Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: Number of Adults Living in Cohousing

[Alice Alexander (alicecohous]

If we assume an average of 60 people (of all ages) living in each community
(a big assumption - is this a good one?), that translates to 158* x 60 =
9,480.

*The Cohousing Directory <http://www.cohousing.org/directory> includes
metrics - which relies on self reporting in most cases, so it is not exact.
Established Communities = 158
Completed = 133
Building* = 25
Own Site = 21
Forming = 97
** Many building communities have residents but continue to add members and
build homes.*

Alice Alexander, Coho/US Executive Director

On Wed, Jan 6, 2016 at 9:21 AM, Ann Zabaldo <zabaldo [at] earthlink.net> wrote:

>
> Catya — this is a good start.
>
> What do you think is a reliable number for the number of completed
> cohousing communities?  I’ve heard and seen everything from 120 to 150.
>
> What number would you use for average number of households per community?
>
> Ditto average household size?  I guess this would include children?
>
> Best --
>
> Ann Zabaldo
> Takoma Village Cohousing
> Washington, DC
> Principal, Cohousing Collaborative, LLC
> Falls Church, VA
> 703.688.2646
>
> > On Jan 6, 2016, at 9:01 AM, Catya Belfer <catya [at] pobox.com> wrote:
> >
> >
> > We could probably figure it out by number of communites x avg number of
> > units x avg household size?
> >
> >
> >     - cat
> >
> > Catya Belfer   -  www.catya.org
> > Technical Director   -   www.cohousing.org
> > Cohousing in MA - www.mosaic-commons.org
> >
> > On Tue, Jan 5, 2016 at 8:54 PM, Ann Zabaldo <zabaldo [at] earthlink.net>
> wrote:
> >
> >>
> >> Hi Raines!
> >>
> >> The Cohousing Research Network did collect a lot of this information but
> >> reported it in percentages.  I need numbers.  I’ve emailed both Diane
> >> Margolies and Angela Sanguinetti for the data.  I’m hoping to hear from
> >> them.  However, just in case, I’m hoping someone out there has a number
> >> they are using …
> >>
> >> Let us know how this shared pool is going to work. It sounds very
> useful!
> >>
> >> Best --
> >>
> >> Ann Zabaldo
> >> Takoma Village Cohousing
> >> Washington, DC
> >> Principal, Cohousing Collaborative, LLC
> >> Falls Church, VA
> >> 703.688.2646
> >>
> >>
> >>> On Jan 5, 2016, at 8:41 PM, Raines Cohen <rc3-coho-L [at] raines.com>
> wrote:
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> Hmmm, how about we all count off. OK, "1". Who's next? ;-)
> >>>
> >>> Seriously, this sounds like a job for the Cohousing Research Network
> >>> members. I know that some folks (me included) are collaborating on
> >> starting
> >>> to build a shared pool of data like this, particularly for senior
> >> cohousing
> >>> communities but also with an eye to intergenerational communities. But
> >> this
> >>> is just getting started, and doesn't even have a baseline set of
> >> statistics
> >>> yet.
> >>>
> >>> I'll ask my wife Betsy Morris, who did some of the initial
> >>> communities-census data as Research Director for Coho/US and is part of
> >>> that collaboration.
> >>>
> >>> Note that the Communities Directory (curated by Fellowship for
> >> Intentional
> >>> Community, but also serving the directory on http://www.cohousing.org
> )
> >> has
> >>> become less useful for this kind of statistic, as it has stopped asking
> >>> questions including # of children that could be used to discriminate
> >>> against a protected category in housing rental/sales (look up
> "steering"
> >> in
> >>> a fair housing context), even though we only hope to use this data for
> >>> good, to make it easier for more people to find and live in community.
> >>>
> >>> Raines
> >>>
> >>> Raines Cohen, Cohousing Coach & Cohousing California Regional Organizer
> >>> Planning for Sustainable Communities (at Berkeley (CA) Cohousing)
> >>> off to visit communities in Tucson (AZ) this week while at a nearby
> >>> conference
> >>> _________________________________________________________________
> >
>
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Alice Alexander
Executive Director
www.cohousing.org <http://www.cohous.org>
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