Requirements for applying for housing 
It is the RIU, which compiles the screening criteria for who can and when you can apply for leases. The committee is authorized by Aarhus Municipality with the aim to ensure that rental service for students and other young people with special needs is done in a consistent and appropriate manner.

Committee of representatives
RIU’s Representatives’ Council, which consists of tenants and other students, carry out housing policy work to ensure that good and affordable housing for young people is remained. The daily work is performed by the Executive Commitee, chosen by the Representatives’ Committee. They deal with dispensation and complaints and make decisions about subleases, internal movements, etc.

Dispensation
Applicants can apply for dispensation from the screening criteria, for example if they have physical or mental disabilities that affect their housing needs. Typically these applications for dispensation deal with requests to get a higher position on the waiting list for a particular type of housing. Residents can also apply for dispensation from the screening criteria, if they want to apply for an extension of their leases beyond the standard period of study or apply for a subletting of their room in special cases.

Applying for dispensation
If you wish to apply for a dispensation, you must have special needs that entitle you to extempt from the screening criteria. Please send the following documetns to RIU:

• Documentation for your situation (statement from a doctor, social worker or similar)
• Your own description of the situation.