Gender Neutral Housing

Gender neutral housing is a program in the Oakland Community Apartments that permits upper-class male and female residents to reside in the same room. 

Gender neutral housing is being offered in the following Oakland Apartment buildings for the 2009-2010 academic year:

• Fairfax Apartments
• Webster Apartments
• Shady Oak Apartments
• Veronica Apartments

More information about gender neutral housing

• Residents can select the gender neutral housing option through the retention/pull-in process, through the Block Housing process (for groups of 6 or more), or through General Room Selection.  Unlike the other Room Selection options listed, Gender Neutral housing is not a separate phase of Room Selection, but rather an option that can be selected through various phases.
• Gender neutral housing is limited to available empty apartments in Fairfax, Webster, Shady Oak and Veronica apartments.  Once all empty apartments in these four buildings are filled, the gender neutral housing option will no longer be available. Under no circumstances will a half-filled apartment be converted into gender neutral housing space by Housing and Dining Services. 
• Residents selecting gender neutral housing as an option will be required to sign a special interest housing form.
• All gender neutral housing groups of 6 or more residents should follow the same submission instructions outlined for Block Housing, but should check the “Gender Neutral Housing” block option on the application form.
• Gender neutral apartments that lose a resident due to cancellation will be converted back to a single gender apartment, based on the gender of the remaining resident(s).  If a male and a female remain in the apartment following a cancellation, those remaining roommates must either pull-in a new roommate of their choosing, or coordinate a room change with the Room Assignments staff for one of the two residents. Random roommates will NOT be assigned to any Gender Neutral apartments under any circumstances.