FAQs | Student Apartments in Champaign, Illinois

It’s a top-quality Champaign, IL community designed especially with UIUC students in mind. Latitude features a variety of spacious, furnished apartments plus a full set of community features such as a resort-style pool, rooftop terrace, fitness center and more.

Latitude is a privately owned and professionally managed community. Click here for more information about the management and ownership.

You can select your roommate(s), or you can apply on your own and we can match you with other students. Applicants answer a short list of lifestyle questions to help in the matching process.

Instead of requiring all roommates to sign a joint lease, each person at Latitude has their own individual contract, with one person per bedroom. This means you are only responsible for paying for yourself — not your roommates. Even if a roommate moves out or other bedrooms in your apartment are empty, you only pay the rate for your bedroom.

Each resident at Latitude pays a flat rate that includes:

The spacious accommodations at Latitude include 1, 2 and 4-bedroom apartments, with a private bedroom-bathroom suite for each resident.

Yes, all apartments at Latitude have a furniture package that includes a queen-size bed, dresser, a desk and chair in each bedroom. The living area includes a sofa, coffee table, end table, entertainment stand, barstools, and a dining table and chairs. To see a sample of the furniture and other finishes, please visit our model apartment.

The standard term is August 3, 2027 to July 18, 2028, with payments made in 12 equal installments. Limited alternate dates are available; please inquire with our staff. Click here for a sample agreement.

Within 7 days after a Housing Agreement is signed, each resident is required to do one of two things: provide a qualifying guarantor (often a parent), or pre-pay the final 2 installments.

Yes. Residents can pay online 24 hours per day, by credit card or ACH electronic checking. Latitude offers automatic payment by either credit card or checking account — just fill out one page, one time and payments will be made automatically. Convenience fees apply for credit card and debit card payments.

Your living costs at Latitude can be covered by financial aid, just like on-campus housing. Any available financial aid funds, after university charges are satisfied, are released to the student for non-institutional expenses, such as off-campus housing. These funds can be used to pay charges at Latitude. Normal payment deadlines will continue to apply.

Nearly all the residents at Latitude are students at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and the per-person contracts are also designed with students in mind. Latitude is an Equal Opportunity housing provider and welcomes applications from non-students and residents with children, at no extra cost other than regular charges for each bedroom space selected by the resident. In order to match roommates in shared apartments with college students, roommate consent is required for any occupant who is not a college student.

Latitude has a monitored fire-sprinkler system, along with electronic locks for building access plus individually locking bedroom doors. Community courtesy patrols are provided at select times. Management staff can be reached by a 24-hour phone number.

Latitude is a pet-friendly community, subject to limits on animals and breeds. The community is smoke-free in all indoor and adjacent spaces. Guests are welcome at all times, subject to the consent of roommates and security considerations. Overnight guests are welcome, with limits on the number of days and guests.

Latitude offers plenty of optional on-site garage and surface parking for an additional cost.

Latitude is a two-minute walk from the UIUC campus and just 12 minutes to the Illini Union, making it easy to walk, bike or drive to class or other activities. Students also ride free across campus and town on the Urbana-Champaign MTD bus, with a stop just steps from the Latitude front door.

Yes. We have two models attached to the clubhouse, so you can get a feel for the space right away. Please request an appointment for a personal tour, or just stop by and we’ll be happy to show you the community.