Special Housing Accommodations
Students may request special housing accommodations due to a medical condition, disability, or other situations that may affect a students living on campus.Allergies/asthma, depending upon the severity, may or may not be a condition that is generally recognized as being a disability under the Americans with Disabilities Act and may not qualify for special housing accommodation(s).
If you indicate the need for a special housing accommodation on your housing contract, the necessary forms (3) will be mailed to you automatically. However, if you do not receive the forms, they are available upon request from the Office of Student Programs – Housing and Dining Services (phone: 540-231-2660); Services for Students with Disabilities office (phone: 540-231-0858, e-mail: ssd@vt.edu), or you may download them from this page. Returning students for Fall 2009 must return their forms by Friday, April 3, 2009. New freshmen or transfer students must return theirs by Friday, June 26, 2009.
The three forms to be submitted are:
Form 1: Student Request for Special Housing Accommodation
(to be filled out by the student)
(Word 97-2003 Doc), (Adobe PDF)Form 2: Documentation of a Medical Disability
(to be filled out by the doctor)
(Word 97-2003 Doc), (Adobe PDF)Form 3: Allergy/Asthma Form
(to be filled out by the doctor)
(Word 97-2003 Doc), (Adobe PDF)Special Housing Information about Functional Limitations Documentation: (Word 97-03 Doc) or (Adobe PDF)
If you are requesting special housing for allergies/asthma, you must return all three completed forms. If you are requesting special housing for other medical conditions, you must return completed Forms 1 and 2.
Allergies/asthma, depending upon the severity, may or may not be a condition that is generally recognized as being a disability under the Americans with Disabilities Act and may not qualify for special housing accommodation(s).
The Special Housing Review Committee will review each request on a case-by-case basis. Special requested will be granted based up the severity of the condition, availability of space, and the timeliness of the request.
All documentation/forms should be submitted to: Services for Students with Disabilities, Virginia Tech, 250 S.Main Street, Suite 300, (0185), Blacksburg, VA, 24060.
Students will be notified, by letter, regarding the decision of the committee.
ATTENTION: PLEASE READ THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION REGARDING AIR CONDITIONED RESIDENCE HALLS BEFORE YOU SUBMIT ANY FORMS:
Virginia Tech has four air-conditioned residence halls. These building do NOT have individually controlled central air-conditioning units in student rooms. Residents cannot control availability of heat or air-conditioning within their rooms, or in the residence halls.
Because the air-conditioned halls are equipped with a 2-pipe system, either the heat is on throughout the building, or the air-conditioning is on throughout the building. When seasons change, temperature and long-range weather predictions dictate when heat and air-conditioning are turned on and off. The nature of the 2-pipe system prevents immediate switching from one to the other. Residents usually can expect several weeks when both heat and air-conditioning are shut down, depending on local climate conditions. During this interval, the pipe system is cooling or warming in anticipation of the upcoming seasonal requirements.
In typical circumstances, the residence halls are heated until mid-March or early April, followed by an indeterminate hiatus when neither heat nor air-conditioning is provided to the air-conditioned buildings. When conditions warrant, the air-conditioning is turned on. (Last year, for example, the system did not begin cooling until approximately one week before spring semester final exams.) Residents may need to open their windows during unseasonably warm spring weather, due to predicted cooler temperatures, which will prohibit activation of the air-conditioning system. Once the air-conditionings system is running, it usually remains active until early October.
Please carefully consider these facts in determining whether to submit a special housing accommodation request involving an air-conditioned environment. Also, please be aware of the following:
1. Students who qualify for a special housing accommodation(s) will be assigned to the appropriate residence hall and your designation of a roommate will not be a consideration.2. For returning students who hold a “conditional housing contract” and have been approved for an air-conditioned residence hall, your housing assignments are not made until late summer and it is possible that your assignment may not be in an air-conditioned residence hall and that you will be placed on the waiting list for these residence halls.
Single Occupancy
All students, regardless of disability status, are expected to pay for the occupancy level they are assigned. Any student who lives in single-occupancy residential space will be charged the current room-rate for single occupancy. Students with disabilities who have asked for a single room are expected to pay the single-room rate, just as any other student. The accommodation is the assignment to the single-occupancy room, not charging a differential rate.
For further information contact the Office of Student Programs - Housing and Dining Services (phone: 540-231-2660, e-mail: housing@vt.edu) or see the Housing and Dining Services website (http://www.studentprograms.vt.edu/housingdining/).
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Last updated: Tuesday, 22-Sep-2009 13:08:29 EDT