Good morning friends.

Colleges and universities may use tax-deductible charitable contributions for infrastructure improvements to student residence halls, common areas, and dining facilities. However, not-for-profit student housing organizations (such as fraternities and sororities) with the same student population cannot. As a result, many college fraternities and sororities lack resources to maintain their housing to current building and safety codes. Because they cannot use charitable contributions, the existing tax law makes it difficult for many fraternities and sororities to find the money necessary to make critically needed safety improvements. In my opinion, this simply makes no sense. College students shouldn’t live in unsafe conditions simply because they choose to move into a fraternity or sorority house rather than a college dorm. College enrollment is rising and however you feel about fraternities and sororities, they are an important part of campus life. That is why I am a proud supporter and co-sponsor of the “Collegiate Housing and Infrastructure Act of 2007.”

Click here to view the bill.