Residential Experience will offer the opportunity to request off-campus authorization. A seniority-driven random selection will be utilized to determine approvals. Off-campus authorization is never guaranteed. The number of off-campus authorizations varies year to year. Only students who have been authorized or who are required to reside off campus by the Director of Housing Assignments and Operations or the Director’s designee are permitted to do so.
Students should not make deposits or sign leases for off-campus accommodations until they receive written notice from the Director of Housing Assignments and Operations that they are authorized or required to reside off campus. The University will not be liable or responsible for any contractual arrangements or agreement into which a student without authorization to live off campus has entered, such as a lease agreement for off-campus housing. Housing and Residential Experience maintains off-campus resources.
When Vanderbilt receives notice of a landlord whose practices are violating local law and/or endangering the safety and well-being of student tenants or neighbors, Vanderbilt reserves the option of denying students the privilege of living off campus at properties owned by such landlords.
If a student living in an off-campus residence is found by the University to be in violation of the "Good Neighbor Guidelines" or is adversely affecting the University's relationship with the neighboring community, all Vanderbilt students who are residents may be subject to the University’s accountability process, even though a specific individual responsible for the conduct cannot be identified.
When student behavior at an off-campus residence does not meet the Good Neighbor Guidelines and cause ongoing disruption to the neighboring community over a significant period of time despite intervention via the University’s accountability process, a property may be placed on the University’s Prohibited Properties list. Students found to be living at a Prohibited Property may face enhanced disciplinary sanctions.