The fee won't be used to pay administrative costs in the housing office, she said. The housing bottleneck develops every summer because there isn't enough available, temporary housing for all the students who come to the Lab each summer, said Barnett. Since UNM-LA has yet to take over management of the Ninth Street apartments, the shortage will be exacerbated. The Lab has lease agreements with four landowners who have 85 furnished, one-bedroom and kitchenette apartments in Los Alamos. The apartments are partially furnished.
Students have to provide bed linens, bath towels, dishes, silverware and cooking utensils.
The apartments come with a sofa, coffee table, desk and chair, lamps, a dining room table and chairs, two twin beds and two chests of drawers. The apartments will be rented out to two students per apartment during summer months. To qualify for Lab student housing in summer, students can't live within 60 miles of Los Alamos or have family members living within this distance. Barnett said half of the deposit is refundable if the apartment is undamaged when the student leaves it. Rents are due on the first day of each month if not automatically deducted from a student's payroll check.