All of the details you need to know to call Occidental “home”!
The Residential Education and Housing Services (REHS) department is dedicated to making sure that your residential stay at Occidental is safe, comfortable, and enriching. REHS utilizes a software program called eRezlife to manage housing. eRezlife allows you to complete your housing application, indicate roommate preferences, and review additional resources and bulletins pertaining to housing at Oxy.
Complete the housing form
Before you can log in to eRezlife, you will need to activate your oxy.edu account. The Spring 2025 housing application will open on May 1. If you do not complete the application before the deadline, you will be automatically assigned a roommate and room by REHS.
Disability accommodations
If you require housing accommodations due to a documented medical or psychiatric disability, you should complete that step next. Please review the Housing Accommodations Policy on the Disability Services website and then submit the disability accommodation request form found at the bottom of that page. The deadline to submit an accommodations request for Fall 2025 is July 1. Please note that while Disability Services accepts housing accommodation requests throughout the year, any student who is approved after the deadline will be added to the waitlist, and will be placed whenever space becomes available.
Room and roommate(s) assignments
You can expect to receive your room assignment and roommate(s) information via email directly from REHS in early August 2025.
Prepare to move in
After all that is done, you’ll be ready to prepare for move-in day. Consult our amenities guide (when it becomes available) so that you know what is offered in the residence halls and to start making a list of what you can bring and what you shouldn’t bring to campus. Also, check out our move-in guide for more information about how to plan for moving into campus. You can also read up on these frequently asked questions for housing.
Questions?
If you have any additional questions about housing, please contact REHS at resed@oxy.edu or (323) 259-2531.
