Instructions

  1. Visit the myHousing Portal
  2. Complete the Family and Graduate Housing Application
  3. Check for an email notification from studenthousing@ucdavis.edu
  4. Review your lease offer on the myHousing Portal within 48 hours*
  5. Monitor email for notification your lease is available for signing*
  6. Complete the Lease Signing process via the myHousing Portal

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 If you miss a deadline, your offer will be rescinded.

  1. Fill out this form to gain access to the myHousing Portal
  2. Check for an email notification from studenthousing@ucdavis.edu
  3. Visit the myHousing Portal
  4. Complete the Family and Graduate Housing Application
  5. Check for an email notification from studenthousing@ucdavis.edu
  6. Review your lease offer on the myHousing Portal within 48 hours*
  7. Monitor email for notification your lease is available for signing*
  8. Complete the Lease Signing process via the myHousing Portal

Residents who want to continue living with us for the 2024-25 term should complete the renewal process by the deadline. The renewal process includes options to renew the lease for the current space or indicate a desire for a different space.

2023-24 Application Instructions

  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.

  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
  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
  1. Fill out the Orchard Park Affiliate Application online
  2. Check for an email notification from DocuSign for a lease offer within 5-7 business days, as space is available
  3. Read and sign the Orchard Park Lease

Documentation for Priority Groups

Documentation of family and student status will be requested to verify student-family status. Students with children or who are married or in a domestic partnership will be directed to send documents to shdsleasing@ucdavis.edu. 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