Cohousing-L Mailing List: Number of seniors in cohousing

[Denise Tennen (denisetennen]

I suggest checking with Elderberry

I get the impression they have a good thing going, being a group that recreated 
themselves as senior Cohousing after turning over the first coho they started 
to a younger demographic

Denise
Monterey Cohousing
St Louis Park, MN
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>   1. 11/30 Meeting Minutes (Katie Hymans)
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>   3. Re: 11/30 Meeting Minutes (Shari Hirst)
>   4. Number of "users" in Senior Cohousing (Joel Bartlett)
>   5. Re: Number of "users" in Senior Cohousing (Linda Hobbet)
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> Message: 1
> Date: Sun, 30 Nov 2025 18:17:52 -0800
> From: Katie Hymans <haikaili [at] gmail.com>
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> Subject: [C-L]_ 11/30 Meeting Minutes
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> Hello --
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> Here are the minutes
> <https://docs.google.com/document/d/1nvRfWkywwdWPh08y61bXwPHUtsLJBpedYyEnJgo7Sjc/edit?usp=sharing>
> for today's meeting.
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> Date: Sun, 30 Nov 2025 18:20:16 -0800
> From: Katie Hymans <haikaili [at] gmail.com>
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> Subject: Re: [C-L]_ 11/30 Meeting Minutes
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> Oooops!! Sorry!! Wrong cohousing list. My sincere apologies.
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>> On Sun, Nov 30, 2025 at 6:18?PM Katie Hymans via Cohousing-L <
>> cohousing-l [at] cohousing.org> wrote:
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>> Hello --
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>> Here are the minutes
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>> https://docs.google.com/document/d/1nvRfWkywwdWPh08y61bXwPHUtsLJBpedYyEnJgo7Sjc/edit?usp=sharing
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>> for today's meeting.
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>> Please let me know if you have any questions.
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>> Thank you!
>> ~ Katie
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> Date: Sun, 30 Nov 2025 19:43:24 -0700
> From: Shari Hirst <sharihirst13 [at] gmail.com>
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> Subject: Re: [C-L]_ 11/30 Meeting Minutes
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> No problem- just couldn?t figure out what meeting minutes I was expecting.
> Shari
> Sand River Cohousing
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>> On Nov 30, 2025, at 7:20?PM, Katie Hymans via Cohousing-L <cohousing-l [at] 
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>> Oooops!! Sorry!! Wrong cohousing list. My sincere apologies.
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>> On Sun, Nov 30, 2025 at 6:18?PM Katie Hymans via Cohousing-L <
>> cohousing-l [at] cohousing.org> wrote:
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>>> Hello --
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>>> Here are the minutes
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>>> https://docs.google.com/document/d/1nvRfWkywwdWPh08y61bXwPHUtsLJBpedYyEnJgo7Sjc/edit?usp=sharing
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>>> for today's meeting.
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>>> Please let me know if you have any questions.
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>>> Thank you!
>>> ~ Katie
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> Date: Sun, 30 Nov 2025 21:45:10 -0500
> From: Joel Bartlett <altairecovillage [at] gmail.com>
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> Subject: [C-L]_ Number of "users" in Senior Cohousing
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> Dear Friends,
> 
> For a variety of reasons, we need an approximation of the number of users
> we expect.  We are planning a 55+ community, which means we can have up to
> 20% heads of households under 55.  We are looking at 29 homes, mostly
> 2-bedrooms, but with 6 3-bedrooms and 6 that have the option of a third
> bedroom.  That's 64 to 70 bedrooms, but how many people?
> 
> We have to balance couples vs singles, an occasional shared house,
> and throw in the max 20% younger families with two kids.  What are your
> demographics?
> 
> Thanks for helping us figure this out!  With a current reservation pool of
> about 1/3 of our homes, we really don't know who we are yet!
> 
> Yours, Joel Bartlett
> Project Manager for the Members
> 610-220-6172
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> Message: 5
> Date: Mon, 1 Dec 2025 03:32:09 -0500
> From: Linda Hobbet <coho [at] lindahobbet.com>
> To: cohousing-l [at] cohousing.org
> Subject: Re: [C-L]_ Number of "users" in Senior Cohousing
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> At Village Hearth we are a 55+ community with 28 units (seven 1 bed/1
> bath, seven 2 bed/1 bath, and fourteen 2 bed/2 bath). Couples live in
> ten of the units, the rest are singles. Two of the couples live in the
> smallest units. Two couples live in the 2 bed/1 bath middle-sized units.
> We have one under 55 couple and I believe there are one or two with one
> member of the couple being under 55. No children live here. This is the
> largest number of couples we have ever had.
> 
> At least 80% of the units need at least 1 occupant aged 55 or older.
> They don't have to be the head of the household. The law was written
> that way so if the older person died or moved to a nursing home or
> something, a remaining person who was under 55 would not be forced to
> move out. You should not be marketing with the idea of filling all 20%
> with younger occupants. You are also required to state that it is a 55+
> community in all advertising.
> 
> You might also look at non-cohousing 55+ communities in your area and
> ask what their demographics are. They are probably much larger but the
> demographics might be similar.
> 
> Best wishes,
> Linda Hobbet
> 
>> On 11/30/2025 9:45 PM, Joel Bartlett via Cohousing-L wrote:
>> Dear Friends,
>> 
>> For a variety of reasons, we need an approximation of the number of users
>> we expect.  We are planning a 55+ community, which means we can have up to
>> 20% heads of households under 55.  We are looking at 29 homes, mostly
>> 2-bedrooms, but with 6 3-bedrooms and 6 that have the option of a third
>> bedroom.  That's 64 to 70 bedrooms, but how many people?
>> 
>>  We have to balance couples vs singles, an occasional shared house,
>> and throw in the max 20% younger families with two kids.  What are your
>> demographics?
>> 
>> Thanks for helping us figure this out!  With a current reservation pool of
>> about 1/3 of our homes, we really don't know who we are yet!
>> 
>> Yours, Joel Bartlett
>> Project Manager for the Members
>> 610-220-6172
>> _________________________________________________________________
>> Cohousing-L mailing list -- Unsubscribe, archives and other info at:
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