2024 Graduate Medical Education (GME) Housing Lottery Information

Please see the following information and guidelines below:

• This housing lottery is for the benefit of the incoming GME house staff who submitted their application form at the GME department before May 3, 2024 to be eligible to rent a unit at Welch Road Apartments. Eligibility is subject to review by the GME office. 
• Eligible applicants will be registered in the lottery and will be assigned a Lottery Identification Number via email prior to the lottery drawing.
• Entry into the lottery does not guarantee a unit. Welch Road Apartments will offer a limited number of units, subject to availability.
• The listing order of the lottery is determined via a third-party draw service.
• Results will be posted on the Welch Road Apartments website some time after May 3, 2024 once all lottery applicants have been sent a Lottery Identification Number via email.
• The units available to the lottery are based on currently vacant units or occupied units that are coming available.
• Winner(s) will be contacted by the Leasing Team at Welch Road Apartments via email for further instructions on completing the rental process.
• Welch Road Apartments will contact winner(s) after all eligible lottery applicants have received their Lottery Identification Number. Winners will be required to turn in all requested documents by any set deadlines provided via email.
• Winner(s) must make a decision on a unit within 24 hours of the unit offering and must send their response to the Welch Road Apartments Leasing Team as soon as possible.
  • If no response is received after 24 hours has lapsed, the next winner on the list will be contacted.
  • If the unit is accepted, the winner has an additional 48 hours from the time of acceptance to turn in all paperwork and deposits.
• The GME Housing Lottery will close when no more units are available, or by June 3, 2024, whichever occurs earlier.
• Those who do not receive a unit offer will have the opportunity to fill out a waiting list form and turn in their house staff contract to be added to Welch Road Apartments’ general waiting list.
• PLEASE NOTE: GME House Staff/Residents/Fellows are only eligible to stay at Welch Road Apartments for a maximum of their first medical residency OR fellowship appointment with SHC GME, but not both. Starting another program (residency, fellowship, or other employment) after the end of the initial training appointment is not sufficient to extend eligibility at Welch Road Apartments. Eligibility is reassessed annually by Stanford Health Care (SHC) Graduate Medical Education (GME) and Welch Road Apartments.
   

Results of the 2024 GME Housing Lottery will be posted here after the drawing has been completed. Please use your Lottery Identification Number to determine your position in the lottery.

For questions regarding the lottery, its results, the waiting list, or leasing at Welch Road Apartments, please contact welchroadapartments@stanford.edu.

For questions regarding your eligibility and the GME programs, please contact the GME team at   gme@med.stanford.edu.