Announcements

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Southern California experienced a moderate earthquake just before noon today. It was centered in Chino Hills/Diamond Bar, an area approximately 30 miles south-east of Pasadena. Caltech Housing would like to report that as of the time of this message, there have been no reports of any damage to any Caltech Housing owned properties, either on or off-campus. There have also been no reported injuries. For additional information on the earthquake, please visit the main Caltech homepage by clicking here.

Important Tax Information: The renter’s credit for income taxes does not apply to anyone in Caltech Housing. All of Caltech affiliated housing is tax exempt.

For Faculty and Postdocs,

The Housing Office has been working with IMSS over the past few years to develop a new billing and database system that works in conjunction with Exeter, the program currently used by the Bursar’s Office. In an effort to coordinate and consolidate billing practices, your monthly rental charges will now appear on your bursar’s account, along with any applicable utility charges.

This change is scheduled to go into effect beginning with your February 2008 rent charges. This means that beginning in February 2008, you will no longer pay your housing charges directly to the Housing Office or your apartment manager. Instead, you will pay your charges through the Bursar’s Office. For information on payment procedures and policies, please contact the Bursar’s Office at x2988 or visit their website at http://bursar.caltech.edu.

We apologize for any inconvenience this change may cause. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact us.

The Housing Office has been working with IMSS over the past few years to develop a new billing and database system that works in conjunction with Exeter, the program currently used by the Bursar’s Office. In an effort to coordinate and consolidate billing practices, monthly rental billings will now hit student accounts at the beginning of the month instead of the end of the month. This is scheduled to go into effect on your February 2008 statement, resulting in two month’s Housing bills being processed that month. For instance, your February statement will have January’s housing charges and will bill ahead for February’s housing charges as well. The Bursar’s Office will be granting anyone affected by this one time change an additional 6 months (August 2008) to pay off the additional amount, without any penalty fees, if needed. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause but hope that the additional time given to settle the double billing will alleviate any problems.

If you have any questions, please contact the Housing Office. Thank you for your continued support and cooperation

If you have any questions or concerns regarding your housing charges, please feel free to contact our office.

Thank you,
Housing Office