FAQs About Our Apartments

It’s an on-campus apartment community designed especially with Orange Coast College students in mind — in a convenient campus location and at attractive rates. The Harbour features spacious studio, 1, 2, and 4-bedroom furnished apartments with modern kitchens, included utilities and more.

The Harbour was created as a residential option primarily for students of the three schools in the Coast Community College District. Orange Coast College students receive placement priority, followed by students from both Coastline Community College and Golden West College. The per-person contracts are also designed with student residents in mind. The Harbour is an Equal Opportunity housing provider and student applicants with children are welcome. There is no extra cost for minor children in the care of adult residents, other than regular charges for each bedroom space selected by the resident. A minor occupying a bedroom space rented by a parent, guardian or person with legal custody is not considered a breach of the Housing Agreement or a violation of the rules. In order to match student roommates in shared apartments, we will request roommate consent for any non-student occupants.

You can select your apartment-mate(s), or you can apply on your own and we can match you with other residents. Applicants answer a short list of lifestyle questions to help in the matching process.

The Harbour offers standard per-person contracts. Instead of requiring all roommates to sign a joint lease, each person at The Harbour can elect their own individual contract, with one adult per bed space, under which you are only responsible for paying for yourself — not your roommates. With an individual contract, even if a roommate moves out or other bedrooms in your apartment are empty, you only pay the rate for your bed space.

Each resident at The Harbour pays a flat rate that includes:

• Furnishings
• High-speed Internet
• Electricity
• Water/sewer
• Trash removal
• 24-hour on-site management
• Access to all campus resources

The spacious accommodations at The Harbour range from studio through 4-bedroom apartments, with available private bathrooms. Square footage varies by floor plan. See floor plans tab to view accommodations.

Yes. All apartments at The Harbour are fully furnished with based on floorplan type listed below.

Studio & 1-bedroom

• Bed
• Under the bed dresser
• Love seat
• TV stand
• Coffee table
• Desk and chair

2-bedroom Single

• Bed
• Under the bed dresser
• Desk and chair
• Sectional sofa
• TV stand

2-bedroom Double

• Bed
• Desk and chair
• Love seat
• Coffee table
• Dining table and 4 chairs
• Under the bed dresser
• TV stand

4-bedroom

• Bed
• Under the bed dresser
• Desk and chair
• Sectional sofa
• Dining table and 4 chairs
• TV stand

The standard term is August 23, 2023 to July 27, 2024. Immediate move-in and alternate dates such as semester or academic terms may be available (rate premiums may apply); please inquire with our staff.

Yes. Residents can pay online 24 hours per day, by credit card or ACH electronic checking. The Harbour also offers automatic payment by either credit card or checking account — just fill out one page, one time and payments will be made automatically. Convenience fees apply for credit card and debit card payments.

Each applicant is required to provide a qualifying financial guarantor (often a parent). In some circumstances, this requirement may be waived on the recommendation of Orange Coast College.

Yes, your living costs at The Harbour can be paid for using financial aid. Available financial aid funds, after College academic charges are satisfied, are released to the student for expenses such as housing.

Most students will have a balance due after financial aid is applied. We recommend that you speak with a financial aid counselor. There are also resident financial aid workshops and online modules that students paying with financial aid.

Click here for more info regarding financial aid.

The Harbour has fire sprinklers, and electronic locks plus individually locking bedroom doors. Community courtesy patrols are provided at select times, and campus safety escorts are available 24/7. Resident Advisors, Residential Education Coordinators and management staff are also on-site 24/7 and can be reached by a 24-hour phone number.

The community is smoke-free in all indoor and outdoor areas, as no smoking is permitted on campus. Guests are welcome at all times, subject to limits on duration and apartment-mate consent.

The Harbour does not allow pets in campus housing; however, a student resident with a confirmed disability may request a reasonable accommodation of an assistance animal in housing when its use is necessary to afford a person with a disability an equal opportunity to use and enjoy their campus housing. Information about the process for establishing housing accommodations for a disability at The Harbour can be found at this link: Housing Procedures – Accommodations

On-campus parking at Orange Coast College is managed by the OCC Campus Safety department. Parking is available for residents of The Harbour in the parking lot just to the north of The Harbour, with an applicable campus parking permit. Limited guest parking is also available through OCC Campus Safety.

Please visit our community at 1369 Adams to take a tour and see a model apartment. We would love to chat with you about the community.

Yes. Students under annual term housing agreements are welcome to stay in their apartment during all College holidays, intersession term and summer. Dates of occupancy are included in the housing agreement.

Apartment assignments are available both traditional gender-specific and non-gender-specific. We will assign a resident to a mixed or non-gender-specific apartment only if selected on the resident’s application or subsequent consent form.

The apartments at The Harbour have full kitchens with standard appliances. There is no meal plan at The Harbour, but there are multiple dining options available on campus and in the local community. Students will be able to utilize their One Card to purchase food at OCC’s on-campus locations. OCC also offers the Pirate’s Cove, an on-campus food pantry, for students who are experiencing food insecurity.

In accordance with Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 and Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, Orange Coast College has established Housing Procedures - Accommodations to ensure students with documented disability(ies) have equal access to housing opportunities at The Harbour.

In order to request and receive housing accommodation, potentially including an assistance animal, the student is encouraged to complete the Housing Accommodations Request Form. To determine reasonable housing accommodations, confirmation that describes the needed accommodation or modification, and the relationship between the student’s disability and how the requested accommodation is necessary to use campus housing, is required.

Housing accommodations and academic accommodations requests are separate, distinct processes. Students seeking academic accommodations must complete the application and provide documentation to the Orange Coast College Accessibility Resource Center.

Under the required Covid-19 Vaccine Mandate and Testing Program implemented by the Coast Community College District and Orange Coast College, vaccination for Covid-19 is required for all students attending classes or residing at The Harbour.  As of January 31, 2022, residents are required to take action in the Cleared4 Platform or begin testing.

Pursuant to Orange Coast College guidelines, it is also highly recommended that all incoming Housing students provide documentation of vaccination or immunity to the following infectious diseases; Measles, Mumps, Rubella (MMR), Varicella, Pertussis and Meningitis, and provide tuberculosis (TB) clearance as recommended for colleges and universities by the California Department of Public Health (CDPH) to protect the health and safety of residents and staff. 

Visit the Student Health Center Housing Immunization page to learn more about the OCC Immunization Recommendations, Instructions and FAQs. The Housing Immunization Forms are available on the Student Health portal and the deadline to submit immunization recommendations and health screening for Spring 2022 is March 1, 2022.

Even when classes are online, The Harbour is open. Given the housing crisis in Southern California, our mission is to provide a home for students and other constituents. We are fortunate to be providing apartment-style housing, meaning each apartment has its own kitchen, living room and bathrooms. Like other apartment communities, we expect to stay open at all times.

We are fortunate to be providing apartment-style housing, meaning each apartment has its own kitchen, living room and bathrooms. Residents are able to reside in their apartments and not have to rely on densely populated communal areas such as common dining and community bathrooms. We, like other apartment communities, expect to stay open at all times, with no planned occupancy changes.