Family Housing

Limited family housing is available for students, postdoctoral associates, and faculty members and their eligible family members. Eligible family members include your:   

• Spouse
• Domestic Partner
• Children

Please note that you must be married or in a domestic partnership at the time of your application.

How to Apply

• Incoming faculty members and postdocs: List your family members on your housing application and supply any needed documentation (listed below).
• Incoming students:  After you’re accepted, complete a Family Housing Application and supply any needed documentation (listed below).
• Students, postdocs, and faculty members who already live in Weill Cornell housing: Please submit a Change of Family Status Request. 

 We will review your application, and based on your family size and our anticipated housing inventory, we will let you know if we can accommodate you by your start date. If family housing will not be available, we can place you on our wait list and/or refer you to our preferred broker who can help you find an apartment in the private rental market that will meet your family’s needs.

Required Documents

You’ll need to submit copies of documents along with your application that confirm your relationship with your family member(s). Acceptable documentation includes:

• Spouse: Marriage license
• [M4] Child: Birth certificate, adoption papers, or passport that lists the child’s parents
• Domestic Partner: Affidavit of Domestic Partnership, a New York City Certificate of Domestic Partnership, and enough of the following documents to equal3 points (for more details on domestic partnership documentation, please review our Family Housing Policy):
  • A valid joint lease or mortgage documentation that demonstrates having lived together on a continuous basis and within the immediate 6 months prior to submitting an application for housing. (2 points)
  • Ownership of an actively used joint bank account and/or joint credit account (1 point)
  • Designation of a domestic partner as a primary beneficiary in a will or trust document. (1 point)
  • Joint ownership of a vehicle (1 point)
  • Assignment of durable property or health care power of attorney to domestic partner. (1 point)
  • Designation of domestic partner as beneficiary for life insurance or retirement benefits. (1 point)           

Questions?

If you have any questions about family housing—whether you’re a potential or current Weill Cornell Medicine student or employee—please contact us.