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I am working with a chapter in a similar situation right now, although we'll be renting and not purchasing. I was worried about those issues and met with them to tell them all the cons of having a house and said that they needed to vote whether to continue with the plans. I instructed them that if they would not be willing to live in the house to say "NO" and if they were willing to move in that it would be a "yes" vote. I would get them to vote one more time before it's a done deal.
We develop bylaws for who has to live in.. specific officers first. Then, based on a point system. Whoever has the highest points (based on activities, offices held, class year, GPA, etc) can choose to live in first and is forced to live in last. So, if we have more women who want to live in than we have rooms, the people with the highest points get first choice. If we don't have enough voluntarily live in, then the ones with the lowest points are forced to live in.
As for making new members live in, this depends on whether they'd be able to break leases/'housing contracts that are already signed.
Dee
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