Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: Financial Assistance

[Mac Thomson (macthomson]

We have something similar to the Hardship Fund mentioned below. We call ours 
the Heartwood Humanitarian Fund. You can find details on our Budget and 
Assessments agreement webpage: 
https://www.heartwoodcohousing.com/budget--assessments.html

-- 
Mac Thomson

Heartwood Cohousing
Southwest Colorado
http://www.heartwoodcohousing.com


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> On Mar 4, 2023, at 11:00 AM, Kelly Bachman <happyvalleykelly [at] gmail.com> 
> wrote:
> 
> We have a “Hardship Fund” used for up to 3 months of dues to help with a
> temporary financial hardship. The fund was created and is maintained by
> donations. It can only be used by a member once in 5 years. It has been
> used only a few times since it was set up 10 years ago.
> 
> At move in, there was at least one private equity loan to help someone
> purchase.
> 
> We have raised funds by donations instead of dues for upgrades including a
> heat pump to replace a gas furnace in the common house, an EV charging
> station, and a hot tub. This helps keep dues affordable.
> 
> Kelly
> Bellingham Cohousing
> 33 units founded in 2000
> 
> On Sat, Mar 4, 2023 at 5:25 AM karen kitchen via Cohousing-L <
> cohousing-l [at] cohousing.org> wrote:
> 
>> 
>> Hi all,
>> I’m hoping to get some ideas from this group about how yourcommunity
>> assists those within your community that have a
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
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