Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re:Homeowners' Association Dues

[Ann Barbarow (abarbaro]

At 04:30 AM 3/25/97 -0600, Joani Blank wrote:
 However I was informed that by law--regulation
>of the Department of Real Estate perhaps? --it has to be allocated by
>square foot, at least here in California. 

I have never heard of such a thing. At Muir Commons (in Davis, CA), our
monthly dues were set by the Department of Real Estate and they are per
unit. Several people have tried to get a move afoot to change the structure
to recognize that households with more people tend to make greater use of
community resources, but that has never gotten too far. Some people have
thought we should somehow factor in "ability to pay", but that is a very
sticky topic.