@mwParents I have an incoming freshman but have been following all the webinars and news closely. First, the way I heard it on this past Monday’s webinar, which is now posted on YouTube, it is not yet definite that it will only be one person per room. I heard President Folt say that they had thought they could have two per room, now it was looking more like that could not be, but in my mind it was still not decided. I heard her say that more information would be revealed about housing by July 1 due to contracts having to be signed, but then I’ve also heard something about July 15 being a date for more info - maybe that later date has to do with move-in dates?
Also, on June 22 a parent posted on the USC Parents Facebook page that she’d emailed Housing to ask about similar questions to yours (re a sophomore who already had housing assigned) and got this reply: “At this moment you are still able to cancel with $800 confirmation fee returned back to your student account. If you decide to cancel your USC Housing contract, please complete, sign and return the attached cancelation form. It should be returned via email in PDF format. The deadline to submit the cancelation without penalty is July 1st.” She followed up with another email asking where on the website could this date be found and they replied to her: "“Unfortunately, July 1st deadline is not provided in our website because the information is subject to change. USC Housing has been extending the deadline to cancel with no penalty for the last several months. I am not sure if USC Housing will extend the deadline past July 1st. Due to the uncertainty caused by the current COVID-19 pandemic, housing assignments have been frozen until the university has determined the structure and format of the upcoming academic year. USC Housing will provide updated information on housing assignments as soon as it is available. Unfortunately, we do not have a timeline at the moment.
The original deadline to cancel with no penalty was on March 6th then it was pushed to May 1st, then June 1st and now its July 1st.”