How NOT to have Greek unity?

[KappaStargirl]

At the college from which I graduated, there are only 3 sororities: Kappa, and two others I'll call ABC and XYZ. All are strong in different ways, and until now there didn't seem to be much more than the standard rivalry between groups. All the groups are unhoused and have a meeting room and storage closet in a wing of one of the residence halls. Not ideal, but at least fair.

The university owns several small houses on campus. They hold 9-13 people and you have to apply to live there. They are "theme" houses, given for example to the Outdoor Education Club, Downer Women's Council, Music Education majors, etc. Each group has to apply to the housing board to live there and promise to do community service in tune with the theme of the house. So far, so good. The system has worked ok...until now.

The ABC's applied for a small house and got one. They also cleared it with their HQ that they don't have to follow standard ABC house rules: They can have alcohol and men in the house (in more than just the common areas), they don't have to have a house mother, etc. My guess is that they applied not as ABC's but as an advocate for their philanthropy, and since they're not attaching their name to the house they don't have to follow their HQ's rules. I THINK that's the case, don't quote me on it. In any event, every resident of that house is an ABC. Kappa and XYZ do not have any living arrangement like this. ABC does not care how this might affect the other two groups going through Rush, again I'm guessing that they're making the argument that they're not technically attaching their name to the house, so it shouldn't matter.

Rush is deferred until January, plenty of time for freshmen to see that one group has a house and two don't. My feeling is they're just asking for Rush infractions, because the minute a freshman sets foot in that house it then becomes dirty Rush, even if there's no alcohol involved.

So my questions for you:

Do you think this is really a terrible example of Greek unity?

Does ABC have a right to do as it pleases if it's name isn't attached to the house on paper?

Do you think it will affect numbers for ABC as opposed to the other two groups?

If you were a Kappa or an XYZ, what would you do? The chapter's looking for advice.

If I have more questions I will post later.