SUBLEASING PROCEDURES

The Housing Office keeps a list of people who need housing (“sublessee”) as well as those who want to sublease their apartment and/or room (“sublessor”) during the Winter/Summer Sessions. While we will do our best to accommodate all requests, we are unable to make any guarantees to either party. All sublessees must be DTS students and be eligible to live in the campus apartments. Immediate family members of on-campus residents are also eligible to sublease apartments but priority will be given to students in town for Winter/Summer classes.

• If a sublease arrangement is made privately between the sublessor and sublessee, it will still need to be approved by the Housing Office. Both parties will be required to fill out mandatory paperwork.
• The Housing Office will advise potential sublessees of any sublease opportunities based upon the information provided by the sublessor. While the sublessor is still residing in their apartment, the potential sublessee will be given the sublessor’s information and will be requested to contact the sublessor. After the sublessor has left, the Housing Office will, at sublessor’s request, place sublessees as appropriate and will send an e-mail notification to the sublessor.
• Sublessors will provide the Housing Office with the daily rent amount that they will be charging (apartment rent plus utilities). Sublessors may not sublease for profit. The sublessee will pay the Housing Office (check, cash, money order, cashier’s check made payable to DTS, sorry no credit cards) for their stay when they sign their Sublease Agreement and then the Housing Office will deposit payment into the sublessor’s rent account as a credit. 
• The sublessor will determine what the sublessee is permitted to use (dishes, food, closet space, towels/sheets, etc.) and/or may need to do (water plants, feed fish, etc.) while subleasing the apartment and should discuss this with the sublessee. There is no food plan associated with subleasing.
• Sublessee must inform Housing Office of the day and approximate time that they will be arriving as the apartment manager needs to be aware!  Early morning (before 8 am), late evening (after 10 pm), or Sunday arrivals before 2 pm will not be allowed so please make arrangements to arrive at an appropriate time.
• The air conditioner must be kept on during the summer as condensation accumulates if turned off which can cause problems. We suggest that the thermostat be set to at least 75 degrees and have suggested that sublessors leave a reminder note in apartment for any sublessees to do the same when they leave so that the electric bill isn’t expensive for cooling an empty apartment! 
• Both parties will need to CLEAN THE APARTMENT BEFORE LEAVING!!!!! DTS is not responsible nor liable for the condition of the apartment upon arrival of either party.

 

If needing housing while at Dallas Theological Seminary, download this form.

Because local students often do not know of their plans until last minute, we will not have a list of available subleases until close to the period of residency. Because of this, we do not take sublease requests until around the first of April (for Summer) or the first of November (for Winter Intercession).