API Policy on

Housing

1. Participant Housing Selection

All housing selections are subject to availability and are therefore not guaranteed.  Upon submission of the API application, API will attempt to source the housing from its available inventory and therefore a Participant is not permitted to change their selection. If, however, the selected comfort housing option is not available by program commencement, Participants will be notified and will be entitled to a refund for the price difference between comfort housing and classic housing. In all other circumstances, housing is nonrefundable unless otherwise provided in API’s Withdrawal Policy.

2. Participant Independent Housing and Housing Changes Prohibited 

All API housing accommodations are contracted and paid for a full session at a time prior to the Participant’s arrival. Independent housing is not permitted for program Participants. Participants are required to use API housing for safety and security reasons. Participants who choose to move out of their pre-arranged housing prior to completing the session, or those who change their housing, are not entitled to any type of housing refund. If a Participant insists on a move there may be charges assessed for moving as well as additional fees to pay for the new or temporary housing. Participants not residing in API housing will not have API staff support and may therefore be dismissed from the program if there are significant safety and security risks.  

In the event that unique circumstances exist such that a Participant desires to make a request for an exception to the API-provided housing requirement, in the case of a request for independent housing, the request must be made at least 4 weeks prior to the application deadline for the Participant’s program and all other requests must be made as soon as practicable. Permission for independent housing is conditional upon the approval of API and the Participant’s Home Institution, and the Participant’s execution of an agreement that the Participant will remain responsible for 15% of the invoiced cost for housing, which is attributable to API’s provision of administrative services, and such additional costs incurred in securing housing on the Participant’s behalf, along with an acknowledgment of the limitations API will have in supporting the Participant’s housing issues and the additional risks the Participant assumes as a result of these limitations. 

3.  Housing Damages and Nonpayment

Participant is responsible for reimbursing API for any housing damage costs incurred by API on Participant’s behalf, which API will invoice separately. In the event of nonpayment for the housing costs outlined above, in addition to the underpayment, Participant shall additionally be responsible for API’s collection costs (including attorneys’ fees) incurred in recouping payment.

4.  Non-API Students

Students not enrolled in an API program who select API housing shall be subject to the provisions set forth in the Non-Participant Housing Contract Housing Agreement for Non-API Program Participant – Preview.pdf