Portland State Housing & Residence Life

Get ready for finals week with these unique study spaces in PSU’s residence halls! 📖🎓 Build a structure in Broadway's LEGO room, or play air hockey in the St. Helens lounge with your study partner.

The housing contract is currently OPEN for the 2026-27 academic year - click the link in our bio to learn more. 🏫 Apply by June 15 for priority registration!

It's May 29th today! That means its ✨‼️

This tradition originated from the early 1900’s when people believed it would bring them luck and fertility to place a piece of cloth on the place they store food 😲

Nowadays people put a twist on this quirky holiday tradition and do it to bring luck! 🍀

The fridge shown in the photo is located in our fully furnished St. Helen dorm! 🏠

Are you putting a pillow on your fridge today? 😋

The city of Portland in spring seen from Broadway! 🌷😎
Want to enjoy the view this summer? ☀️
Our housing contact is still open! Apply through the link in our bio 📣

Some of the most creative decorations our RA’s have decorated their residence halls with for Spring Term! Do you recognize any of these themes?

🏡 The housing contract is OPEN NOW for the 2026-27 academic year! Click the link in our bio to apply.

Throwback Thursday! Take a lot of these retro photos of some of our dorms! Look how far we have come!

Slide 1: St Helens Apartments, 5/21/69
Slide 2: Modern St Helens
Slide 3: West Hall (Now known as Blumel Hall) nearing completion, April 1988
Slide 4: Modern Blumel
Slide 5: Nixon apartments (Now known as East Hall), with Ondine in the background, 10/17/66
Slide 6: Modern Day East Hall & Ondine
Slide 7: Apartment building in the location of present day Broadway Hall, February 1964
Slide 8: Modern Broadway

Photo Credit: PSU Library Archives, Digital Gallery.
Link in bio!
(archives.pdx.edu/digitalgallery)

Living on campus this summer is SHORE to be a good time 🏄 Okay, the beach is fake, but the vibes are real! Live on campus this summer in Ondine, Broadway, Stephen Epler or Blumel and have premium access to all the fun events happening in downtown Portland when the sun is out 🌞

Current residents are eligible to live on campus without taking summer courses, EVEN if they are graduating at the end of spring term.

To sign for Summer Housing, visit the Housing Portal through the link in our bio. Summer assignments will be made soon!

Questions? Email [email protected]

Last Friday PSU Housing hosted a CASINO NIGHT event for all our residents! It was a BLAST, take a look at these awesome photos! 🎰😄♣️

Missed Returner Registration? Its not too late!

We still have 2026-2027 Housing Contracts available. Assignments begin in April, so apply soon.

If you have any questions feel free to reach out to [email protected]. We are happy to help!

We know it's cold outside ❄️ but it's never too early to start thinking about your summer housing plans. The Summer 2026 Housing Contract is open! 📢

Current residents are eligible to live on campus without taking summer courses, EVEN if they are graduating at the end of spring term.

Room types available will be furnished studios, suites, and 1 bedrooms.

To sign for Summer Housing, visit the Housing Portal through the link in our bio. Summer assignments will begin at the end of April.

Questions? Email [email protected]