Housing

A comfortable place to stay

Every LGBTQ+ person deserves to come back to a safe place to relax, spend time with friends, and sleep—every night. At IU, we're committed to making that happen.

Collins Living-Learning Community

The Collins LLC cultivates community through leadership, sustainability, humanities, and the arts. Although it is not explicitly themed around LGBTQ+ issues, the students who choose to live there are usually highly passionate about social justice work. It typically has a higher proportion of LGBTQ+ students than other residence halls. There are a number of other benefits to living in Collins, like the chance to participate in exclusive courses and student programming, utilize a variety of arts studios, and apply for Collins scholarships. There are also apartments at Hillcrest for students who have already spent a year or more in Collins.

Learn more about Collins

Sharing your specific needs

If you belong to the LGBTQ+ community and have a need for a housing accommodation. Housing Operations and Assignments can work with you to attempt to find a solution.

On your housing application, you can indicate your gender preference. In doing this, you are letting our staff know of your general situation. We may reach out via phone and/or email to further understand your needs.

We recommend being proactive and making your voice heard by reaching out to the Housing Operations and Assignments office. You can call 812-855-1765 or email us at housing@iu.edu. Please remember to advocate for your needs.

Feeling unsafe?

If you do encounter a living environment that isn't safe for you, there are resources to help. You can choose one or more of the following options, in whatever order you'd like.

If you or someone else is in immediate danger, please call 911.

  • Get help navigating the situation & IU's various offices: Reach out to the Office of Student Life to find support and get pointed to the right place for your problem.
  • Talk to someone who knows what you're going through: The LGBTQ+ Culture Center is happy to talk with you, hear what you're experiencing, and help you find solutions. Feel free to call us at (812) 855-4252, or send us an email at glbtserv@iu.edu.
  • Try to resolve the situation: Reach out to your RA and/or the Residence Life Coordinator for your residence hall for help managing your relationship with the unsafe person, documenting the problem, and working towards a resolution.
  • Getting a room change: The process will start with the Residence Life Coordinator for Student Development for your residence hall. You will want to go to the front desk and ask to speak specifically with the Student Development Residence Life Coordinator to discuss your options. Our staff members are here to help if we are made aware of an issue.

Restrooms in the residence halls

Most of IUB's residence halls have single-occupant restrooms and shower rooms. However, there are a few that do not, and only feature community restrooms. Learn more about types of restrooms in residence halls.

Which types of restrooms are in each residence hall?

Residence halls which have only single-occupant shower rooms/restrooms and no community shower rooms/restrooms include:

  • Briscoe
  • Collins Edmondson
  • Forest
  • McNutt
  • Teter
  • Union Street Center
  • Willkie

Residence halls that have a combination of single-occupant shower rooms/restrooms and community shower rooms/restrooms include:

  • Ashton Stempel
  • Collins Smith, Cravens
  • Foster Shea, Martin, Harper, Magee, Jenkinson
  • Spruce
  • Wright
  • Wells

Residence halls that do not have any single-occupant shower rooms/restrooms include:

  • Ashton - Moffatt, Johnston, Hershey, Vos
  • Eigenmann*
  • Read*

*Eigenmann and Read contain a small number of single-occupant restrooms on their first floors, but no single-occupant shower rooms.

Looking for single-occupant restrooms elsewhere?

A map of single-occupant restrooms across the IUB campus is available.

Take a look