All About French House Co-Op
Referred to alternately as "Heaven on earth," and "Oh my God, like
totally the most seriously kick-ass place on the like, whole
planet," French House is a student-run, student-owned housing
cooperative in Austin, Texas USA. French house provides a
comfortable home to twenty people, mostly upper-division and
graduate students. We live together, cook together, and decide
everything democratically. French House is part of The Inter-Cooperative Council (ICC)
, a student-run non-profit organization that owns and
maintains nine co-ops in Austin. We are located in the heart of
West Campus, on 21st Street between Pearl and Rio Grande, also
known as "Co-op Row." It is within 100 yards of four other
co-ops.
French House has a lot of traditions that distinguish it from
other co-ops. First of all, we are a meat-eating house. We have
no problems with vegetarians, but we do not offer to accommodate them in our dinners or kitchen budgeting. Secondly, we do not
allow TVs in the common rooms of our house, except for special
events. We have about a dozen broken TVs on the roof of our house
(as in: "TVs are better when they are broken.") Third, we are
primarily a house for upper-division and graduate students.
Non-students and lower-division students must be specially voted
in. Fourth, we do not allow dogs, but we will accept other pets on a
case-by-case basis with a house vote.
"Why the hell is it called French House?" you ask? Well, for no
particularly good reason. Many years ago, French House was a
co-op for people who wanted to speak French together. But that
hasn't been the case for a long time. We are not French, nor do
we speak the language, except to say "Bonjour, French House" when
answering the phone. If you think French House might be the right
place place for you, we strongly encourage you to drop by at your
convenience and join us for dinner. We serve dinner every
Sunday-Thursday from 7:00-7:30, at which time we can also give you
a tour and answer any questions you might have. You can also
contact our
membership
officer with any questions. Au revior!
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