Cohousing-L Mailing List: Dues structure

[brian (brian]

Dear folks,

Our community is preparing our annual budget.  To date, we have divided the 
annual budget based exclusively on the square footage of each residence. 
 For example, if I have 1 person in my 1,000 sf home, I pay exactly the HOA 
(Homeowner's Association) dues as someone with 3 people in an identical 
1000 sf home.  Or if I have 1 person in my 1,500 sf home, I pay double what 
2 people would pay living in a 750 sf home.

I should add that all our utilities, HOA and community fees are run through 
this system

I am an accountant and think our fees should be split based on a couple of 
factors namely square footage and number of people.

I am wondering, how do other communities divide dues?

Brian Setzler
Trillium Hollow
Portland, Oregon