Your Princeton University housing contract will include the actual street address of your rental unit so that you may locate it online prior to arrival. Additionally, the Princeton University website has a section titled "Getting to Campus" to assist with your arrival no matter what means of transportation you use.

"Getting to Campus"

Princeton University Interactive Map

• Electronically accept your rental contract online via My  Housing for Faculty & Staff.
• Submit your security deposit 
• Obtain appropriate personal property insurance.
• Submit the lead acknowledgment form.
• Read the New Jersey "Truth in Renting" publication.
• Establish utility billing in your name where necessary.
• Obtain a parking permit if you have a vehicle.
• Contact your child's school district.
• Make key pickup arrangements with the Faculty & Staff Housing and Real Estate Services Office at least a week in advance of your arrival.
• Make arrangements to pay your rent.

Read the sections that follow for more information on each item in the to-do list. 

If you still have questions, contact the Faculty & Staff Housing Office at (609) 258-3460 or at [email protected].

My Housing for Faculty & Staff

Security Deposit

A security deposit equal to one month's rent is due prior to your occupancy and may be paid by check, money order, or electronic transfer. Credit cards are not accepted, and keys cannot be provided until your deposit is paid.  

Electronic transfer

For instructions on making security deposit payments electronically (ACH - Automated Clearing House) through your bank account or making non-electronic security deposit payments, see the Finance and Treasury website.   

All tenants are encouraged to make their security deposit payment electronically, instead of via check or cash.

Check

 See the Finance and Treasury website for mailing your security deposit to the Office of Finance and Treasury. 

Forms W-8 and W-9

You will be contacted in the future for a Form W-8 (non-residents of the U.S without a social security number) or Form W-9 (U.S. residents and non-residents with a social security number).   You do not need to submit this with your security deposit.

Personal Property Insurance

Personal property protection

All University lease and contract holders are required to carry personal property protection (renter’s) insurance while living in University rental apartments and houses. The minimum acceptable level of coverage is $4000.

Personal liability coverage

If you have a pet, you must also carry personal liability coverage. The minimum acceptable level of coverage is $100,000. You may keep pets only after registering them with Housing and Real Estate Services at My Housing for Faculty & Staff.

Insurance carriers

The University does not require the contract holder to buy coverage from any specific vendor.

Proof of coverage

Proof of all required insurance coverage must be provided to Housing and Real Estate Services prior to the contracted move in date and upon contract renewal or upon request. Upload your proof of insurance via My Housing for Faculty & Staff.

Housing and Real Estate Services will accept a copy of the declarations page from your insurance policy, or a copy of your insurance policy, as proof.  Because this is a contractual requirement, failure to provide proof of insurance will be considered a violation of the terms and conditions of occupancy.

My Housing for Faculty & Staff

Princeton University Personal Property Insurance Guidelines

The University is required by federal law to provide you, the contract holder, with the results of lead paint tests obtained for selected University apartments. Please read the lead disclosure statement at the link below. Print and complete the acknowledgment form. Upload your signed Lead Acknowledgement form via My Housing for Faculty & Staff before your move in date. You may also want to read the U.S. Environmental Agency publication "Protect Your Family From Lead in Your Home."

My Housing for Faculty & Staff

Lead Acknowledgement Form 

Disclosure of Information of Lead-Based Paint And/Or Lead Based Paint Hazards

"Protect Your Family From Lead In Your Home"

The New Jersey Department of Community Affairs has produced a reference guide for the Truth-in-Renting Act, passed in 1976. It will help you understand your rights as a renter, and the responsibilities and rights of landlords. Take a few minutes to become familiar with it.

"Truth in Renting" Publication

Before you arrive in Princeton, contact local utility companies to set up accounts in your name. Review the information sheet provided with your housing offer for more information. Please contact the housing office if you need another copy of the information sheet.

Resident Services > Utilities

Register Your Vehicle

Parking permit

As a resident in University rental housing, you are required to obtain a parking permit from Transportation & Parking Services if you plan to bring a vehicle to campus. Transportation & Parking Services is your contact for parking permit registration, regulations, enforcement policies, and fees, fines and appeals, and parking lot maps.

Visitor parking

To avoid ticketing and towing, make arrangements with Transportation & Parking Services for visitors to park on campus ahead of their arrival.

Transportation & Parking Services

The Princeton Regional School District serves the area in which you will reside. Contact them directly if you plan to register your children in the public school system.

Princeton Regional Schools
25 Valley Road
Princeton, NJ 08540

Princeton Regional School District>

Area Schools and Child Care Centers

Pick Up Your Key

To make sure your key is ready when you get to campus, contact the Faculty & Staff Housing Office at (609) 258-2700 or at [email protected] at least a week in advance of your arrival.

Keep in mind that you cannot pick up your key until you have electronically accepted your contract and paid your security deposit. You will not be able to move into your residence prior to your contract start date.

 Before you arrive, be sure to:

• Contact the Faculty & Staff Housing Office with your arrival plans at (609) 258-2700 or at [email protected].
• Electronically accept your contract.
• Pay your security deposit.

Pay Your Rent

University employees

Your rent will be automatically deducted from your paycheck by the Office of Finance & Treasury. For administrative and faculty employees the deduction is made at the end of the month. For bi-weekly employees the deduction is made mid-month and at the end of the month.

For more information about rent deductions view the Rental Payments page on the Office of Finance & Treasury web site.

Non-salaried visitors

Your rent is billed by the Office of Finance & Treasury and can be paid online, or by check and money order. Credit cards are not accepted.

Electronic transfer

For instructions on making monthly rental payments electronically (ACH - Automated Clearing House) through your bank account, please see the Office of Finance and Treasury website.

Check or money order 

For instructions on making monthly rental payments using a check or money order, please see the Office of Finance and Treasury website.

Cash

As of March 17, 2020, the Financial Service Center’s physical location on the seventh floor of New South is closed due to COVID-19. Given the New South closure, please use this opportunity to leverage electronic transfer payments when possible.  

Online

Refer to your rental bill for instructions on making an online payment from your checking account.