FURNISHINGS – All campus housing at DePaul University comes furnished with a bed, a desk with a chair, a dresser, a closet or compartmentalized closet, a trash can, recycling tote and a shower curtain. Apartments also come with living and dining area furnishings, as space permits. You are allowed to bring personal furniture and accessories to your unit and to move or set up university-provided or personal furniture within your unit. All roommates must be in agreement about the furniture arrangement. If you are bringing additional furniture, particularly used or upholstered furniture, please clean the surfaces thoroughly to avoid bringing pests into the building. The following guidelines also apply:


• Any non-university mattresses are expressly prohibited, due to fire safety standards


• All university-provided furniture and equipment must remain in the room or apartment as inventoried upon


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• All furniture must only be used in the manner in which it was intended


• All window treatments (blinds, drapes, etc.) must remain in units. For safety reasons, you may not install


or hang other window treatments


• Shower curtains may be hung in addition to the one provided by the university. University-issued shower


curtains must remain in showers at all times. You are responsible for regularly cleaning both personal and university-issued shower curtains throughout the academic year


• Furniture in study lounges may not be brought into resident rooms


INFESTATION – A common infestation that many hotels and residential buildings experience is bed bugs. Student housing wants to maintain a record of no confirmed cases of bed bug infestation in DePaul’s residence halls. Student housing departments rely on residents to adhere to prevention tips:


• Purchase a mattress encasement


• Do not bring “found” furniture from dumpsters or curbside into the residence halls


• Eliminate clutter in your room • Launder your bed linens regularly in hot water • Vacuum regularly • Report a pest-control issue immediately to a facility residence director


Residents who have pest-control concerns in their room should immediately report a potential problem to their facility residence director. Housing Services has protocols in place with Facility Operations and a pest-control vendor to manage any reported cases.


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EXTERMINATION – There is a regular schedule maintained for this service. It is your responsibility to prepare the room or apartment for exterminating. Failure to maintain a residence in satisfactory condition (i.e., clean of waste and debris) may be grounds for a fee assessment to your student account. Notifications of extermination will


be sent out prior to the service.


KEYS AND LOCK-OUTS – All residents are issued a key for their living space. You should keep your doors locked and carry your keys with you at all times. If you are locked out during normal business hours, you should seek assistance at your area office. If you are locked out of your room after hours, you should contact the building’s front desk for entry into your room. A fee of $25 will be assessed for this service. If a lock change is necessary for a unit, a work order should be submitted (please see repairs & maintenance on page 5). New keys may be picked up at the area office between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding holidays. If you do not pick up new keys within one week of notice, a fee and/or disciplinary action may be assessed for failure to abide by this policy. If it is determined that an emergency lock change needs to occur, you may be assessed an additional fee for this procedure. The copying of campus housing keys is prohibited. You may not add additional locks to residence doors. Should employees need to enter your space (e.g., for maintenance or routine inspections), they will lock doors upon completion of their work and you will be responsible for lock-out fees, if applicable.


LEAKS OR FLOODING – You should treat any sort of leak or flooding as an emergency. Leaks or flooding should be reported to your area office between the hours of 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, and Public Safety should be called outside of these times. You may be held accountable for damage if leaks or flooding are not reported in a timely manner.


ODORS – An offensive odor is an odor of such intensity that it becomes apparent or bothersome to others. When offensive odors can be localized to a particular room, the residents and/or guests may be in violation of the odor policy. Student housing has the right to rid the room of the odor at a cost to the resident if he or she does not comply with the request to eliminate the odor immediately. You should report any offensive odors to their respective area office.


OFFENSIVE DISPLAYS – Displays that advertise commercial products or services; advocate the use of alcohol or drugs; are discriminatory; unlawfully harass by abusing, assailing, intimidating, demeaning, victimizing or having the effect of creating a hostile environment based on any of the protected characteristics in the university’s Anti-Discriminatory Harassment Policy (available on the university’s policies and procedures website); or are not otherwise in keeping with the university’s mission are prohibited and may be removed at any time. If you have questions about this policy, you should contact your residence director or assistant residence director before displaying materials. Student housing staff will determine whether or not a display needs to be removed. Items that are not removed when requested may be removed by student housing staff.


GUIDE TO STUDENT HOUSING 2012-2013


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