Fraternity & Sorority Housing
The fraternity and sorority residential experience provides students with the opportunity to enhance their membership by creating a living-learning community for the fraternity or sorority, building on their university residential experience.
The fraternity and sorority residential community currently includes 25 chapter facilities located near the USC campus. Each chapter facility is privately owned, not owned by the university, and managed through either a local or national housing corporation. The area is served by the USC Department of Public Safety and the Los Angeles Police Department.
For those groups with chapter facilities, conversations on contracts and living in opportunities begin in the fall semester with most contracts due the first part of spring semester. Please note, if participating in a spring recruitment process, typically there is a brief turnaround of decision making in housing. Please invest time into understanding the fraternity and sorority housing requirements and university housing deadlines before joining to be sure you have all the information available when deciding on membership and housing.
Members should work directly with their chapter president, chapter or graduate advisor, or house director for questions on housing and costs.
Students looking to adjust their USC housing plans to live in a recognized fraternity or sorority facility or move in early due to recruitment and intake work directly with the USC Housing office.
Housing Timelines
In an effort to help students and their families understand the timeline for joining a fraternity or sorority and USC Housing timelines, below are a few dates to consider. FSLD will update as new information can come together.
The typical USC Housing Application Process + Fraternity & Sorority Recruitment & Intake Timeline:
October - November
- Some in demand non-USC housing locations begin their application processes
January
- Asian Greek Council, Multicultural Greek, and National Pan-Hellenic Council council informationals and chapter interest meetings
- Panhellenic and IFC structured recruitment
February
- USC housing application for next academic year is available
- AGC, MGC, and NPHC chapter interest meetings and intake begins
- Some Panhellenic & IFC house corporations begin their application process for the next year
March - April
- USC Housing room assignments
- Some Panhellenic & IFC house corporations begin their room assignments for the next year
