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Originally Posted by DeltaBetaBaby
I was thinking more along the lines of lodge-style housing (which, admittedly, has its own set of challenges). A group could pick up a large single-family house right now for less than a million, and sleep 8-10. I don't know if there's any appeal in that, especially as they wouldn't have enough room for the whole chapter, but there are plenty of full buildings for sale right now.
Then again, at least in my day, most of the fraternities in the Chicago area just had unofficial houses that some guys would rent every year and pass down.
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Groups still pass down 'unofficial' houses, but it happens less now since the campus PD can come and bust your party (thereby getting your group in trouble, whereas 3-4 years ago, CPD would be the only one busting parties and they really never cared).
The push for housing has been more of a sorority thing, since sorority membership is very healthy. But, from what I've heard, the national organizations aren't willing to spend money on a property and weren't really entertaining the idea of buying anything. The NPC groups on campus now are all relatively new and don't have a big group of rich chapter alumni to help purchase a property ( AXO, PSS were founded in the early 90s, KKG was KBG pre-2006 and those alumni are burned bridges, ASA has been around since the '50s but I'm not sure the status of their alumni, and XO colonized last fall).
Then again, having a house that fits 8-10 girls out of a chapter of 90 is not really different than having a 2-flat filled with the same sorority.
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