Cancel Housing
Notifying any other campus office DOES NOT satisfy the obligation to notify Student Housing & Residential Life of your intention to leave CSUMB.
For cancellation requests at any point during the year please refer to the information below.
The following information can also be found in your 2021-2022 Housing & Dining Plan License Agreement.
Students wishing to cancel their housing applications (Main Campus or East Campus) will have to fill out Cancel Housing Form which can be found by revisiting your application in MyHousing. More information on this is in your License Agreement.
$150 is designated as a Student Housing Pre-Payment and $50 is designated as a non-refundable application fee for all students. This pre-payment may be retained by the Corporation/Student Housing in the event of cancellation, in whole or in part, as described below:
CANCELLATION PRIOR TO FEE PERIOD START. The licensee may request cancellation by timely notifying Student Housing & Residential Life and submitting the written request form. Licensee will forfeit the non-refundable application fee in all cases. PLEASE NOTE that Freshman and Sophomores MAY NOT cancel their license unless they submit the required exception form and are approved for cancellation.
If the university receives the cancellation request:
Semester Cancellation Request Due Cancellation Fee Fall 2021 Before June 1, 2021 $0 Fall 2021 Between June 2 and August 19, 2021 $150 cancellation fee. (See Section 12g. of 2021 - 2022 Housing & Dining Plan License Agreement) Fall 2021 On and After August 20, 2021 $300 cancellation fee + 30 days’ housing and dining plan fees at actual rate (See Section 12h. of 2021 - 2022 Housing & Dining Plan License Agreement) Fall 2021 After Thursday, August 26, 2021, 9 am (No Show) $300 cancellation fee + 30 days’ housing and dining plan fees at actual rate (See Section 12g2. of 2021 - 2022 Housing & Dining Plan License Agreement) Semester Cancellation Request Due Cancellation Fee Spring 2022 Up to November 1, 2021 $0 Spring 2022 Between November 2, 2021 and January 20, 2022 $150 Cancellation Fee (See Section 12g. of 2021 - 2022 Housing & Dining Plan License Agreement) Spring 2022 On or After January 21, 2021 $300 cancellation fee + 30 days’ housing and dining plan fees at actual rate. (See Section 12h. of 2021 - 2022 Housing & Dining Plan License Agreement) New Licensee for Spring 2022 On or After January 21, 2022 $300 cancellation fee + 30 days’ housing and dining plan fees at actual rate (See Section 12g2. of 2021 - 2022 Housing & Dining Plan License Agreement) If you cancel your application while on a wait list the above cancellation charges will not apply to you.
This information can be found in Section 12h. Cancellation During the Fee Period in the 2021-2022 Housing & Dining Plan License Agreement.
Submitting a request does NOT guarantee automatic approval of cancelling housing.
Who is eligible to request housing cancellation?
- Fall graduates
- Students studying abroad
- Exchange program ending
- University withdrawal
- Leave of absence
- Transferring to another university
- Military active duty
- Licensee academically disqualified
- Marriage
- Extraordinary causes
Please see Section 12. Cancellation in the 2021-2022 Housing & Dining Plan License Agreement.
If you are eligible to request to cancel mid-year, please follow these steps
- Complete the Request to Cancel License Agreement. You will receive a copy of the completed form once you submit the request.
- Please refer to your 2021-2022 Housing & Dining Plan License Agreement to familiarize yourself with all associated cancellation fees.
- Follow up with our office with any questions you may have regarding canceling housing.