Housing Office

The Housing Office is located in Merrill Master's House, between the Merrill House Office and the Merrill living room|Merrill living room. The director of housing operations, Linda Mollison, is available year round to answer questions and provide information.

The director assigns all new students their rooms over the summer and keeps track of all students' housing and meal plan assignments throughout their enrollment at Hampshire College. The director assigns the minimum required meal plan along with the housing assignment. Students who are not required to be on a meal plan need to contact the director to be enrolled.

Current vacancy lists and maps of all the residences are available at the office, along with policies regarding off-campus permission, changing rooms, singles/doubles, the housing lottery, identity-based housing, structurally unique mods, and substance-free living spaces. Decisions regarding off campus permission are made by the director, depending in part on the need for bed space each year.

The office also provides information about area storage facilities and local rental agencies. Students may check out a HEPA filter by signing a loan agreement form and agreeing to return the filter before leaving campus for the year. The director acts as a liaison between residential life staff and many offices. If you have questions about physical plant, student accounts, the Center for Academic Advising, or Disability Services and their impact on your housing, please contact the director of housing operations.

Students may also complete housing preference forms at the office. These forms identify who is designated to receive an on-leave student's lottery point letter in the spring and give returning students the opportunity to describe what type of housing they prefer when they return.

The Housing Office works with the laundry that provides pick-up and delivery service on campus. The director can answer questions and will provide keys for the locked box used in each laundry room for this service. A related service is the residence hall linen program, which is used by many students to purchase the appropriate-sized bedding as they prepare for college. Student Advantage, a company that provides Hampshire students discounts for local and national services and products, has an ongoing relationship with the Housing Office.

The director of housing operations sends letters at the end of each term to students taking Five College courses and oversees the list of students who need to stay later than our normal closing dates.

Students who plan to go on leave of absence, field study or exchange, or to withdraw need the signature of the director of housing operations prior to the enrollment notification deadline.

The director of housing operations is willing to answer any questions, especially around lottery time.