Housing Security

Aligning with our values of housing justice, transparency and trauma-informed practice, the Basic Needs Center is sharing that we are currently operating at limited capacity due to recent staff transitions. As a result, long-term housing case management services are temporarily on pause until our infrastructure can fully support the needs of our students.

Staff and Faculty may access support, consultation or collaboration by reaching out to dos@sfsu.edu and basicneeds@sfsu.edu.

Emergency Homelessness Prevention Funds (HPF) Grant Information

The HPF Grant provides one-time financial support for a student Housing and Food Security needs. To be fully transparent, our Basic Needs Homelessness Prevention funds are specifically allocated for emergency situations. Unfortunately, we do not cover large overdue balances for on-campus housing if the student has not faced an unexpected financial emergency, such as job loss or other unusual circumstances.

Common Support Includes:

• One-time Emergency Rental Support (Eviction Prevention)
• One-time Move-In Deposit or First Month's Rent
• One-time support with temporary access to funds to pay for food

Eligibility Requirements:

To qualify, students must:

• Be currently enrolled at SFSU for the current semester
• Be experiencing an unexpected housing crisis that impacts their housing or food security and may disrupt their education
• Have a current FAFSA on file with remaining financial need for the semester
• Explore all other available resources or forms of support before requesting HPF support, including accepting all eligible FAFSA loans.

To Request Support from the HPF

Please complete the Basic Needs Request for Support Form and provide the necessary information.

Response Time for HPF Requests:

HPF requests are reviewed in the order received.  Please allow at least 4-5 business days for a response.

What is the Rapid Rehousing Program? 

The San Francisco State University Rapid Rehousing Program (RRH) is a student housing stability program designed to serve students who are currently unhoused (actively living on the street, couch surfing, living in their car or other areas unfit for human shelter, unsafe, abusive and/or non-identity affirming environments) or at risk of becoming unhoused in achieving housing security. SFSU Rapid Rehousing provides housing stability navigation, temporary crisis housing, and/or housing solutions to serve students across the housing insecurity spectrum. 

Students enrolled in the program meeting all student, program, and housing requirements will receive a one-time housing subsidy designed with tiered housing payments. This program aims to eliminate and decrease housing insecurity so that students can continue to degree completion. SFSU has partnered with 3rd Street Youth Center and Clinic, an organization with years of experience in helping the San Francisco community, to provide students with this support.

Eligibility will be screened by program staff, and students must agree to meet program requirements prior to referral and maintain this eligibility for continued program enrollment and services, including subsidy payments.

Eligibility requirements include:

• Maintain at least half-time enrollment at SFSU for all academic semesters. Students who are enrolled in an upcoming term may also be eligible for this program.
• Maintain a GPA of 2.0 or higher.
• Achieve academic progress while enrolled in the RRH Program 
• Students must have and/or seek additional financial resources outside of community partner monetary supports. This can include, but is not limited to: Financial aid grants and loans, scholarships, employment, government benefits, etc.
• Carry out progress tasks assigned by the RRH Agency and/or assigned Basic Needs Staff.
• Engage in steps to secure housing with the support of SFSU Basic Needs and RRH Agency.
• Attend weekly meetings with assigned Basic Needs Staff. Meeting cadence may be adjusted throughout progression in the program.

Additional program requirements and subsidy guidelines will be reviewed with students who might be eligible for this program.