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.
