Stanford wasn't the sponsor in any way. However his parents lease property from Stanford, and these leases are structured in a way called a "Restricted Resident

Stanford wasn't the sponsor in any way. However his parents lease property from Stanford, and these leases are structured in a way called a "Restricted Residential Ground Lease", and it is quite similar to ownership. You can read the painful details here: https://fsh.stanford.edu/sites/default/files/inline-files/RestrictedResidentialGroundLeaseWeb.pdf https://fsh.stanford.edu/sites/default/files/inline-files/Re... But the point is that Stanford itself had no input.