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:a. Only members in need of wheelchair accessible accommodations shall have squatter’s rights in a wheelchair accessible apartment or bedroom.
:a. Only members in need of wheelchair accessible accommodations shall have squatter’s rights in a wheelchair accessible apartment or bedroom.
:b.  If no member with disabilities needs a bedroom/studio reserved for members with disabilities at a unit, then any member may bid on the room but they shall not be granted squatter’s rights for any future semester.
:b.  If no member with disabilities needs a bedroom/studio reserved for members with disabilities at a unit, then any member may bid on the room but they shall not be granted squatter’s rights for any future semester.


==C. ROOMMATE COMPATIBILITY:==
==C. ROOMMATE COMPATIBILITY:==
1. Members are guaranteed roommates of their own gender if they wish. The BSC will not release a member from their contract/lease obligations due to their roommate’s age, physical disability, ethnic background, marital status, national origin, political affiliation, race, religion, or sexual preference.
1. Members are guaranteed roommates of their own gender if they wish. The BSC will not release a member from their contract/lease obligations due to their roommate’s age, physical disability, ethnic background, marital status, national origin, political affiliation, race, religion, or sexual preference.


2. Members shall be released from their contract/lease for roommate incompatibility only if they demonstrate to the
2. Members shall be released from their contract/lease for roommate incompatibility only if they demonstrate to the satisfaction of AdCom that the incompatibility significantly interferes in their life and that possible alternatives, such as room switches in units and switches between units, have been considered.
satisfaction of AdCom that the incompatibility significantly interferes in their life and that possible alternatives, such as
room switches in units and switches between units, have been considered.


==D. DISABLED ACCESSIBILITY : ASSIGNMENT==
==D. DISABLED ACCESSIBILITY : ASSIGNMENT==

Revision as of 16:54, 28 February 2017

A. AWARDING OF POINTS

1. Points shall be awarded to the general membership in order to determine seniority when bidding on rooms within individual units and transferring from one unit to another.

2. Members with rental contracts shall receive points as follows:

a. In the Fall and Spring contract periods, one point shall be awarded to members who have resided in the BSC for at least 42 contiguous days during that contract period.
b. In the Summer contract period, three-fourths of a point shall be awarded to members who have resided in the BSC for at least 42 contiguous days during that contract period.

3. For members with a disability who require a live-in attendant, the application number for the live-in attendant space will accrue BSC seniority points according to standard BSC policy. Such seniority points are tied to the member’s live-in attendant space and not any individual(s) who may occupy it.

4. Members who do not meet these conditions for the awarding of points but can present exceptional and compelling circumstances may appeal their cases to the Administrative Committee.

B. ROOM BIDS – HOUSES

1. Points are considered “active” and “inactive” for the purpose of bidding on rooms within individual houses.

a. When a member first transfers to a new house, points are inactive. Points are activated four weeks after moving in. Points remain active for as long the member resides in the house. A member does not have to reside in the house during the summer session in order to retain active points.
b. The time period after which the points of a member who leaves the BSC become inactive is at the discretion of each house, providing the following minimal guidelines are followed: members who leave the BSC due to documented health issues or emergencies, education abroad, educational exchange, or military service and then return to their original house will still have active points providing that the members return within a year of the cessation of said event or occurrence. (See section IV if a member has left and returned to a house without leaving the BSC.)
c. Members who are forced to transfer to a different unit due to temporary or permanent closure of their original unit shall start have their points in the new unit activated immediately. The next semester’s room bids shall be made with the full participation of all members transferring from the inoperable unit.
d. It is at the discretion of individual units to determine a point activation policy in the case where a member has previously resided in that unit, chosen to relocate to a different unit for at least one fall or one spring semester, and then chosen to move back to the original unit. However, such practices should be documented in the unit's constitution. In the case where no policy in the unit constitution encases this scenario, then the following default rule will be used: A member's points shall be split into active and inactive portions, with the active portion equal to the points received while residing in the original unit.

2. Room bids shall adhere to the policies below.

a. When bidding on an available room (a “desired room”), the individual or group of individuals who wish to occupy a desired room shall be called a “bidding unit.” The bidding unit with the greatest aggregate active points shall receive the desired room. Ties shall be broken first by including any inactive points in each bidding unit's aggregate points. Units may decide how to break further ties after using active points and inactive points, provided that such practices are documented in the unit's constitution. If a unit's constitution does not specify how to resolve a tie after inclusion of inactive points, and if such a tie occurs, the bidding unit with the lowest average application number wins the bid.
b. It is the responsibility of individual units to establish room-bid procedures that adhere to these guidelines.

3. Room Bids at Apartment Units: See the Rochdale, Fenwick, and Northside Constitutions.

4. Squatter’s Rights: A “squatter” is someone who has bid into a room and has a right to remain in that room during future semesters even if another member who has more points also desires the room. A member may squat in a room from Fall to Spring, and from Spring to Fall. However, members beginning in the Summer do not have squatter’s rights and must bid on a room in the Fall.

a. Only members in need of wheelchair accessible accommodations shall have squatter’s rights in a wheelchair accessible apartment or bedroom.
b. If no member with disabilities needs a bedroom/studio reserved for members with disabilities at a unit, then any member may bid on the room but they shall not be granted squatter’s rights for any future semester.


C. ROOMMATE COMPATIBILITY:

1. Members are guaranteed roommates of their own gender if they wish. The BSC will not release a member from their contract/lease obligations due to their roommate’s age, physical disability, ethnic background, marital status, national origin, political affiliation, race, religion, or sexual preference.

2. Members shall be released from their contract/lease for roommate incompatibility only if they demonstrate to the satisfaction of AdCom that the incompatibility significantly interferes in their life and that possible alternatives, such as room switches in units and switches between units, have been considered.

D. DISABLED ACCESSIBILITY : ASSIGNMENT

1. A student who has a disability and needs an accommodation of a single room must provide verification of their disability and their need for a single room from the Disabled Students’ Program at their college or university. If the student attends a school that does not have a DSP, they may provide verification from their doctor of their need for single as an accommodation. Verification must be provided to the Housing Supervisor who will notify the House Manager of the student's need for a single room.

2. The BSC will reserve one single in each room and board house and one studio at Rochdale for disabled students needing the accommodation of a single room. Houses with a wheelchair accessible room must still reserve a disability single in addition to the wheelchair accessible room. Individual houses can decide to reserve a specific room or leave the last single open as the guaranteed single for disabled students. The room must be held open until room bids at the beginning of each semester. If a house has two rounds of room bids, then they must reserve a single room for a student with a disability until the second round of room bids. If no disabled student needs the room, then house members can bid on the room. The Rochdale studio will be held until special bids at the beginning of each semester, then released to the general membership if it is not required. The member who gets the room or the studio at bids does not have squatter’s rights.

3. Though guaranteed the reserved single room for a person with a disability, students with a disability are also allowed to participate in room bids using their points. Therefore, disabled students, if they so desire, are allowed to bid for a different single than the one they were guaranteed. The student does not have to live in that single if they choose to attain a different single through room bids. If a student is able to earn a room through points, then that room is no longer the disability single, for the intent of the policy is to reserve a single for a student with a disability that is not able to attain it through their points. (revised 12/06/07)