Moving off campus

Havicaz · **Posted:** Mon 10-15-2007 12:34AM

So I'll have over 60 hours at the end of this semester, and I want to move off campus. I thought that this made me eligible to move out, but res life is telling me that the 60 hour rule only applies at the beginning of the year, and since the contract is for a year, there's no way to get out. Has anyone successfully moved out because they had 60+hours mid-year? I'd think there would be a way to even get out of the contract by paying a fee(s), but reslife is telling me I can't move out period.

LostBoyz · **Posted:** Mon 10-15-2007 7:35AM

We recently are going through the same problems getting a new roommate. From what I recall i thought each semester was financially independent on all fronts, but it seems like reslife wants a guaranteed full year of shite services. Sorry I'm no help but I think its a bullshit system through and through.

Maybe try "moving" through a fraternity

jacoby0419 · **Posted:** Mon 10-15-2007 9:22AM

I dont know how it works now, but a couple years ago if you were eligible to move off campus and wanted to do it mid school year, they just charged you something like a $600 fee for breaking your contract and let you move out.

WhtHawk · **Posted:** Mon 10-15-2007 9:50AM

You sign a 1 year housing agreement. I don't care who it is with, they are going to want your money for 1 year. I know Investment Reality dosent' care half as much as Res-Life about why you can't finish your 1-year contract.

Go to the Res-life office in Norwood and talk to Jennifer Nixon. She'll have all the answers you need to find out where you stand.

jthxv · **Posted:** Mon 10-15-2007 11:04AM

WhtHawk wrote:

You sign a 1 year housing agreement. I don't care who it is with, they are going to want your money for 1 year. I know Investment Reality dosent' care half as much as Res-Life about why you can't finish your 1-year contract.

Go to the Res-life office in Norwood and talk to Jennifer Nixon. She'll have all the answers you need to find out where you stand.

I don't have any sort of housing agreement with my landlord. I have been here since May of 04 and have never signed a single thing (other than rent checks...) for my apartment.

BigPeeOn · **Posted:** Mon 10-15-2007 12:17PM

jthxv wrote:

I don't have any sort of housing agreement with my landlord. I have been here since May of 04 and have never signed a single thing (other than rent checks...) for my apartment.

Ditto (but since March 06). It's a double-edged sword, though, as he's free to evict me whenever he wants with no notice, but I don't really see that happening. Aside from that, he's a nice guy as opposed to the mostly dickish people at Res Life/Investment/anywhere else.

LoganHill · **Posted:** Mon 10-15-2007 1:28PM

I am in the same boat. Res Life sent me the following

Assholes wrote:

UMR Housing Agreement Release Request Form
This form may be completed only when requesting to be released from a housing contract mid-year.

Circle the appropriate reason for requesting a release from the UMR Housing Agreement. Each item may require additional paperwork. Please see Residential Life to determine what documentation is required for your specific waiver.

1. Residing with immediate family. Residing with immediate family is defined as:

____ Residing with a parent or guardian. To be eligible, the parent or guardian’s residence must be within one of the following school districts (please circle the appropriate district):

Belle Bourbon Crocker Cuba Dixon Laquey
Licking Newburg Owensville Plato Richland Rolla
Salem St. James Steelville Vienna Waynesville

____ Residing with a grandparent or sibling (siblings must be over the age of 21).
To be eligible, the student must have the consent of a parent or guardian and their grandparent or sibling’s residence must have a Rolla, St. James, Doolittle, Newburg, Edgar Springs or Vichy mailing address.

2. Enrolled as a part time student and taking eight or fewer credit hours.

3. Married student.

4. Student with one or more dependent children in his/her custody while attending UMR.

5. Co-Op during the following semester.

6. Transferring schools.

7. Withdrawing from UMR.

8. Graduating from UMR.

aka SOL

Havicaz · **Posted:** Mon 10-15-2007 1:58PM

Yeah, I've got that also. I setup a meeting for tomorrow with Jennifer Nixon. I'm fine paying a fee if that's what it takes, because I did sign a contract after all.

mjsxbb · **Posted:** Mon 10-15-2007 2:44PM

WhtHawk wrote:

You sign a 1 year housing agreement. I don't care who it is with, they are going to want your money for 1 year. I know Investment Reality dosent' care half as much as Res-Life about why you can't finish your 1-year contract.

Go to the Res-life office in Norwood and talk to Jennifer Nixon. She'll have all the answers you need to find out where you stand.

Since we're throwing down random factors of 2.....

Renting from investment reality is 2^10 cooler, cheaper, easier, neater, and better than renting from res life. You'll also take note that if you need to cancel a contract with investment realty they'll work with you on the matter.

There are 2^98 jerks like you that make living on campus unbearable.

LoganHill · **Posted:** Mon 10-15-2007 2:46PM

Havicaz wrote:

Yeah, I've got that also. I setup a meeting for tomorrow with Jennifer Nixon. I'm fine paying a fee if that's what it takes, because I did sign a contract after all.

let me know how that goes

LoganHill · **Posted:** Mon 10-15-2007 3:16PM

Responses I got from Nikki Glenn at Res Life:

Q:Is there any other way at all to get out of my contract?? I have an opportunity for a living arrangement that will not be available after this coming semester.

Unfortunately, meeting one of the parameters in the document I sent to you and having it approved is the only way to be released from your contract.

Q: What about paying some kind of fee to get out of it?

We don't have a breaking fee unless you are approved for one of the parameters in the waiver. The fee is not always applied when the waiver is approved, but the University reserves the right to apply it.

Q: But is there some way I can just break my contract?

No, If you're in a contract, you'll still be charged for your room in the residence halls even if you are living off campus.

trup5221 · **Posted:** Mon 10-15-2007 3:32PM

I had the exact same problem at the beginning of this semester.

Basically you are screwed. Unless you meet one of the parameters on that list posted above, you will not be let out of the contract. It pissed me off to no end and is ridiculously strict. Unfortunately, you are stuck till May.

amd2800barton · **Posted:** Mon 10-15-2007 3:34PM

get a frat to give you a bid card, but communicate to the frat you just want their help to fuck ResLife, and don't actually want to live there.

edit: i should mention that i have never tried this, but it certainly seems like it should work. if you want to try this, you could always just go up to frats and tell them you hate reslife, and want to stick it to them, and would they help you leave the dorms.

LoganHill · **Posted:** Mon 10-15-2007 7:45PM

amd2800barton wrote:

get a frat to give you a bid card, but communicate to the frat you just want their help to fuck ResLife, and don't actually want to live there.

edit: i should mention that i have never tried this, but it certainly seems like it should work. if you want to try this, you could always just go up to frats and tell them you hate reslife, and want to stick it to them, and would they help you leave the dorms.

wouldn't a bid card entail a contract with the fraternity?

LostBoyz · **Posted:** Mon 10-15-2007 9:03PM

which are on their terms, and not a satan contract that is impossible to get out of. Its funny how everything else is a semester by semester financial ordeal but reslife seems to guarantee their money better then the rest of the university.

Just had an idea, a long shot, but sign up for classes late (if you are high enough that the classes you want will still be available) so it will appear as though you are not returning, then sign up pay the late registration fee ($200 max) and go on renting with a lesser evil.

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