Eligibility

Rental Eligibility Priorities*

 

According to Stanford University's guidelines, the following people are eligible to live at Stanford West Apartments:

1st Priority - employed by Stanford or SLAC

  • 1a. Faculty and N11 Staff employed by Stanford University, including SLAC and VA, and Senior Fellow members of the Academic Council at Special Policy Centers and Institutes (e.g. Institute for International Studies and Hoover Institution). Also includes acting and visiting faculty.

  • 1b. Public Safety Officers employed by Stanford.

  • 1c. Other staff employed by Stanford University or SLAC.

2nd Priority

  • 2a. Stanford Hospital & Clinics (SHC)
    SHC employees. Includes medical residents and interns.

  • 2b. Visiting Fellows
    Visiting fellows employed at Stanford. Includes visitors to Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences (CASBS).

  • 2c. Employed on Stanford Lands
    Others employed on Stanford Lands. Includes Stanford Shopping Center, Welch Road, and Research Park employees.

3rd Priority

  • 3. Households in which at least one adult member is employed within the City limits of Palo Alto or Menlo Park, and households in which at least one member is age 62 or older, and lives in either of those cities.

4th Priority

  • 4. All other households who do not meet the criteria for priorities one, two, or three.

 

* Qualifying Employment: must be employed at least 30 hours per week (75% FTE) at or above the minimum wage during the entire lease term. Lease term cannot exceed duration of Qualifying Employment.