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I reviewed their web site for a bit before posting here. It is clear on the web site that all students must live in campus housing except for 250 seniors who used to be able to apply for exemption. In the past, fraternity and sorority houses were acceptable alternatives to living in. They would clearly know who wasn't living in their campus housing so keeping their members a secret wouldn't help in this particular situation. It also sounds like they will no longer be exempting any seniors from living on campus. I imagine the local landlords who rent to these seniors now are none too happy either. Overall, the school sounds very controlling and not somewhere I'd want to go, personally!
That said, I don't see how a university can force an incorporated entity run by alumni (assuming their house corps are incorporated as ours are encouraged to be) to sell their real estate. I can see how they can require students to live in, but to force the sale of the house is ridiculous. If the organization chose to sell, they can legally sell to whoever they want. If they want to rent it out to some other people, that is their choice too. If they want to let it sit empty, that is also their choice. It isn't as though the collegians own the house.
Dee
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