Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: Households with Children

[Elizabeth Stevenson (tamgoddess]

> We are assuming also (and hoping) that once we find land, more families
> with school-age children (or younger) will be joining us.  Not only
> because we want a multi-generational community with children, but
> practically, we will need them to buy these bigger homes.
> 
> So, my questions are - how realistic is this assumption?   What is the
> percentage of households with children to the total households in other
> communities?  What is the percentage of  3 & 4 bedroom homes?
> 

You assume correctly, from what I've seen. There's no guarantee, of course,
but usually the families with children start committing after the houses
actually start going up. But our group had some people with kids from the
beginning. 

We have 25 households, 13 are 3 or more bedrooms, 8-2 bedrooms, and 4-1
beds. Fourteen households have children. You do the math.


-- 
Liz Stevenson
Southside Park Cohousing
Sacramento California

http://members.home.net/southsideparkcohousing/
tamgoddess [at] home.com

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