Waitlist

There is a waitlist for Academic Senate faculty (Professor series and Teaching Professor series) who wish to purchase campus housing at West Campus Point or Ocean Walk, based on the availability of housing that matches indicated preferences. The Ocean Road project, which will include both for-sale and rental housing, is just beginning, and a waitlist will be established for it when the project is more advanced.  Faculty who are interested in being added to the current waitlist should submit an opt-in form to the Community Housing Authority. Please note that placement on the waitlist is contingent upon (1) formal acceptance of an appointment offer, and (2) submission of the opt-in form. In some cases, eligible faculty may be placed on the waitlist at the time of a formal retention action. There is no preferential or exceptional placement on the waitlist.

Although faculty are placed on the waitlist based on the date of submission of the opt-in form or retention, the timing of an opportunity to purchase a home will vary, depending on their housing preferences and their decision to purchase at a given time. Faculty on the waitlist may indicate an exclusive preference for either Ocean Walk at North Campus or West Campus Point, the type of home (townhouse, single family home, new construction, etc.), the number of bedrooms, and/or other criteria. If they choose to specify a preference, they will be offered an opportunity to purchase only units that are consistent with their chosen preferences. They will not be offered available units that are not consistent with their preferences.

Although the waitlist is sequential, one’s numerical place on the list does not necessarily indicate how long it will take to be offered an opportunity to purchase a home. Because faculty on the list will not be offered an opportunity to purchase an available home that is not consistent with their preferences, and because some faculty will pass on the opportunity to purchase, it is difficult to predict when someone will be offered a chance to purchase based solely on their number on the waitlist. Someone towards the bottom of the waitlist could be offered an opportunity to purchase much sooner than their number would suggest.

For more information about the sales process, please contact Rose Peterson at rosemary.peterson@ucsb.edu or Blake Cardoza at blakescardoza@ucsb.edu in the Community Housing Authority office. 

For questions about UC loan options, please contact Sheila Lombardo at sheilalombardo@ucsb.edu.

For more information about the waitlist process, please contact Lia Cabello at lia.cabello@ucsb.edu or Mira Lázaro at mslaza@ucsb.edu in the Academic Personnel office.