Cohousing-L Mailing List: Saving the Planet - do we use straw bale?

[Graham Meltzer (graham]

> From: Elizabeth Stevenson
>
> The cost of the common house was added to our mortgages. I'm sure there is
a
> dollar figure somewhere, but I don't know it. My guess is around 230K, in
> 1993 housing dollars.

I can help out here.  I have a cost breakdown for Southside Park.  Dwellings
cost between $85K and $154K (in 1993 dollars),
They averaged $132K compared with an average house price in Sacramento of
$150K at the time.  Total project cost was $3.3m.
The common house cost $250K or $10K per household.

Southside Park is notable for the affordability it acheived, not just for
the subsidised units,of which there were 5, but for everyone involved.  This
enabled people on incomes which are relatively low by cohousing standards to
buy in,  In 1996 when I surveyed the community, one quarter had annual
incomes <$20K and another quarter had incomes between $20K and $30K.
Cheers
Graham

graham meltzer
contemporary photography
15/27 ballow st, fortitude valley, qld 4006
ph: 07 3257 4852      web: www.grahammeltzer.com



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