Q. Who is eligible to reside at La Jolla del Sol?

Q. Are there priority programs for housing at La Jolla del Sol?

Q. How long is the wait for housing?

Q. Are the rental rates subsidized?

Q. How do I apply?

Q. How are Housing offers made?

Q. What if I am on the wait list but will be out of town?

Q. Do I have any other options for Housing?

Q. Do I have to have a roommate?

Q. If I am a secondary resident can my roommate request that I move out of the apartment?

Q. What if I am an eligible faculty or staff person with a disability or have a dependent with a disability and I need Housing accommodations?

Q. Who is eligible to reside at La Jolla del Sol?
A. This apartment community is specifically designated for full-time or 100% career UC San Diego Faculty, staff and postdoctoral scholars.

Q. Are there priority programs for Housing at La Jolla del Sol?
A. Yes, the Faculty Housing Priority Program (FHPP). This program allows newly recruited UC San Diego faculty members, who have formally accepted an offer of employment in units of Academic Affairs, priority access to La Jolla del Sol Apartments. For more information and to view the eligibility requirements for this program, please go to http://hds.ucsd.edu/FHPP/.

Q. How long is the wait for housing?
A. The average wait is approximately 12 to 18 months. Occasionally short notice offers become available. Offers that are categorized as “short notice” are available within the following two weeks from the offer date. The wait for a short notice apartment is approximately 6 months. If you refuse a short notice offer it does not affect your status on the wait list. The average wait can vary greatly depending on your choice of apartment size, floor, apartment availability, and the time of year. The wait for a one bedroom apartment tends to be shorter than the wait for a two bedroom apartment. Additionally the 3rd floor apartments tend to have a longer wait then a 1st or 2nd floor apartment. For more information regarding the offering process, please refer to the Frequently Asked Question “How are Housing offers made?”

Q. Are the rental rates subsidized?
A. UC San Diego Housing operates as a self-funded organization. We do not receive Federal, State, or other funds from which to subsidize rates. All operation costs are covered by the rents collected from residents.

Q. How do I apply?
A. Submit a New On-Line Application at our Forms/Application page. Upon submitting your application you will receive an e-mail confirmation and a deadline date in which you need to submit eligibility documents. You must submit a copy of your “Request for Verification of Employment” (available on Blink’s “At Your Service” website), an Appointment Distribution Summary verifying indefinite end dates, an official department appointment letter stating begin and end dates or a post doctoral appointment study form to the La Jolla del Sol Management Office to verify that you are, or will be, employed by UC San Diego.

In order to ensure that the waitlist represents interested applicants, you are required to update your application twice a year, in March and October. If you do not complete the update process your application will be removed from the waitlist. If you contact the office prior to the start of the next update process to express your continued interest in housing, then we will reinstate your application with your original application date. If you do not contact the office prior to the start of the next update process, then you must submit a new on-line application.

Upon signing a rental agreement with La Jolla del Sol, your application is removed from the waitlist. You may submit a new on-line application if you are interested in relocating to a different apartment. Please note: a new on-line application will have a new “applied” date, thus it is subject to the then current wait period based on your preferences.

Q. How are Housing offers made?
A. Housing offers are first extended to Faculty Housing Priority Program (FHPP) applicants. If there are not any eligible FHPP applicants, or the offers are refused by FHPP applicants, then housing offers are extended based on the applicants application date, apartment preference, and “need housing by date”. It is best to list your “need housing by date” as the earliest date that you can financially afford to pay the rent. Please note that if your “need housing by date” is January 1st, then you will not be offered an apartment that becomes available prior to January 1st (i.e. You will not be offered an apartment that is available on December 31st.).  Also, be sure that your apartment preferences only include the apartments that you are willing to accept.  You will have the opportunity to refuse one offer. If a second offer is made and refused, your application will be removed from the waiting list. If you do not respond to an offer, your application will also be removed from the waitlist.

Housing offers are made via telephone. Two phone calls will be placed on two different days at different times providing you with a total of 48 hours to respond to the offer. An e-mail will also be sent to you at the address listed on your application. The apartment that you are offered will have a move-in date that is on or after your “need housing by date”. It will also be an apartment type that matches one of your selected apartment preferences.

Housing Offer Accepted: If you accept the housing offer; you will receive an e-mail that describes the process for signing an electronic rental agreement; please follow the instructions included in the e-mail; and your application will then be removed from the waitlist. If, however, you are interested in relocating to a different apartment, you may submit a new on-line application. Please note: a new on-line application will have a new “applied” date, thus it is subject to the then current wait period based on your preferences.

Housing Offer Refused: If you refuse your first housing offer, your application will remain on the waitlist. Please verify that your apartment preferences and your “need housing by date” reflect the apartment types that you are willing to accept and the date that you are willing to begin paying rent. If you refuse the second offer, your application is removed from the waitlist. You may later submit a new on-line application; however, you will not keep your original application date. Your new application date will be the day you submit your new application.

Q. What if I am on the wait list but will be out of town?
A. If you have been waiting the estimated time for your preferred apartment; have not received an offer; and are going out of town, please notify the La Jolla del Sol Apartments Management Office in advance so that you do not miss a housing offer. We are happy to call you at a temporary number or call an individual that you designate to accept or refuse a housing offer on your behalf.

Q. Do I have any other options for Housing?
A. Yes. You may become a roommate to a current resident. Current residents are responsible for selecting their own roommates. One of the methods they might utilize is our on-line Roommate Information Application. By submitting a Roommate Information Application, residents can view your information and contact you if they are interested in interviewing you to be a roommate. You may also use this tool to search for current residents who are searching for roommates.

If a current resident selects you as his/her roommate, ask the resident to contact the Management Office with your information (i.e. name, telephone number, email address and date you will start paying rent). Also, our Market Comparison Report provides information regarding non-affiliated off-campus apartment complexes in the UTC area of La Jolla.

Q. Do I have to have a roommate?
A. No. At La Jolla del Sol Apartments you are not required to have a roommate. If you do choose to have a roommate it is not necessary that they meet the eligibility requirements. However, if your roommate does not meet the eligibility requirements and you move out, they will be required to move out as well. If your roommate does meet the eligibility requirements and you have both resided in the same apartment for more then one year, they would then be eligible to take over the apartment as the primary renter if you decide to move out. 

Q. If I am a secondary resident can my roommate request that I move out of the apartment?
A. Yes. Your roommate, the primary resident, reserves the right to ask you to move out of the apartment with 30 days notice. You also reserve the right to notify your roommate that you will be moving out in 30 days.