San Francisco Chapter Houses?

[lucgreek]

This is the negative of being from a chapter in the city. Unless your chapter was founded half a century ago or so, having a house is almost impossible. The cost of acquiring property for a house is massive. Why spend millions for one house in the city when you could build for cheaper at a chapter in the middle of nowhere? Unless the local alumni are willing to shell big money, it's likely never going to happen.

TKE had a house in Chicago, but the organization sold it after they left campus in the 90s. It is currently a parking lot. I believe SAE had a house at Loyola as well, but lost it when they originally left campus. ADG still has their Alpha house in Chicago, but they are currently not active (and there is no way the current Greek advisor would allow them to come back). I think one of the groups at IIT has a house, but I'm not 100% sure.

None of the current sororities at Loyola ever had housing. I know quite a few in recent years went to their national organizations, since sorority membership at Loyola has exploded and is very successful, and asked about getting housing. One group was told there was no way the national organization would spend the money to get housing in Chicago. Another group got laughed at when they brought up the idea to one of the national reps.

San Francisco has much higher housing costs, so I imagine the answer would be the same there.

Edit: If you're going to petition your school for a floor/wing of a residence hall, definitely contact your national organization. There will probably need to be guarantees that your chapter will be able to provide a certain number of people who must live there each year. If your campus has a lot of people who live off campus, this may not be feasible for your group. If your campus also has housing/space issues, it probably won't happen.