RE: Households with Children
From: Maura Deering (mdeeringpcl.org)
Date: Fri, 28 Sep 2001 09:25:02 -0600 (MDT)
At Muir Commmons, 18 out of 26 are households with children.

Maura Deering
Muir Commons
Davis, CA

-----Original Message-----
From: cohousing-l-admin [at] cohousing.org
[mailto:cohousing-l-admin [at] cohousing.org]On Behalf Of Carol A Brennan
Sent: Tuesday, September 25, 2001 8:14 AM
To: cohousing-l [at] cohousing.org
Subject: [C-L]_Households with Children


Reading the recent postings on families brought to mind a question that
came up at a recent sharing circle of the Greater Hartford Cohousing
Group. I was hoping that some established communities can help answer it.
 

Due to financial reasons the vast majority of homes in our future
community have been proposed to be 3 and 4 bedrooms (80% of 34 homes). 
We are assuming that households with children will be purchasing these
homes.  Currently, our small group (which has been together for almost 2
years now) consists mainly of people with no children or grown children. 
We are assuming also (and hoping) that once we find land, more families
with school-age children (or younger) will be joining us.  Not only
because we want a multi-generational community with children, but
practically, we will need them to buy these bigger homes.

So, my questions are - how realistic is this assumption?   What is the
percentage of households with children to the total households in other
communities?  What is the percentage of  3 & 4 bedroom homes?

We've been looking for land for over a year and while the lack of an
available site is very frustrating, we continue to become more educated
as we go along.  This info will be  just another step along in our
education.  Thanks to all who can help us out.

Carol Brennan
Greater Hartford Cohousing
carolb33 [at] juno.com

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