What rights do college students have against their university housing department?
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What rights do college students have against their university housing department?
I am an NYU student living in a university dorm, and from the beginning of the semester I have been abused and violated by my roommate- he has vandalized my property in obscene ways including urinating in my laundry hamper, has severe substance and alcohol abuse issues that lead to the destruction of my property and lead me to fear for my safety, and has engaged in sexual intercourse while I am in the room after I expressly confronted him about this, which in a way sexually abuses me and violates my morals. University housing is only offering “mediation” as they are “full” and I can’t switch.
Asked on October 31, 2011 under Real Estate Law, New York
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FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney
Answered 12 years ago | Contributor
If you are being harassed and tormented by your university roommate in assigned university dorm units by your school, I would set a written record of the problems that you are having with your roommate and first go to mediation after you have requested an assignment to another room to the university housing.
If the mediation does not resolve the issue where you get assigned another roommate by university housing, your next option is to consult with a landlord tenant attorney about the unhealthy situation that you are in and how to get reassigned another roommate.
Good luck.
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