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Originally Posted by irishpipes
The house is full now, but it was a real struggle at first. We actually had several parents who had bought regular family homes for their kids to live in during college. The kid gets a couple of roommates to help with the mortgage payment, the parents get a tax break, and daughter gets to have a pet (this was actually a huge problem - students with pets), a walk-in closet, her own bathroom, etc. Considering the cost of dorms on campus (the good dorms) it is a financial no-brainer for parents. Not the college or sorority experience I would want, but it's hard to convince parents otherwise.
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This is the same issue at Ole Miss. The sorority houses always end up being full but it can be like pulling teeth to get full. So many kids have their own condo or house so it can be hard to get the house full. Most of the parents purchase the condo/house before their child even comes to college. So it is not like they knew their daughter would have requirements to live in her sorority house! We have had some parents who will pay both their condo mortgages and for their daughter to live in the house. I think all 9 sororities at Ole Miss require at least their officers and cabinet to live in the house. Then after that they have different requirements to make their house full. I know when AOII at Ole Miss was developing the plans to add on to their house in 2005 we talked about adding new "suites" for the officers. However, we felt it wouldn't be in the best long term interest to add more bed spaces. Granted the chapter has double, if not tripled, in size. It would make it harder to keep it full all year round. There are many more housing options now in small college towns like Oxford, MS. So believe it or not everyone is competing to have their bed spaces occupied/leased!