Cohousing-L Mailing List: Hiring community members

[Terri Hupfer (gordita]

Hello. 

Our community is struggling with the idea of whether or not to hire community 
members to do skilled work in the community. I have searched the archives, and 
perhaps one other member has posted on this, but wondered if a few of you could 
fire off quick answers. Here, or off-list to me would be fine.

1. Do you have additional liability insurance to cover community members doing 
volunteer work in the community?

2. Have you hired a community member for pay who had special skills?

3. Was that community member a licensed contractor?

4. Do you require all folks who you hire to work in the community to be 
licensed and insured, and do they need to have an extra HOA rider on their 
insurance?

5. Do you use a property management company, and if so, what do they cover and 
at what sort of cost?

Thank you for answers to any or all of these questions.

Terri Hupfer (gordita [at] pacbell.net)

Pleasant Hill Cohousing, Bay Area, California