Housing and programs

The housing is the program. Everything else supports the people living in it.

Housing

Affordable accommodations for CSULB students and alumni

Beachview provides and maintains residential units in Long Beach for enrolled CSULB students and for alumni within two years of graduation. Rents are set below prevailing market rates for comparable units.

Our current property is an eight-unit apartment building in Long Beach housing sixteen residents, two per unit. Each resident pays $750 per month, or $1,500 per unit, while comparable units in the surrounding market lease for $1,800 to $2,200. That $300 to $700 monthly gap per unit is the subsidy the organization provides through its own operations, before any scholarship.

Supporting programs

What residents can expect beyond a lease

Tenant scholarships

Residents may apply for scholarships awarded as book grants or tuition grants. Awards are made by the board under a written selection policy based on need and academic standing.

Student success

Quiet study space, peer tutoring referrals, and help navigating campus support: financial aid, basic-needs programs, and counseling.

Well-being

Stable tenancy terms aligned to the academic calendar, clear house rules, and a maintenance response standard so housing problems don't become academic ones.

Community connection

Resident and alumni events, a mentoring bridge between graduates and current students, and ties to Long Beach civic and employer networks.

Eligibility

Who we serve

Current CSULB students in good standing, and CSULB alumni within two years of graduation. Priority criteria (for example, demonstrated housing need or financial need) are adopted by the board and published here once final.

Beachview does not discriminate on the basis of any characteristic protected under federal or California law.