2014-2015 Housing Application Requirements and Regulations Universita’ Bocconi
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2014-2015 HOUSING APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS AND REGULATIONS UNIVERSITA’ BOCCONI TRANSLATION OF THE FINAL HOUSING APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS AND REGULATIONS th Published on August 5 , 2014 In case of discrepancies between the Italian text and the English translation, the Italian version prevails. 1 TABLE OF CONTENTS SECTION 1 – GENERAL INFORMATION 3 Art. 1.1 Bocconi Residence Halls 3 Art. 1.2 Housing Assignment Process 4 Art. 1.3 Types of Housing Applications 4 Art. 1.4 Housing Fees 6 Art. 1.5 Final Check-out and Early Termination of Assignments 6 Art. 1.6 Sublease for Residents Participating in International Study Abroad and/or Internship Programs Recognized by Università Bocconi 7 Art. 1.7 General Access to Housing and Social Rules 7 Art. 1.8 Information on the Use of Personal Information and Rights of the Applicant 7 SECTION 2 – FULL RATE HOUSING 9 Art. 2.1 New Admissions 9 Art. 2.2 Application reserved to First Year Students 9 2.2.1 Applying for Full Rate Housing: Deadlines 9 2.2.2 Applying for Full Rate Housing: Procedures 10 2.2.3 Ranking, Results and Appeals/Petitions 10 2.2.4 Housing assignment and acceptance 10 2.2.5 Renewal of Housing Assignments for AY 2015-2016 11 Art. 2.3 “Last Minute” New Admission Application for All Students 12 2.3.1 Deadlines and Procedures for submitting an application 12 2.3.2 Housing Assignments and Acceptance 12 2.3.3 Renewal of Housing Assignments for AY 2015-2016 12 Art. 2.4 Renewal of Housing Assignments for Current Residents 13 2.4.1 Applying for Full Rate Housing: Deadlines and Procedures 13 2.4.2 Results and Appeals/Petitions 13 2.4.3 Printing of Check-In Documents 13 2.4.4 Renewal of Housing Assignments for AY 2015-2016 14 SECTION 3 – REDUCED RATE HOUSING 15 Art. 3.1 Eligible Reduced Rate Housing Applicants 15 Art. 3.2 Income and Asset Requirements 15 Art. 3.3 Applying for Reduced Rate Housing: Deadlines 16 Art. 3.4 Applying for Reduced Rate Housing: Procedures 17 Art. 3.5 Procedures for Self-Certification of Merit 17 Art. 3.6 Documentation Required for the Calculation of Housing Fees 17 Art. 3.7 Methods of Assignment of ISU Brackets for Reduced Rates 18 Art. 3.8 Verification of Financial Status and Validation of Economic Information Provided (Italian Presidential Decree 445/2000, article 71) 19 Art. 3.9 Renewal of Housing Assignment for AY 2014-2015 19 Art. 3.10 Rankings 20 Art. 3.11 Results and Appeals/Petitions 21 Art. 3.12 Housing Assignments and Acceptance for New Admission Applicants 22 Art. 3.13 Assignments and Acceptance for Renewal Residents 22 Art. 3.14 Housing Renewals for AY 2015-2016 22 ATTACHMENT A: Description of Bocconi Residences 23 ATTACHMENT B: Housing Fees, ISU Bocconi Brackets and Payments 24 ATTACHMENT C: Car, Motorcycle and Bicycle parking 28 ATTACHMENT D: Bocconi Residence Regulations 29 ATTACHMENT E: Housing Calendar 33 ATTACHMENT F: List of Municipalities – Commuting Students 34 ATTACHMENT G: Full Rate Housing - Summary of Important Dates and Deadlines 38 ATTACHMENT H: Reduced Rate Housing - Summary of Important Dates and Deadlines 40 ATTACHMENT I: Requirements Regarding Financial Conditions for Allocation of Reduced Rate Housing 41 ATTACHMENT J: Family Household 47 ATTACHMENT K: Full Rate Housing - Room Type Preference 48 ATTACHMENT L: 2013 Average Exchange Rates 49 2 2014-2015 HOUSING APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS AND REGULATIONS UNIVERSITA’ BOCCONI SECTION 1 – GENERAL INFORMATION The 2014-15 Housing Application Requirements and Regulations has been published by ISU Bocconi and the Student Services Office – Student Affairs Division which regulates housing assignments for the Bocconi Residences. Contact information: Housing Center – Piazza Sraffa, 13 – One Stop Service Center – Ground floor – 20136 Milan email: [email protected] Tel: (+39) 02-5836-2795 / (+39) 02-5836-2152 Art. 1.1 Bocconi Residence Halls For the 2014-2015 academic year Università Bocconi offers 6 Residences to its students, for a total number of 1,591 room assignments, both full rate and reduced rate (fee determined according to the economic condition of the student's family). Assignments are distributed amongst the 6 Bocconi Residences as follows: RESIDENCE HALL NUMBER OF PLACEMENTS* 261 BOCCONI - 13 single rooms with private bathrooms Via Bocconi, 12 – Milan - 248 single rooms with bathrooms to be shared with one other student 96 JAVOTTE - 8 single rooms with private bathrooms Via Giovenale, 4 - Milan - 88 single rooms with bathrooms to be shared with one other student 362 - 62 single rooms with private bathrooms ARCOBALENO - 288 single rooms with bathrooms to be shared with Via F.lli Fraschini, 3 - Milan one other student (some of which are assigned to international exchange students) - 12 studios 326 DUBINI - 176 single rooms in 4-bedroom apartments Via Vittore Buzzi, 7 - Milan - 140 single rooms in 2-bedroom apartments - 10 studios, studio apartments are handicap-accessible 333 SPADOLINI - 317 single rooms in 4-bedroom apartments Via G. Spadolini, 12/A - Milan - 16 studios, studio apartments are handicap-accessible 213 - 116 single rooms in 4-bedroom apartments ISONZO - 11 rooms with private bathrooms Viale Isonzo, 23 - Milan - 86 rooms with bathrooms to be shared with one other student * Rooms for students with disabilities are available in all Bocconi Residence Halls. Students who wish to apply for Bocconi Housing may only submit one application; either for full rate or reduced rate housing. The application process, rankings and renewal requirements for following academic years will vary depending on the type of housing, as outlined in the Housing Application Requirements and Regulations. Students assigned full rate housing will not be able to apply for or be assigned reduced rate housing, even if they are later determined eligible for financial aid and therefore assigned an ISU bracket. 3 Art. 1.2 Housing Assignment Process The housing assignment process has four steps: Students may only submit one application; for either full rate 1st STEP or reduced rate housing. Applications must be submitted Submit Online Application online and, if applying for reduced rate housing, must be www.unibocconi.eu/housingdesk subsequently completed with all required documentation. Rankings are created to determine the order of priority with which available rooms will be assigned. Being ranked does nd not automatically imply that you will be assigned housing. 2 STEP The final housing assignment depends on many variables Rankings (type of housing requested, room availability and the applicant's gender). The ranking order is only a partial indicator of the probability of being assigned housing. 3rd STEP Housing assignments will take place in different rounds, as Housing Assignments rooms may become available at different times. New assignees must confirm their acceptance of a room assignment according to the timelines and procedures indicated in the email communicating the housing assignment. Failure to follow the acceptance procedures will 4th STEP result in the cancellation of the assignment and the re- Housing Assignment Acceptance assignment of the room to another eligible ranked student. The renewal application for current residents is equivalent to acceptance of housing for AY 2014-2015. Please see articles 2.4 and 3.8. Università Bocconi reserves the right to transfer residents to a different Residence at any time throughout the academic year. Please note that it will not be possible for a student to request a room assignment change at any time. Exceptional cases due to serious and certified problems will be evaluated based on the following conditions: - a room change can occur only once during a student’s university career; - any changes made will occur only at the end of the academic year; - should a change in a resident’s housing assignment be allowed, students will not be able to choose their new assignment, the new assignment will be a random allocation to be made by the IT system. Art. 1.3 Types of Housing Applications Students may only submit one application; for either full rate or reduced rate housing. The decision to apply for either full rate or reduced rate housing is up to the student. To evaluate which application is best to submit based on the student’s financial position, the section “How and When to Apply” should be consulted on the Housing Service website: www.unibocconi.eu/accommodation and ISEE/ISEEU income and ISPE/ISPEU assets for the year 2013 should be verified. (See the table in Attachment I for more information.) TYPE OF APPLICATION ELIGIBLE APPLICANTS DOCUMENTATION Students whose family’s income and assets are within the ISU Bocconi Requirements: Documentation of - ISEE/ISEEU € 20,728.45 economical character Reduced rate - ISPE/ISPEU € 34,979.27 required And who meet the eligibility requirements set forth in Art. 3.1 4 Documentation of Students whose family’s income and economical character not Full rate assets exceed the ISU requirements required (Art. 3.1 and 3.2) The following will be applied to those students assigned reduced rate rooms, but are assigned the 4th ISU bracket subsequent to the verification of incomplete, irregular or the submission of documents which do not comply with the data indicated online by the applicant: - the student will lose eligibility for housing for the current academic year and for the duration of his/her program, should there be demand for housing by eligible students; - in any event, the student will not be allowed to renew his/her housing assignment for the following academic year; - the student will be responsible for the payment of the equivalent of twice the amount due for the assignment made undeservedly from the time of the assignment until the moment in which the housing fee assigned to the student was disputed; - the submission of irregular documentation of economical character may be brought to the attention of the Disciplinary Committee for the possible application of further sanctions.