The Group Housing Process (Individual and Organization) has concluded for the 2024-2025 Academic Year as of 2/26/2024. Watch this page for details about AY25-26.

Program Summary

Beginning fall 2021, on-campus living at Michigan State University was extended to include a second year, reinstating a two-year living requirement that had been waived at MSU since the 1980s. This reinstatement is another MSU initiative aimed at helping students succeed.

In support of this initiative, the University established the Housing Policy Committee to recommend operational changes and updates to support second-year students living on-campus. One such change was for the University to establish a Group Housing approval process for registered Student Organizations at Michigan State. A Group Housing Committee was formed and created the Second Year Group Housing Program (“Program”). Under the Program, qualifying student organizations (“Organization”) may apply to have certain affiliated facilities (“Facility”) approved to house second-year students. The objective is to ensure second-year students are provided safe, healthy, supportive living environments like those provided in on-campus housing. You can read more about the group housing policy in our “Group Housing Packet” below.

List of Approved & Denied Facilities

Individual Student Component

Individual Students must comply with each of the following requirements to participate in the Program

An eligible Individual Student must:
- Be a member of the approved Organization in whose Facility the student is seeking to live
- Be in good standing as a student at MSU, including but not subject to academic probation, outstanding sanctions/holds, nor active status (including but not limited to probation, suspension, deferred suspension, expulsion) through the Office for Student Support and Accountability (OSSA) or other enforcement office at the time of application
- If an individual student is found responsible and issued sanctions through OSSA’s student conduct process after their application has already been approved, the approval may be rescinded, and the student will be required to live on campus or complete other housing exception processes
- Have completed all University training required of students at the time of application, including
- Sexual Assault and Relationship Violence
- Students who have not yet completed these training courses at the time of application will be contacted to complete the training before a decision is made.
- Proof of training completion within a specified period will be required to be granted acceptance.
- Failure to provide proof of training may result in a denial.

Direct all Questions to scr@msu.edu or call Erin Kramer at 517-432-7545

Application Materials and Process:

Individual Students seeking to apply to the Program will receive a link to the application via email. Program administrators will obtain a list of intended Individual Students from approved Organizations/Facilities, which will be the sole method of obtaining information on which students are able to apply.
- Individual Students who receive the link to the application may not share the link with students who did not receive the link. If there is a suspicion of mistake, students must contact their Organization or Facility and have them send an updated list.
- Any student who submits an application that is not on lists provided by Organizations/Facilities will not be approved
Once an application is reviewed, a decision notice will be sent to each Individual Student via their MSU email. If the decision is to approve the Individual Student, they will be released from their Housing Contract and no further action from the Individual Student will be needed.
- Individual Students are encouraged to not sign leases for Organizations/Facilities until a decision has been rendered on their application.
- Individual Students should sign contracts for a Housing Assignment in the event their application is denied or otherwise delayed.
All applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis. Review will consist of reviewing of any documented behavior on a university or city level, and review of all other eligibility criteria.
Decisions made to deny an Individual Student are final and may not be appealed.