Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: Group Size Units to Adult Ratios

[Berrins (Berrins]

In a message dated 4/27/01 7:54:10 AM, sharonvillines [at] prodigy.net writes:

<< > 24 households in Pathways and 3 "associate" households that are real 
close
> and very active in the community.
> All told, 43 adults (one is a renter) and 29 children (age range 7 months to
> 15 years old).

Does the 43 include the adults and the 29 include the children from the
Associate households? If so I will use 27 as your unit number.

Sharon >>

Actually, the first time I counted I missed 5 children.  They were here a 
minute ago...  : >)

So.

There are 24 households in Pathways Condo Association; we are working on a 
contract with 3 households nearby for some use rights for them and partial 
monthly payment to us for that use.  They were all on our waiting list when 
the 3 nearby lots became available (those lots were part of the same 43 acre 
rectangular piece of property the contractor found for Pathways; their houses 
are at the end of our driveway, a few hundred feet away).   So if you're just 
talking Pathways proper, its 24 households with 38 adults and 29 children 
living here.  However, the neighbors are here a lot, including participating 
in committee and community work, hanging out, and eating at the common house, 
so use-wise, its the 27 household, 43/34 number. 

Them thar ratios become..

38/24= 1.58 adults per household or
43/27= 1.59 adults per household
and
29/24= 1.21 children per household or
34/27= 1.26 children per household

Does that help?


    Roger Berman
    Pathways Cohousing
    Northampton, MA
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