international student homestays, housing accommodations, diablo valley college

"Students are excited, yet often very anxious about living with a host family.
Fia lowers that level of anxiety by selecting excellent families and providing excellent written materials and orientations for both families and students. Her concern is that everyone has a rewarding experience."
Sally Conover, Program Director
International Education Center at Diablo Valley College

Diablo Valley Homestay is proud of the quality and diversity of our participating host families. Our host families provide their
students with a safe, supportive, and nurturing environment to develop and improve their English speaking skills, while achieving
academic success. Host families that apply to join our housing registry go through a double interview process, as well as an
onsite home inspection, prior to being qualified to receive any student in their home. We work closely with our host families
through every aspect of the placement process, and we do everything possible to place the student with the best-matched host
family available.

Our housing registry reflects the great diversity of the San Francisco Bay Area, and therefore, your host may be a single adult,
male or female, a single parent with children, a couple with or without children, or a retired person. The host may be European,
Asian, African, Hispanic, or mixed ancestry, and may or may not practice a religion. There may also be a pet in the home, as
most American families have pets. We encourage you to be open to experiencing our society's diversity and learning more about
it from your host family.

	How to Become a Host Family Diablo Valley Homestay is always seeking qualified host families to join our housing registry. All host family applicants must be able to satisfy the basic requirements for hosting a student. Provide a furnished, private bedroom, including all bedding linens and towels Provide two meals per day, Monday through Friday, and three meals per day on Saturday and Sunday Provide a clean, comfortable, and safe living environment Provide an English speaking household Provide a high speed internet connection in the home Treat the student with respect, kindness, and tolerance toward their rights, privacy, and culture, including religious and political beliefs. Accept the complete terms of participating in the Diablo Valley Homestay program, including accepting the set monthly homestay rate ($750), in exchange for providing all of the above, including all basic utilities. (Different rates and conditions apply for students attending Quarry Lane School. Please contact us at info@diablovalleyhomestay.com for more information.)
	For more information on becoming a host family, or to set up an interview, please call (925) 876-0080.

A host family's own words...
"Thank you so much for sending us such wonderful students. We are having the best time with them! They have added so much to our family and we are having a great time getting to know them and introducing them to the many great places in the Bay Area. They are really enjoying themselves, and we love having them stay with us."

Non-discrimination policy
It is the policy of Diablo Valley Homestay, and the schools that we are contracted with, to provide equality of opportunity in education and housing for all students and host families. Accordingly, Diablo Valley Homestay does not practice or condone unlawful discrimination in any form against students or host family applicants on the grounds of age, race, color, religion, gender, national origin, sexual orientation, disability, and marriage or family status. Diablo Valley Homestay regards discrimination on the basis of any of the above-mentioned characteristics to be inconsistent with its goal of providing a welcoming environment in which all students and host families may learn and grow to their full potential.

Diablo Valley Homestay values the benefits of cultural diversity in the academic and host family community and welcomes all men and women of good will without regard to age, race, color, religion, gender, national origin, sexual orientation, disability, and marriage or family status.