Alpha Chi Rho fraternity members won't be homeless after all.

With just three weeks left, Phi Lambda Property Associates and Claster's Building Materials reached and confirmed an agreement early yesterday afternoon halting the forced sheriff's sale that endangered the Alpha Chi Rho fraternity house, 329 E. Prospect Ave, President Brett Frankenberg said last night.

Frankenberg could not release any details about the agreement.

"I never feared the selling of the house . . . I knew a possible agreement was very shortcoming," Frankenberg said.

The sheriff's auction was scheduled for Feb. 4 due to an outstanding debt of $17,710 owed by Phi Lambda Property Associates, which owns Alpha Chi Rho fraternity, to Claster's Building Materials, 1120 E. College Ave.

"The move taken by Claster's was a political move to force our hand," Frankenberg said.

Frankenberg said he did not have the authority to say why Phi Lambda Property Associates waited more than a year to resolve the matter.

"I think all we needed was to establish communication and I knew it would be resolved even before my two to three week prediction," former President Michael Diorio said.

Many fraternity members said they didn't worry that the house would be lost.

"I was worried about it at first, but I talked to Mike (Diorio) and he said that everything was under control," said Dan Budday (junior-art history), a postulate -- equivalent to a pledge -- who doesn't live in the fraternity house yet.

Scott Herbst (junior-civil engineering) said the controversy strengthened the brotherhood within the fraternity.

"This is the kind of thing that when it happens, it pulls everyone together," he said.

Members said they had confidence in Frankenberg and Vice President Shawn Collins and didn't feel the publicity will influence rush, which begins this week.

"I was confident that the true color and character of the brotherhood would show through," said Rich Haines (junior-international politics), Alpha Chi Rho rush chairman.