The following list outlines the priority ranking system. Welch Road Apartments is currently only renting to X99 thru 2B priorities/titles that are listed below.

The eligibility criteria listed below is intended for the affiliate rate program only and is not intended for the Below Market Rate (BMR) Program. For information regarding the BMR program and eligibility guidelines, please click here. 

Important Notice

Nothing on this site or in the documents it contains should be construed as an offer or commitment of any kind. Programs and eligibility requirements can be changed or discontinued without notice.

1st Priority - Faculty & Eligible Staff

X99

• Academic Postdoctoral Scholars employed by Stanford University

1A

• Tenure and Non-Tenure Line Professors
• Senior Fellow Members of the Academic Council at Special Policy Centers and Institutes 
• Senior Fellows at the Hoover Institution  
• Acting, Adjunct, Consulting, and Visiting Professors

1C

• Staff employed by SLAC
• Stanford Health Care Graduate Medical Education (SHC GME) Medical Residents

2nd Priority

2A

• Stanford Health Care Employees and Fellows

2B

• Visiting Academics (7) (includes Fellow, Researcher, Scholar, as well as visitors to the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences - CASBS)

Qualifying Employment: must be employed at least 30 hours per week (75% FTE) at or above the minimum wage during the entire lease term. Must be fully paid and employed by Stanford University or Stanford Health Care. Lease term cannot exceed duration of Qualifying Employment. Currently your eligibility priority must fall within categories X99 thru 2b in a title listed above. Welch Road Apartments has additional maximum tenancy guidelines, regardless of affiliation. Please check with the leasing team for additional information.

The Affiliate also must occupy and maintain the Premises as his or her own principal place of residence.  At any time during Resident(s)’ tenancy, Resident(s) shall provide Landlord with satisfactory evidence that the Affiliate occupies the Premises as his or her own principal place of residence.  Failure of the Affiliate to use the Premises and have them listed as his or her own principal place of residence as verified in the HR and Payroll database shall be a material breach of the Lease by Resident(s) and grounds for termination of the tenancy by Landlord for cause. 

Additional rental programs may be available for qualifying Stanford faculty and staff. Please refer to the Rental Programs Eligibility Tool for more information.