Housing question.

[john1082]

I agree that there are genuine challenges here. If it came up for a vote I don't know if I would support it. But it bears study. Adequate housing is a real issue. With competition from college dorms and evolving expectations of undergraduates we can't rely on the status quo for housing.

Originally Posted by Ottor 246

I hate to be the naysayer, but I can see a whole host of problems developing here. For example:

• What happens if two chapters have a house together and one of the chapters folds?
• If one chpater has a risk management issue, how do you keep it from spilling over into the other chapter?
• How do you maintain individual identity and keep the combined group from morphing into one "super chapter."
• What happens when one chapter is having homecoming and the other is having pre-I week?

It seems to me that the only way it could possibly work out would be if one chapter owned or leased the house, and allowed individual brothers from a nearby chapter to lease rooms in order to fill the house. I can't see two chapters using the same house as their Chapter House working out very well.

Just my 2 cents.

Mark

[Tom Earp]

Originally Posted by john1082

I agree that there are genuine challenges here. If it came up for a vote I don't know if I would support it. But it bears study. Adequate housing is a real issue. With competition from college dorms and evolving expectations of undergraduates we can't rely on the status quo for housing.

Granted, but from what I have been told, both schools work closely together in an Acadamian way. They are very close together.

As you said as others have, there are areas where housing is very expensive and many Zetas in close proximity.

Let me use this example:

Friends, two Brothers, Biological, had a house built.

Each had a side and a common area for both. It seemed to work very well.

But as you said, in Risk Managent if there was a problem, the responsibily would fall on both.

Maybe a common H C that ruled it as a land lord?

While it is still just a thought, it would be interesting to hear from IHQ on this issue.