Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: HOA dues for children/teens at what age?

[Racheli Gai (racheli]

Our dues (in Sonora Cohousing, Tucson) aren't based on the number of 
people
in a household at all.
They are based, in part, of the size of the homes, and the other 
portion is the
same for all.  The difference in pay between the smallest and the 
largest units
is not very significant.

I don't remember the whole discussion at the time, but I think a major 
reason
not to go by the number of people had to do with the fact that it's 
relatively
fluid, with people coming and going, and also with the difficulty in 
deciding
how long people should be staying before they need to start paying dues.

Also, it's sometimes the case that people with more kids are less 
affluent - so,
if one takes into account ability to pay, (yes - not a capitalist 
concept :)) -
then number of kids isn't a good indicator for how much a household 
should
be paying.

In the 7 years we are here we raised the dues a couple of times, but 
for people who
are financially pinched the dues stayed the same.  (I think we have 2 
or 3households
out of 36 in this category).

Racheli.




On Jul 20, 2007, at 6:31 AM, Fred H Olson wrote:

> Angela, Colorado Springs Cohousing  <fred.greek [at] yahoo.com>
> is the author of the message below.
> It was posted by Fred the Cohousing-L list manager 
> <fholson [at] cohousing.org>
> after restoring subject line and deleting quoted digest.
> --------------------  FORWARDED MESSAGE FOLLOWS --------------------
>
> If the "dues" are to pay for common facilities, recreation center, 
> pool,
> whatever, and if you're charging on a per-person basis, shouldn't dues
> start whenever the child is eligible to use such without the parent?
>
>
>   I'm wondering at what age your community starts considering
>  children/youths as dues paying individuals.  Currently, our HOA 
> monthly dues are
>  based partially on the number of people over the age of 12 in the
>  household.  This seems way too young to me.
>
> Thanks for your responses,
>
> Angela, mother of a 12 year old.
> Colorado Springs Cohousing Community
>
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