Houses?
 

Hello all:
Last weekend my beau and I were cooking breakfast at the local Ronald McDonald house. We were given a tour of the "mansion" during our visit and I could not help but notice what a wonderful sorority house it would make. It made me wonder if any chapters of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. has a sorority house. Do you all know of any BGLO sorority that has a house? I'm just curious.

Yes, there are chapters of our Sorority, as well as the other BGLO's chapters that have houses.

At my school (and only at my school, as far as I know), it is unlawful to have an official sorority house. It was explained to me by a sorority member that houses filled with women are considered "brothels" (I kid you not.). But of course anyone can buy a house and live in it, but to my understanding it wouldn't be recognized officially by the school. Also, at my school, males are allowed to have official fraternity houses.

Slvrngold: That is amazing! May I ask what school you attend?
I know that across the tracks at Florida State they have fraternity and sororoity houses, most of them are on one street. But at my HBCU, only the fraternities have houses. I thought that was interesting.

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University of Tennessee, and my cousin attends Middle Tennessee State University and she says that they have the same policy where she is. Maybe it's a Tennessee thing???

No NPHC organizations at Florida State have houses. Only PHC and IFC organizations.

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In some (could be many) states there are archaic laws on the books that state that if more than a specified # of women (more than 4 or 5, I think) are named on a mortage, lease, or rental agreement for a home, the house is consider a brothel.

It is not limited to only sororities or college campuses, but all homes owned in such states.

A good question would be: What, if anything are people willing to do about these laws?

In my college's case...I'm not sure about other states...women are allowed to stay in the same house. However, a house full of women will never be recognized as an official sorority house. I was told this by a member of a sorority. She stated that several sorority members could go on their own to buy a house, have meetings, parties, or whatever. But it would never be officially recognized by the University.

I may need to clarify.

These houses I mentioned previously are used to handle sorority or fraternity business. Members of the organizations do not stay there on a daily basis.

I may need to clarify also. When I stated that fraternity and sorority houses existed at Florida State, I was not referring to BGLO houses. Also, AKAD'91, I know that the chapter in Tampa has a "house" but my question was referring to houses that were actually occupied only by members of the sorority. I know that my experiences with BGLO's are limited to what I have seen on my campus so I was curious if any BGLO sororities have actual, recognized sorority houses.
That is pretty disheartening, regarding the laws in some states. I had no idea such a thing existed.