Faculty Housing Policies and Programs

Read faculty housing policies, programs, and announcements. 

The goals of the Housing Mobility Program are to free up apartments for new and newly tenured faculty and to decrease the backlog of transfer requests from growing families, especially retention cases. The program will provide benefits to tenants seeking compensation to downsize or move out of the University system. We are pleased to share details of the 2024 Housing Mobility Program.

Read the details of the Housing Assistance Program (HAP2) (Effective July 1, 2014) - Income Supplement (As of May 15, 2014). 

Read the details of the Housing Assistance Programs (HAP2) (Effective July 1, 2014) - Forgivable Loans (As of May 15, 2014).

Read the details of the Housing Assistance Program - Shared Appreciation Second Mortgage, May 15, 2014.

Read the text of the Columbia University Faculty Housing Policy.

Read the text of the Columbia University Faculty Housing Policy, updated February 25, 2013.

Read about the Extension of the Faculty Housing Assistance Program, announced June 25, 2010.

Read Provost Alan Brinkley's September 17, 2008 announcement on Housing Policy. 

Read Provost Alan Brinkley's May 11, 2006 announcement on Housing Policy.