Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: Households to Adults Ratios

[Sharon Villines (sharonvillines]

>> Please count adult residents, meaning adults who participate in the
>> community. Some renters do and some don't.
> 
> Seems to me that some owners "do" and some "don't".
> Is separating renters from home-owners based on
> experience, or on prejudice?

One thing I've learned in cohousing is that simple questions become complex
very quickly.

Some communities have very different expectations of renters. Generally
owners participate at some level even if it is only paying for the common
house or they participated last year but haven't seen them recently. A
renter may be there for 6 months or a year and never say or be expected to
say hello.

Use you own discretion when counting your community. Which, of course, you
are under no obligation to do. I would say if this is an adult member who
has the power to influence community decisions that they count as a member
of the community.

Sharon.

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