Housing committee to revise options

By Katie Perkowski

After months of speculation on proposed off-campus student housing plans, the Urban County Council’s Planning Committee will decide which recommendations to use for a final plan.

Members of the Student Housing Task Force will meet Tuesday morning to decide which options members support and those they will consider dropping, said Paul Schoniger, council assistant.

Schoniger said one specific topic would be enforcement of policies.

“If we have something on books we should enforce it,” he said.

The proposed off-campus student housing plan, or the Student Housing in Partership Program, or SHIPP, is based on some ideas from the Ohio State University housing model, according to the meeting’s agenda.

The committee will also discuss issues including the definition of a student house and the definition of a sorority or fraternity house.

Schoniger said the definition of specific houses such as sorority and fraternity houses could restrict placement of “party houses” off-campus.

After the council decides on a plan Tuesday, it will be taken through the full council next week.

Tuesday’s meeting is at 9:30 a.m. and is free and open to the public.