Returning Residents

Stating your Housing Intention for next year is your opportunity to let us know which lottery process you would like to participate in for those students eligible to participate in multiple processes (i.e. Retention, Greek Village, etc). The Housing Intentions process is also your opportunity to let us know if you are not returning to Furman.

To state your Housing Intention, log-on to your Housing Self-Service Portal. Once you are logged in, select the “Forms and Applications” drop-down menu and click on your Housing Lottery Step 1 form.

This is only the first step in the lottery process. Stating your Housing Intention does not assign you to a housing space.

Rising juniors and seniors can only form same gender roommate groups of four; rising sophomores can only form same gender groups of two. The group size will impact the spaces available for your group (four = apartment, two = double room).

You must form a roommate group before selecting a housing assignment during the lottery.

To form a group, go to your Housing Self-Service Portal. Once you are logged in,  select the “Housing Lottery” tab. Then click “Select Roommates” and choose “Fall 2023”.

From there, you can search for same gender students that you wish to live with next year by name.

Please be aware that while rising seniors and rising juniors can live with each other, rising sophomores can only live with other rising sophomores.

Once you have made your roommate requests, those students must log-in to their Housing Self-Service Portal to confirm or decline your request. Likewise, if another student requests you as a roommate, you must go to your Housing Self-Service Portal and confirm or decline the request.

All students within a roommate group must fully match with the others in the group to select a housing assignment.

For example, if Mike, Steve, Josh, and David want to live with each other:

• Mike must select/confirm: Steve, Josh and David
• Steve must select/confirm: Mike, Josh and David
• Josh must select/confirm: Mike, Steve and David
• David must select/confirm: Mike, Steve and Josh

Once you have signed your Housing Agreement and formed a Roommate Group, each group will be given a lottery entry date and time. Any member of the group can select a space for the entire group.

To enter into the lottery, go to your Housing Self-Service Portal​. Select the “Room and Roommate Selection” drop down menu. Then click “Select a Room or Suite.”

From there the screen will list the students in your group and give you options to filter a room search. When you click “Find Available Rooms” the system will show you all available spaces for your group size.

Once you have found a space for your group, click “I agree – Continue Assigning Group.” Then you will be able to choose which student will be in which bed. Finally, you can confirm your selection and your assignment has been made for the next school year.