Carolina Housing Director: Student Contracts Can Be Cancelled Even After Deadline

Update: The university has clarified that students who elect a course schedule of remote learning for all classes before the Fall 2020 late registration deadline of August 16, will have no cancellation costs or penalty and will receive a prorated credit. Outside of this exception, normal cancellation policies will apply after August 7. 

Although the Carolina Housing website clearly outlines that the final day for students to cancel their on-campus housing contracts without penalty is August 7, that may no longer be the case.

As protests are being held to push for virtual classes for the Fall 2020 semester at UNC and uncertainty around the imminent season of Tar Heel football continues, the deadline for students and their families to make final decisions regarding on-campus housing arrives.

August 7, 2020, at 5 p.m. is the final extended deadline for on-campus housing contracts to be canceled without penalty. According to an announcement from UNC, the institution is attempting to “support each student in making the decision that is most appropriate to their individual circumstance. ”

Also according to the university’s announcement, after August 7 or following move-in — whichever comes first, regular cancellation penalties apply as set forth in the housing contract. No new housing contracts are being accepted, assignments cannot be changed, and students are “encouraged to bring only the minimum number of belongings required for the semester.”

Despite these outlines, in a UNC media briefing on Thursday, Allan Blattner, the Director of Carolina Housing, said they might be more flexible as student’s classes continue to flop between in person and online.

“If a student’s course availability – in terms of whether they are offered remote, face-to-face or hybrid – changes, even after the seventh, if it goes all online, we will cancel their housing contract with no penalty,” Blattner said.

Blattner said the best way to cancel a housing contract would be to email Carolina Housing.

“All they need to do is make themselves known to us and we will take care of that for them, because clearly we want to give them an opportunity to reevaluate as their schedule changes,” Blattner said.

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