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The challenge is that not just anyone can live in it... only faculty and staff. There's a 50 year max term and even widows get booted out after their spouses pa
by kurthr 4y ago
The challenge is that not just anyone can live in it... only faculty and staff. There's a 50 year max term and even widows get booted out after their spouses pass. You really don't own the house/land... just the right to live there and re-sell it.
- gnicholas 4y agoFor on-campus housing, widows/widowers can remain for life. [1] There are other off-campus housing programs that only give 10 years after the death of the qualifying spouse. 1: https://stanfordfsh.prod.acquia-sites.com/sites/default/files/2020-10/ResidentialGroundLease.pdf https://stanfordfsh.prod.acquia-sites.com/sites/default/file...
- kurthr 4y agoThat's good news. There was a lot of drama in the late 90s when I lived there, because a widow was being kicked out of a house on Santa Ynez. I'd guess that was on-campus and maybe the reason for a change.