Cohousing-L Mailing List: Numbers of Coho Kids

[OtisWalker (OtisWalker]

I would appreciate information from already built or already presold
cohousing communities on the numbers of children of school age or younger in
your communities (along with the numbers of units and total number of
residents). 

 We at the Westchester (New York) Cohousing Community are preparing a
proposal for a piece of land that belongs to a school district.  They are
particularly interested in not increasing the numbers of school age children
in the community because they don't want to overburden their facilities and
because they are afraid the increase in tax revenues will not compensate for
the increase in children.  They would prefer to see senior housing on this
site.  We are arguing that cohousing, due to its diversity, has a smaller
percentage of children than does standard single family housing.  Is this
true based on your experiences?

Thank you in advance for your responses.  Please e-mail me directly, unless
others express an interest in this information.