Create Your Roommate Housing Group

You should form a housing group based on your “top choice” of group size and preferred building type, however, be prepared to make changes to your group size on selection day based on what is available at your specific lottery time. Approximately 35% of the Class of 2028 will be placed in traditional halls. The Office of Residence Life has built the housing selection to allow sophomores who do not receive their first housing choice to reform their groups into triples in the traditional halls. We will also offer assistance in finding roommates through the roommate seeking list

If you have questions about how to find roommates or need help finding a roommate, click here.
Students must first complete their housing application to be able to be part of a group.
Squatting Rights is when a student wants to stay in his/her current room for next year’s housing. The next year housing must be filled to occupancy in the full year. For Example: If a student is currently living in Davis 202 then he/she can request to live in Davis 202 next year if the apartment is filled with at least four students. Please email Kevin Hillery, Associate Director of Housing at khillery@providence.edu by March 1, 2025 to claim your squatting rights or if you have questions. Students cannot claim squatting rights in Aquinas, McDermottt, McVinney, Meagher, or Raymond Halls or in Resident Assistant (RA) rooms, apartments, or suites.
Every student receives a housing selection time. The earliest time picks the housing. This person does not need to be the group “Owner”. If you cannot pick your top choice at your housing selection time then you can adjust the group for other housing or pick housing at a later fate.
Abroad Fall and Spring students are identified by Residence Life through information provided by the Office of Global Education.
Keep in mind that a good number of students are placed or relocated after Housing Selection Day.
Students seeking residential accommodations should try to get their top housing choice through the Housing Selection process first. Click here for more information about housing accommodations.

How to Create Your Group

After you have completed Fall semester Housing Application in eRezLife, the “Roommate Groups” option is then located on the left hand menu under the “Housing” option.
One person in each group is to Click “Create New Roommate Group”.
If you are the person starting the group you type in a Group Name.
Follow the directions to add all students that will be living with you next year.
If you are joining a group already started, then you do not start another group. You click to accept invitation to your future roommates’ group.
Make sure to click SAVE before you exit.
All members of the group must accept the roommate invitation and have a GREEN CHECK MARK next to their name.

Probability of getting your top housing choice

6 Person Apartments: Higher odds go to groups that can fill both the Fall and Spring Semesters. Mostly Seniors and Juniors.
4 Person Apartments: Seniors, Juniors, & Sophomores.
6 Person Suites: Seniors, Juniors, & Sophomores. The percentage of all Sophomores groups depends on how many junior groups pick a 6 person suite.
4 Person Suites & Semi-Suites: Seniors, Juniors, & Sophomores. Higher probability for full Sophomore groups compared to 6 person suite. Only Sophomores will be able to pick Shanley Hall.
Triples in Traditional Halls: Sophomores
Singles in Traditional Halls: Single rooms (available mostly in Sullivan and Koffler Halls) are very limited and not part of the housing selection process. Most singles will be assigned to students who have used “squatting rights” or students who have been approved for a single as an accommodation through Accessibility Services Students who are interested in living in a single room and would like to discuss the process should contact Kevin Hillery, Associate Director of Housing at khillery@providence.edu to discuss the process.

Voluntary Overcrowding

If a students have a group of friends with 5 or 7 students, they can voluntarily overcrowd a suite and/or apartment in McCarthy, Mal Brown, Cunningham, Ditraglia, Davis, Bedford, and most traditional hall rooms by one student per semester. There is no voluntary overcrowding permitted in Shanley. Please note, there is no financial rebate for voluntary overcrowding and voluntary overcrowded groups will not receive preference in the housing selection process. We do not recommend rising sophomores form groups of 7 due to limited available of 6/7 apartments and suites. Some information to keep in mind if you want to voluntary overcrowd.