Housing at NYU and
Off-Campus Housing Assistance (OCHAP)


New York University Medical Center
Real Estate and Strategic Capital Initiatives, Housing Services Division
339 East 28th Street, New York, NY 10016  Tel: 212 263 5025 
Fax: 212 263 7500

For House Staff and Clinical Fellows Applying for NYU housing:
Interns, Residents, and Fellows are eligible to apply for Medical Center housing once they have accepted employment.  A housing application form and a list of our buildings and prices are attached.  Our website is    www.med.nyu.edu/resci/housing/index.html 

You can email your questions to housing@med.nyu.edu 

When you have accepted a position and are filling out the housing application, please be aware of the following:

• The form should be filled out legibly and completely and the required documentation of your household size (unless you are single) must accompany the application when you submit it. Please do not submit these separately.
• If you provide on the form an indication of what you would prefer to pay in rent, please tell us the actual amount you can afford to pay, not the least you would prefer to pay.   It is a given that every housing applicant would prefer the largest apartment closest to the Medical Center for the least amount of money.  If you put a maximum amount of $1600 and you can really pay up to $1800, you will miss some opportunities.
• Please note that the rental prices on the building list are subject to increase.
• Be sure to provide your email address in the space provided on the application. The primary means of communication with you regarding your application for medical center housing will be via email.  If you will be traveling or will not have access to email, it is important that you designate someone to access your email.  If that is not possible, at the very least please put an auto-reply on your email account when you are unavailable so we will know that you are temporarily not available. Otherwise, we will assume that no response means ‘not interested.’

Faxed applications can be very difficult to read, so use dark ink, print legibly (especially phone numbers and email address) and call us to make sure the fax came through and that we can read it.  It is important that you notify us if your phone numbers, address, or email addresses change or if you will be out of touch for a period of time.  Should an offer be made, we will have to cancel it if we do not receive a response by a designated deadline.

Due to the high demand for Medical Center housing that far exceeds our supply, please be aware that regretfully, most house staff will not be made offers of Medical Center housing.

If you will be incoming house staff and are interested in housing when you start work on July 1, please submit your housing application as soon after the Match as possible. Applications and related documents must be submitted as hard copies, not as email attachments.  If you are still interested in obtaining or changing Medical Center housing after August 1 of the year you start work, you will need to reapply on or after August 1 to go on what is unfortunately a long waiting list. If you have any questions about your application, please email them to housing@med.nyu.edu   

Current staff:  We are happy to add your name to our waiting list.  Be sure to update your application if your contact information (phone and email address) or housing preferences change.

Housing applications will also be shared with our OCHAP (Off Campus Housing Assistance Program) staff.

BUILDING LIST—Employees
Prices as of September 1, 2005; subject to adjustment, all buildings have limited availability; buildings may be added or deleted

Off- Campus Housing Assistance Program (OCHAP)

OCHAP is a service specifically created to assist you in navigating the challenging New York City apartment market.

The office staff provides assistance in identifying housing in the private sector.  The OCHAP office and website also provide information on neighborhoods, transportation options, and other issues related to living in New York City. 

OCHAP establishes and maintains relationships with landlords and brokers who have desirable housing inventory, and provides a resource with information about rental opportunities, including apartments that do not require brokers’ fees. 

General services provided to Medical Center staff:

• Remote access to the Housing Registry, which provides a listing of no-fee apartments in and around Manhattan.
• Reduced -fee brokerage services with established companies offering a special rate to NYU affiliates.
• A rent guarantor program to assist house staff with meeting landlords’ financial requirements; there are limits on the rental amounts that can be guaranteed.  Please inquire.

Additionally, an area of the OCHAP website is restricted to house staff and requires a password for access.  You will receive your Kerbos I.D., e-mail account and password from House Staff Affairs after you have accepted employment.
 
The OCHAP Office (located at 339 East 28th Street, within the Housing Services office) is open Monday to Friday 9:00am to 5:00pm. This resource provides one-on-one personal assistance, live terminals, real estate publications and local periodicals, to facilitate access to market information and apartment opportunities. If you are interested in personalized OCHAP services, please call and make an appointment with our manager. During the spring housing season, weekend appointments are available.

Please feel free to forward any questions you may have to our OCHAP e-mail address: ochap@med.nyu.edu
 or call us at 212 263 3860.  Our fax is 212 263 7500.
We look forward to helping you!