Pillsbury Court

Pillsbury Court is a transitional housing option offered by the University's Department of Housing & Residential Life to provide an opportunity for eligible employees new to the Twin Cities area to become familiar with different residential areas before deciding on a more permanent residence.

1. Applicants must carry a 67-100% time appointment for a minimum of nine (9) months.
2. Applicants must be paid through the University of Minnesota's payroll, regardless of source of funding. Approval to waive the criteria may be granted under special circumstances.
3. Appointment held may not be a "Without Salary" appointment.
4. Employees currently living in the Twin Cities area for a period longer than 18 months are not eligible. Former graduate students or professionals-in-training having accepted a position as included under Priority 1 or 2 below are exempt from this criteria.

There are three priority categories from which decisions on housing assignments are based. Eligibility is further defined by additional appointment criteria as noted below.

Priority 1:

• Regular Faculty
  • Tenured and Tenure-Track appointment types
• Academic Professional Employees
  • Continuous and Probationary appointment types

Priority 2:

• Term Faculty
  • Contract Faculty (Annual Renewable Contract, Clinical Scholar, Medical School and Yearly, Medical School, and Multiple-Year Contract appointment types)
  • Temporary Faculty (Temporary appointment type)
  • Visiting Faculty (Visiting appointment type)
• Academic Professional and Administrative Employees (not Professionals-in-Training)
  • Academic Administrators (Annual Renewable Contract and Multiple-Year Contract appointment types)
  • Academic Professionals (Annual Renewable Contract and Multiple-Year Contract appointment types)

Priority 3:

• Academic Professional and Administrative Employees (Professionals-in-Training)
  • Professionals-in-Training (Number of Years Restricted appointment type)
• Regular faculty or academic professional or administrative employees as described under Priority 1 and 2 officially retired from the University who live out of the area and are retired under retiree status for a period of time
  • Retiree (Retiree appointment type)