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Examples of disability-related housing accommodations for students include:

• Single occupancy room
• Wheelchair-accessible unit
• Housing on ground level
• Flashing / visual emergency alarm in room
• Emotional support animal in on-campus housing
• Meal plan and/or food service modifications
• Exemption to the Reed Residency Requirement (for 1st and 2nd year students)

This list is not comprehensive. If you would like to request one of these or other accommodations, please see below for information on how to request housing accommodations.

Students can begin the process by submitting a , along with medical and/or mental health documentation of their disability, by the dates listed below.

From there, DAR staff and students engage in an interactive and individualized process to determine appropriate accommodations for each student. In some cases, we may request additional information or documentation, or an appointment may be needed so we can discuss a student's needs further and review available options. We will contact students via their Reed email if an appointment or additional information is needed.

When a student is approved for housing accommodations, DAR will send a notification email to both the student and to Residence Life. Please note that all students seeking on-campus housing must still register for housing through Residence Life, including students with approved disability accommodations.

DAR works alongside Residence Life in accordance with their room registration timelines. To ensure that Residence Life receives adequate notice of any accommodations that have been approved by DAR, it is important that students submit their accommodation requests (and supporting documentation) to DAR by the following priority deadlines.

• Returning students requesting accommodations for the 2026-2027 school year should submit their housing accommodation requests to DAR in February or March of 2026 (exact deadline has not yet been determined).
• Incoming students (new to Reed) should submit their housing acccommodation requests between April 15 - June 1, 2025. 
• Students seeking housing for the spring 2027 semester only should submit their housing accommodation requests to DAR in November of 2026 (exact deadline has not yet been determined).

If the priority deadline has passed, we encourage students to submit their housing accommodation request form to DAR and schedule an appointment with us as soon as possible to discuss what options may be available.

Mid-year accommodation requests

At times, new or changing circumstances may create the need for students to seek housing accommodations outside of the timelines listed above. If a student receives approval for housing accommodations mid-year or outside of the usual timeline, Residence Life will strive to meet the student’s accommodation needs within the available housing inventory at the time of approval.

Yes. Housing accommodations are typically approved for a single academic year. Students must submit a new housing accommodation request for the following academic year.

At Reed, all first-year students and sophomores are guaranteed to receive on-campus housing.

Juniors and seniors are allotted campus housing through a lottery system. Receiving approval for a disability housing accommodation does not guarantee that a student will receive on-campus housing. Rather, it ensures that, if a student is offered on-campus housing, the space offered will meet their access needs.

Students who require on-campus housing due to disability access needs may follow our standard accommodation process to request guaranteed on-campus housing as a disability accommodation.

If you are a current Reed student seeking on-campus housing during the summer break, you will need to apply to the Summer Housing Program through Residence Life.

If you are accepted to the Summer Housing Program, DAR will work with you and with Residence Life to determine reasonable and appropriate accommodations for Summer Housing.

Please note that the residential facilities used for Summer Housing vary from year to year. The housing and accommodation arrangements available during the summer may differ from those available during the academic school year.

Students with disabilities who have a service animal or who are determined eligible for an Emotional Support Animal (ESA) may bring an animal to reside in their on-campus housing space. For additional information about campus-wide policies concerning service animals and emotional support animals, please review .

Emotional support animals

Students must receive an accommodation through DAR into order to have an emotional support animal (ESA) in campus housing. We encourage students to submit their ESA accommodation request well in advance of the date when they plan to bring an animal to campus. The accommodation process can take time, and students are not permitted to bring an ESA into campus housing until and unless they have received approval through DAR for this accommodation. 

Students will need to review and agree to the terms of Reed's ESA agreement prior to receiving approval for this accommodation.

Service animals

Students with service animals that are trained to perform specific tasks for a disability do not need to seek accommodation/approval from DAR to have their animal in campus housing. However, to ensure the safety of other residents and Reed staff, we ask students to notify us of presence of their service animal in campus housing by completing an .