9 ▁report ▁to ▁the ▁Board ▁of ▁Vis itors ▁that ▁the ▁groups ▁had ▁failed ▁to ▁u ph old ▁the ▁interests ▁of ▁the ▁university ▁community ▁and ▁to ▁provide ▁the ▁leadership ▁expected ▁of ▁them . ▁Additionally , ▁university ▁leaders ▁condem ned ▁the ▁frat ern ities ' ▁treatment ▁of ▁their ▁houses , ▁which ▁were ▁extremely ▁run ▁down . ▁M embers ▁would ▁often ▁solic it ▁tens ▁of ▁thousands ▁of ▁dollars ▁of ▁don ations ▁from ▁al umn i ▁to ▁ref urb ish ▁houses , ▁only ▁to ▁see ▁the ▁improvements ▁disappear ▁within ▁a ▁few ▁years . ▁Despite ▁the ▁administr ators ' ▁concerns , ▁this ▁problem ▁was ▁not ▁addressed ▁until ▁ 1 9 8 3 , ▁when ▁the ▁university ▁created ▁the ▁Historic ▁Ren ov ation ▁Corporation , ▁or ▁H RC . ▁The ▁H RC , ▁which ▁later ▁became ▁a ▁subs idi ary ▁of ▁the ▁U VA ▁Foundation , ▁renov ates ▁and ▁man ages ▁the ▁properties ▁of ▁a ▁number ▁of ▁frat ern ity ▁and ▁sor or ity ▁houses . ▁ ▁Late ▁ 1 9 0 0 s ▁ ▁E aster s ▁The ▁ 1 9 7 0 s ▁saw ▁great ▁up he aval ▁as ▁frat ern ities , ▁whose ▁membership ▁had ▁been ▁w an ing , ▁began ▁to ▁increase ▁in ▁size . ▁In ▁ 1 9 7 3 , ▁nearly ▁ 4 5 ▁percent ▁of ▁fresh man ▁joined ▁frat ern ities , ▁the ▁highest ▁percentage ▁in ▁school ▁history , ▁and ▁with ▁this ▁increased ▁membership ▁dis rupt ive ▁behavior ▁increased ▁on ▁campus . ▁ ▁In ▁the ▁ 1 9 7 0 s ▁the