Independent Living Groups
MIT is somewhat unusual in having a set of officially recognized living groups which are neither dormitories nor fraternities or sororities - these are known as Independent Living Groups. (Hence the acronym "FSILG" to describe Fraternities, Sororities, and Independent Living Groups.) ILGs operations are similar to a typical fraternity houses, but without the Greek affiliation and rituals, and in some cases with a philosophy based on the idea of a housing cooperative.
In the 2000s, the Inter-Fraternity Council decided to focus on male, Greek houses only, and the ILGs formed the independent student government organization, the Living Group Council. All FSILGs alumni corporations (usually the legal entity which owns the physical house, distinct from the mainly undergraduate student government entities which govern each house) are still members of the Association of Independent Living Groups.
The term "Independent Living Group" is sometimes used to refer to all FSILGs, because they are all independent of MIT.
Read more about this topic: List Of MIT Fraternities, Sororities, And ILGs
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