This post was updated Jan. 22 at 10:39 p.m.

Most on-campus dorm rooms will transition to triple occupancy to meet increasing demand.

UCLA Housing announced the change in a 1:08 p.m. written statement Tuesday. The statement, which did not include information about how many rooms would transition to triple occupancy and when, said the transition will allow UCLA to continue guaranteeing on-campus housing to every student who requests it.

“This change allows us to welcome every guaranteed Bruin who requests campus housing, and continue to foster a vibrant and inclusive community while ensuring that every student has a comfortable place to live and thrive,” the statement said.

UCLA is the only UC school to guarantee on-campus housing to all undergraduate students for four years.

The statement also said that the Center for Accessible Education will continue working with students who may need housing accommodations for individual disabilities and encouraged students who may need further assistance to reach out to the center.

The types of rooms available during room sign-ups will change this year, UCLA Housing said in an email to its residents. People intending to live in UCLA Housing should form their roommate group and submit their application by Feb 7, a UCLA Housing spokesperson said in the email.

In university apartments, there will now be units in Gayley Heights, Laurel, Palo Verde and Tipuana available with 10 people in four bedrooms, meaning there will be triple rooms. There will also be apartments with eight people in two bedrooms – with bunk beds – in Levering Terrace.

“In on-campus housing, only triple rooms will be available, and there are also updates to the room types in University Apartments,” they said in the email.

Arianna Castro, a first-year marine biology student, said the housing changes threw off her housing plans for next year.

“It was kind of shocking because that was our plan for this entire time – was to do a double,” she said.

The changes added more uncertainty to students who now have to find a third roommate and navigate a new housing application process, said Andrea Chavez, a first-year human biology and society student. However, both Castro and Chavez said they currently live in a triple dorm and have had no problems with the situation.

Bella Pantaleon, a fourth-year sociology student who currently lives in a four-bedroom Gayley Heights apartment with seven other people, said she was glad that she is graduating and will not have to experience the new apartment setup.

“Sharing a kitchen with eight people is insane. The fridge is always packed,” she added. “So, the thought of adding two more people – even one person would make a difference but two more people – I feel like that is not very considerate.”

The new apartment setup with more people could present logistical difficulties when it comes to buying groceries, cleaning and having guests over, said Crystalin Huynh, a third-year psychology student who lives in Gayley Heights, adding that residents would need a second fridge in an apartment with more people.

Aayan Ahmed, a first-year chemical engineering student who lives in a triple room this year, said he was hoping to move into a double room next year because of the difficulties of living in a triple. 

He also said UCLA should consider admitting fewer students so facilities can become more accessible to the student body.

“The facilities are not keeping up with the student body size,” he said. “UCLA needs to either improve their facilities or stop accepting more people every year because it’s getting to the point where you literally can’t go to any dining hall, any gym or whatever, without it being fully packed all the time.”

Contributing reports by Maggie Konecky and Natalia Mochernak, Daily Bruin staff.