Cohousing-L Mailing List: RE: Turnover in Cohousing

[Rob Sandelin (floriferous]

A pattern that I have noticed in Capital project cohousing model, where you
all move in at once. Right around the age of three, some cohousing groups
experience some movement in membership. I think it takes that long for
people to realize that community living is not the right choice and then
make their move. Of course some people probably figure this out early, but
it takes them a couple years to actually get around to moving. Typically
these folks drop out for a year or two then move. Its not a bad thing, it
just is. Living in a community is not for everyone, in fact its kind of an
unusual situation and some people did not realize what it takes. So if
people move out, its not because your community is necessarily the problem.
Some people just don't have the ability to deal with all the stuff that
glitches in community life.

Rob

-----Original Message-----
From: cohousing-l-admin [at] cohousing.org
[mailto:cohousing-l-admin [at] cohousing.org]On Behalf Of Elizabeth Stevenson
Sent: Monday, February 25, 2002 9:41 PM
To: cohousing-l [at] cohousing.org
Subject: Re: [C-L]_Turnover in Cohousing


I think that there is a very low turnover in the first few years because
everyone has moved in at the same time, and the circumstances which cause
people to want/need to move haven't happened yet. We also had very low
turnover at the beginning, and now it's closer to normal.

If the average person moves every 5 years, and eveyone moves in at the same
time, then it will be at least a few years before that bell curve goes up.
Plus, after developing it for a few years, people are drained of money and
energy to move.


--
Liz Stevenson
Southside Park Cohousing
Sacramento California
tamgoddess [at] attbi.com
> From: Diane Simpson <coho [at] theworld.com>
> Reply-To: cohousing-l [at] cohousing.org
> Date: Mon, 25 Feb 2002 21:30:32 -0500
> To: cohousing-l [at] cohousing.org
> Subject: [C-L]_Turnover in Cohousing
>
> That's very interesting!  Have other cohousing groups had this low a
> turnover rate, or is this something peculiar to New View?
>
> --Diane Simpson
> Jamaica Plain Cohousing, Boston, Massachusetts
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>> We've still only had one house sale in our 6 years here. Out of 24 units,
I
>> guess that's about a 1% turnover rate.  The average in Acton is more like
10
>> times that. Stable neighborhoods help build strong relationships.
>>
>> Jim Snyder-Grant
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