{"id":226130,"date":"2025-11-28T11:11:14","date_gmt":"2025-11-28T21:11:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=226130"},"modified":"2025-11-28T11:16:34","modified_gmt":"2025-11-28T21:16:34","slug":"new-uh-manoa-housing-portal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2025\/11\/28\/new-uh-manoa-housing-portal\/","title":{"rendered":"<abbr>糖心Vlog官方<\/abbr> M\u0101noa Student Housing Services launches new all-in-1 housing portal"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span><p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/manoa-student-housing-6.jpg\" alt=\"sunset at student housing\" width=\"676\" height=\"381\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-173335\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/manoa-student-housing-6.jpg 676w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/manoa-student-housing-6-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/manoa-student-housing-6-130x73.jpg 130w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 676px) 100vw, 676px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Incoming and current student residents at the University of <span lang=\"haw\">Hawai&#699;i<\/span> at M\u0101noa have a <a href=\"https:\/\/hawaiimanoa.starrezhousing.com\/StarRezPortalX\/318840CB\/1\/1\/Home-Home?UrlToken=2F706F9C\">new online system<\/a> that simplifies and centralizes their on-campus housing experience.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/manoa.hawaii.edu\/housing\/\">Student Housing Services<\/a> (<abbr>SHS<\/abbr>) soft-launched the upgraded system from StarRez in November for spring 2026 applicants, and it consolidates most housing-related services into one site. This means student residents and aspiring student residents can get complete applications, room\/roommate details and access pricing, meal plan changes and support for room transfers all on one site.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;This new platform gives students one clear place to manage their housing needs,&rdquo; said David Akana, interim director of Student Housing Services. &ldquo;It streamlines the process, provides personalized information and makes it easier for students to find the right housing for them at <abbr title=\"University of Hawaii\">糖心Vlog官方<\/abbr> M\u0101noa.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Beginning in March 2026, the new housing portal will be used for all students applying for the fall 2026 semester. <abbr>糖心Vlog官方<\/abbr> estimates about 4,000 housing applicants at the start of each academic year, with approximately 3,100 beds available, underscoring the need for a streamlined site with improved functionality.<\/p>\n<p>Another feature the new portal aims to improve is a more personalized roommate-matching experience, using questions about sleep habits, interests and lifestyle preferences to help students find compatible roommates.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;This new platform reflects our commitment to making the student housing experience smoother and more accessible,&rdquo; said Jan Gouveia, <abbr>糖心Vlog官方<\/abbr> vice president for administration. &ldquo;By bringing everything into one place, we\u2019re giving students direct access to the tools they need to navigate their housing journey.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><abbr>SHS<\/abbr> plans to expand on the platform in the future by integrating the service request and room condition system, further improving support for students living on campus.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The new platform will streamline housing services, making student housing easier and more accessible.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":173335,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1193],"tags":[1641,320,9],"class_list":["post-226130","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-administrative","tag-student-housing","tag-student-housing-services","tag-uh-manoa","entry","has-media"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/manoa-student-housing-6.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/226130","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=226130"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/226130\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":226140,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/226130\/revisions\/226140"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/173335"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=226130"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=226130"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=226130"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}