Cohousing-L Mailing List: Your community social fabric and HOA dues

[Alan O'Hashi (adoecos]

Cohousers - Thanks for your comments about the mechanics of how you assess HOA 
dues in your communities, those are very helpful.

My next question, involves community social fabric and HOA dues. This starts 
getting into the conversation about dealing with social class in a community.

How does / did your community balance objective assessments making for high 
dues for large homes, and community willingness to subsidize those through 
manipulating formulae for more balance or the "slush fund" charity approach 
which was the subject of another thread?

Another way to put it, does your community accept an assessment structure where 
the larger units pay their fair share or a regressive one in which the smaller 
homes subsidize the larger homes?

On the social class topic, if you have "camps" that form in your community 
around house size, how does your community bridge those differences?

Thanks,Alan O.
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Alan O'Hashi - ECOS
EnviroCultural Organization Systems
 http://www.alanohashi.com/ecos
Colorado 303-910-5782
Wyoming 307-274-1910
Nebraska 402-327-1652
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