University of Toronto Governing Council
Housing Service Policy
February 3, 1987
To request an official copy of this policy, contact:
The Office of the Governing Council
Room 106, Simcoe Hall 27 King’s College Circle University of Toronto Toronto, Ontario
M5S 1A1
Phone: 416-978-6576
Fax: 416-978-8182
E-mail: governing.council@utoronto.ca
Website: http://www.governingcouncil.utoronto.ca/
Housing Service Policy
The objective of the Housing Service is to address the accommodation needs of students of the University, particularly with respect to off-campus housing. To the extent that the activity does not interfere with service to students, the Housing Service assists staff and faculty in arranging adequate housing.
Functions
- maintains off-campus housing listings at an optimal level, given market conditions, for students of the University of Toronto through the city-wide housing registry that it operates and shares, on a cost-recovery basis with other Metro post-secondary institutions.
- provides information and advice to students seeking long-term housing, including:
- sources of temporary accommodation;
- cost, availability dates, and eligibility requirements of on- and off-campus housing;
- city and transportation maps, location of day care and school facilities, residence meal plans;
- Ontario Human Rights Code, Rent Review, and Landlord Tenant legislation.
- assists students with housing problems beyond the expertise of the Housing Service by referral to other services, including various legal assistance centres when formal action or mediation in landlord/tenant disputes is required.
- facilitates sublet and shared accommodation arrangements for University of Toronto students, including the provision of listings to students from other institutions on a cost-recovery basis.
- inspects off-campus residences and short-term housing.
- operates on a cost-recovery basis the Admissions Office for the Married Student Apartment complex which gives priority to students of the University of Toronto.
February 4, 1987