Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: singles in cohousing

[Rob Sandelin (floriferous]

Jane from New Jersey went to her first meeting of a cohousing group and
noticed there were a lot of single women. 

Jane, there is a big difference between the status of people in a forming
group, one which does not have actual mortgagable property, and a group
which does.  Forming groups typically change membership as the costs and
realities of building become more concrete.  So if the group you went to was
a forming group, personally I would not worry about the make up of the
membership because it will most likely change later. If it is an established
group with mortgages in place then that membership is typically much more
stable and a more accurate representation of the reality of life in that
community.

Rob Sandelin
Sharingwood Cohousing
Snohomish County, WA