Housing Renewal 2025-2026

First:

• Inform the student you plan to request as a roommate to immediately complete a 2025-2026 RIT Housing contract via mylife.rit.edu. The student must have a contract completed in order for you to request them as a roommate.
• The requested roommate will not receive any notification electronically that they have been requested. It is up to the person requesting the roommate to tell them to go in and accept the request.
• Give this student your assignment housing location and unit number. Example: Riverknoll 210
• Ask the student you are going to request as a roommate for their username and their preferred name as you will need this information when you go to the portal to submit a request for a roommate.
• Give the student to be requested your username and preferred name.

Next:

• Navigate to mylife.rit.edu and return to your 2025-2026 RIT Housing contract that was completed during renewal.
• Go to “Next Steps” on the left and select “Roommate Requests” in the drop-down menu and hit continue.
• Fill in the preferred name and RIT username of the student being requested. You will only be able to request a student who has completed a 2025-2026 RIT Housing contract.
• When you request a roommate the other students on contract for the same RIT housing will receive an email informing them of your request. They will take no action unless they do not approve of the roommate being requested. If they do not approve of the requested roommate, they will follow the instructions in the email.
• When the requested roommate accepts the request an email will be sent to all the students on contract for that same housing informing them of the new roommate.

• Navigate to mylife.rit.edu and return to your 2025-2026 RIT Housing contract
• Go to “Next steps” on the left and select “Roommate Requests” in the drop down menu and hit continue
• Choose “Accept a Roommate Request” in the drop-down menu and hit continue
• Input the information requested
  • Unit/apartment name and number 
  • The preferred name of the student who placed the request
  • RIT Username of the student who placed the request

After the request has been sent and accepted, there is a 24 hour wait period for any objections from the students currently living in the apartment/suite. If there are no objections, RIT Housing will be able to add the requested roommate to the space.

The RIT Inn*, 175 Jefferson, Perkins Green, Riverknoll apartments, and University Commons suites will be available during renewal.

*Exception: You will be able to renew the location but not the space. You will receive an email when you have been assigned to the upper class community. Once you have been assigned, please return to mylife.rit.edu and click on the My Assignment button to view your room assignment, roommate, and additional information.

Students who do not fill the vacancy(ies) in their apartments/suites by 11:59 p.m. on November 17, 2024 will no longer have the opportunity to request a roommate(s). The vacancy will be entered into the available space pool for Room Selection process.

If two or more vacancies remain in your apartment or suite after the Renewal process has ended, you may be contacted regarding consolidation. Consolidation will only happen within the same housing type and location proximity. The RIT Housing assignment team will work with you individually for any assignment adjustments.

Yes, students going on or considering fall co-op are eligible to renew. Students will have the option to hold their space at a lower rate, or cancel with no cancellation fee prior to move-in.

No, students who have an assignment through the Renewal process are not eligible to participate in Room Selection. Participation in Room Selection would require the cancellation of your Renewal.