Housing selection priority based on monetary deposit is a practice that colleges and universities across the United States utilize to manage student housing assignment processes. However, this system perpetuates racial, socioeconomic, and other historically oppressive ideological institutions. The prioritization of deposits ranging from $50 USD to $800 USD for the purpose of securing placement in a campus housing selection queue fosters gentrification and segregates those with the ability to select into spaces that are newly renovated and held in higher regard and those who must choose from fewer, often unrenovated or undesirable rooms or find themselves with no housing at all. Within the context of higher education, all practices and systems must fall under the universal mission of learning and development. Therefore, institutions that require students to reside on campus for any number of years and emphasize their residential experiences as central to students' holistic development and sense of belonging must consider the significant negative impact of prioritizing placement based on a monetary value. It is the responsibility of college and university administration to scrutinize how the means of addressing lack of funding for higher education, resulting in harmful practices born from monetary need and neoliberal pressure, perpetuate systems of oppression rather than interrupting or challenging the status quo. Critical examination and intentional reimagination of current practices can develop new systems to maintain the financial well-being of the institution as well as serve students equitably. [Discussion questions were developed by Kayley Carter.]