Re: Chances of Finding Members with Children | <– Date –> <– Thread –> |
From: Sharon Villines (sharonsharonvillines.com) | |
Date: Sun, 18 Apr 2021 05:57:22 -0700 (PDT) |
On Apr 17, 2021, at 10:00 PM, Diana Carroll <dianaecarroll [at] gmail.com> wrote: > > You think households with children choose where to live randomly? I think cohousers shouldn’t set goals that are unrealistic and then beat themselves up because they don’t reach them. “Since the beginning” communities have wanted more children and worried about it through out the whole development phase. Needing to sell the last 1-2 units but also wanting to save them for households with children presents a dilemma that is rarely resolved in the direction of leaving the unit unsold until some children come along. I don’t think households with children choose where to live any more randomly than others. But if there are so few out there it doesn’t matter how they choose. In 2019 there were 122.8 million households in the US. What percentage of those want to live in cohousing? Katie estimated a few weeks ago that there are now 160 cohousing communities (which may include Canada). If each community has an average of 30 homes, that is ~ 4,800 households — .000039 %. A rather small fraction. I think the reach of cohousing is much greater than that, bringing revolutionary change to conventional condos, but that isn’t bringing children to cohousing in greater than average numbers. There doesn’t seem to be a pent up demand out there -- families with children waiting to move into cohousing if it means moving or organizing communities themselves. Senior cohousing is the fastest growing cohousing segment and children are not allowed. What happened at Takoma Village is that we only had 3 children when we moved in though that quickly became 6 as soon as the last unit was sold, but within 2 years we had ~20 because people adopted children or gave birth to babies they had been delaying having until they moved in. Then we had a dry period as those grew up or households moved because of the schools. Now we have 8 of 43 households with children. The same percentage as households generally. Cohousing as a happy place for kids is a wonderful image but it is largely a happy place for adults, heavy on the over 55 crowd. (All numbers estimates and may contain errors. Please use caution.) Sharon ——— Sharon Villines http://affordablecohousing.com affordablecohousing [at] groups.io
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Chances of Finding Members with Children Sharon Villines, April 17 2021
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Re: Chances of Finding Members with Children Diana Carroll, April 17 2021
- Re: Chances of Finding Members with Children Sharon Villines, April 18 2021
- Re: Chances of Finding Members with Children Diana Carroll, April 18 2021
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Re: Chances of Finding Members with Children Diana Carroll, April 17 2021
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