News - Housing - Greeks grapple over NU leases

Northwestern University currently leases housing to Greeks for $1 per year - but the organizations pay for all maintenance and repairs. They are considering a revised plan where the University will take responsibility for upkeep and charge a realistic rent.

The new leases would extend for 10 years at a time and would make NU responsible for necessary improvements and maintenance -- but the fraternities and sororities would pay through their leases for these benefits.

Chapters would have to pay rent to NU, which factors in the number of living units occupied in each house, said Mark Goldman, Communication '95, a Sigma Phi Epsilon alumnus and member of the Greek Housing Lease Task Force, an organization working with NU officials to structure the uniform Greek lease.

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