The current housing rate is $2790 per quarter. Students starting in the Fall, Winter or Spring Quarters will sign an agreement that terminates at the end of the Spring Quarter with the option to renew for the summer; students starting in the Summer quarter sign a one-quarter agreement with the option to renew in the Fall. The cost of School-Sponsored Housing includes basic utilities, furniture rental, and 24hr staff support. Telephone, Internet and Television connections are the responsibility of the students.

HOUSING APPLICATION
To apply for housing, click on the link below and fill in all of the fields. You will be able to pay the $300 deposit with a Visa, MasterCard, Discover, American Express, or check.

Housing Application 

RESERVATIONS
To reserve a space in School-Sponsored Housing, a housing application and security deposit must be on-file with the Housing Office. The Housing Office will guarantee a space in housing up to 1 month prior to the first day of classes. Students who send in their application and deposit less than 1 month prior to the beginning of classes will be placed on a waiting list, and assignments will be made as space is available, on a first-come, first-served basis, in order of receipt of application and deposit. Housing applications and deposits may be mailed up to one year prior to the anticipated start date; however, housing applications cannot be considered until a student has been admitted as a student to the school.

SECURITY/DAMAGE DEPOSIT
The reservation deposit of $300 is kept on-file as a security/damage deposit once a student moves into School-Sponsored Housing. The deposit is refundable minus cleaning/damage charges when a student vacates School-Sponsored Housing. If any damages or excess cleaning needs to be done while the student is residing in School-Sponsored Housing, those charges will be added to the student's account. If a student cancels housing within two weeks of the move-in date, a $200 administrative fee will be taken from the original deposit.

SCHOOL SPONSORED HOUSING LICENSING AGREEMENT
The licensing agreement outlines the terms of the formal agreement between a housing student and The Art Institute of California — San Francisco. It also defines basic rules and regulations that are in effect while living in School-Sponsored Housing. The Art Institute offers three quarter (Fall to end of Spring quarter) and one-quarter agreements (Summer). The licensing agreement is a legal document, and must be honored for its full term in order to avoid a breach of contract penalty and loss of security/damage deposit. For a copy of the Student Housing License Agreement, please contact the Housing Office.

HOUSING STAFF
The Housing Staff consists of the Director of Housing and Residential Life (full-time professional staff person), two Residence Life Coordinators (full-time professional staff persons living on-site) and the Resident Assistants (part-time student staff members living on-site). The Residence Life Coordinator makes periodic visits to the units, conducts inspections, meets regularly with school housing residents, promotes activities and community at housing and maintains regular office hours at the main campus. The Resident Assistant works up to twenty hours per week planning activities, completing health and safety inspections, providing on-call emergency assistance, answering questions and offering general help to the residents. The staff organizes events such as potlucks, bowling nights, San Francisco city tours, videogame tournaments, bar-b-ques, pizza parties and a variety of activities to give students opportunities to interact with each other. You will often find numerous households together in one apartment, studying, playing video games, cooking and enjoying one another's company.