Auburn Fraternity Houses

At Auburn, 22 of the 26 fraternities occupy a fraternity house on campus or on nearby property. Regardless of the location of the fraternity house, these facilities are privately owned and maintained by local or national fraternity alumni house corporations.

Each fraternity establishes its own regulations regarding members living in or out of the chapter house. Initiate members may have an obligation to live in the fraternity house. Potential members should ask each fraternity about individual requirements for living in or out of the chapter house.

Alumni And House Corporations

The structure and organization of chapter alumni varies with each chapter. A single chapter may have its alumni organized into an “association” that meets at the chapter house at such times as Homecoming and Commencement. Other alumni associations meet more regularly and advise the chapter officers on the day-to-day operations of the chapter. Another type of “association” is the house corporation—a legal entity that owns and manages the property of the chapter. These associations make the mortgage payments, pay the insurance, oversee maintenance and repairs, and pay the employees.