Messiah College owns and sponsors nine different special interest houses in the neighborhoods surrounding its Grantham campus. Students living in these accommodations are selected based on their good conduct and academic standing, as well as their commitment to specific areas of service, as described below:

Banks House/Newman Community
314 W. Lisburn Rd.
Number of students: 5
Theme: To foster and encourage the value of stories and the people behind them, to grow in understanding of individual worth, and to challenge perceptions of God and community through a multiplicity of human experiences.
Service commitment: Community poetry event, hosting community gatherings of food, music, and poetry/short story reading

Bertram House/Wellness House
236 N. Grantham Rd.
Number of students: 6
Theme: To emphasize activities that increase emotional stability, physical fitness, spiritual growth, social exploration, and mental health.
Service commitment: Host international meals and open-house Bible study

Foreman House/Bridge House
521 Grantham Rd.
Number of students: 6
Theme: To encourage and support first year resident assistants (RAs) as well as to minister to first-year students
Service commitment: Host dinners for RAs, send encouraging notes, offer Bible study and prayer for first-year students

Locust Hill/S.A.L.T House (Serving and Living Together)
2722 and 2724 Middle St.
Number of students: 10
Theme: To integrate faith into every area of life through significant service commitment to the community.
Service commitment: To address local needs by serving in the Harrisburg region each week and to promote advocacy and social action through lifestyle.

Melhorn House/Brick House
528 Grantham Rd.
Number of students: 5
Theme: To work alongside Brethren Housing Association (BHA) to bring a better quality of life and hope to single mothers and their children living in the inner city.
Service commitment: Volunteering at BHA, outdoor fun days for BHA children, information nights to raise awareness about BHA issues

Musser Farm/Restoration House
406a and 406b W. Lisburn Rd.
Number of students: 10
Theme: To live in a mutual relationship with the environment, raise awareness of global injustices, and restore the image of Messiah students living off campus.
Service commitment: Offer a weekly meal to students, staff, and neighbors; limit the amount of energy and waste; and donate food to a local shelter.

Simpson House/Spiritual Formation House
418 W. Lisburn Rd.
Number of students: 5
Theme: To live in intentional spiritual community and promote the spiritual formation of the residents and campus at large
Service commitment: Host dinners for first-year students, volunteer at Paxton House, host missionaries, share meals and Bible studies