housed/unhoused

[DrPhil]

There are schools where only the fraternities have houses. There are schools where none of the GLOs have houses. The majority of NPHC chapters across the country are unhoused for various reasons.

We were and still are a very close chapter without the houses. For a quick second, my chapter thought being housed (either on or off campus) would be a cool option since we were a small chapter that spent so much time together. Many of us were roommates in the dorms or in off campus apartments. I'm soooooo glad we squashed that idea. Choosing to live together as friends and chapter Sorors is different than the formal house process with all of the bureaucratic red tape. For one, (on campus and even off campus) houses tend to give some colleges/universities THAT much more control over the chapter. We were too know-it-all and mind-your-business for that.

[MysticCat]

Originally Posted by DrPhil

Many of us were roommates in the dorms or in off campus apartments.

Most of our chapters are unhoused as well, but in my experience, brothers tended to room/share apartments with other brothers. In our case, some brothers shared a house, which became an unofficial hanging-out place and party location.

In any event, our brotherly bonds were strong, and I don't think they could have been stronger by having a house.

[AlphaFrog]

Originally Posted by MysticCat

Most of our chapters are unhoused as well, but in my experience, brothers tended to room/share apartments with other brothers. In our case, some brothers shared a house, which became an unofficial hanging-out place and party location.

In any event, our brotherly bonds were strong, and I don't think they could have been stronger by having a house.

This was our campus Sinfonia, except the house tended to attract the entire marching band. I suspect this is the case for a number of Sinfonia chapters.

Our chapter was housed, but I think one of the major factors in our closing was not being able to fill it. We had enough members to fill it, but we could only get about half full. Mandatory live in requirements would have probably caused women to quit, so that wouldn't have been effective. Other than alcohol restrictions, I'm not sure why it was so hard to get girls to live in the house: It was huge and beautiful and very convenient to campus.