Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: renters fee?

[Craig Ragland (craigragland]

Hi Kay,

The "renter's fee" is required by Songaia. For a variety of reasons, it is a
direct relationship between the renter and the Songaia community. It is a
contribution toward our operating costs.

Songaia only has two rental homes (studios within two member's larger homes)
- there are a total of 15 homes (with 13 owners). Both of our rental studios
are the same size, so questions about rents for different-sized units has
not come up or been considered. All of the larger homes, of varied sizes are
owner-occupied and always have been.

This fee is not earmarked in the general sense of going into a specific fund
that can only be used for a specific purpose... I believe that our reserves
are the only portion of our assessments that can be thought of as being
earmarked. The $25 cost was tuned by our bookkeepers using the same
rationale which was used when determining portions of our monthly member
assessments.

Craig

On Mon, Sep 22, 2008 at 11:34 AM, Kay Wilson Fisk <
kwwilson [at] bartcommunity.org> wrote:

>
> >> Renter also pays a $25/month community renters fee, payable to
> association.
>
> My ears perked up when I spotted this in the 9/13 Studio Apt Rental
> available at Songaia Cohousing message.
>
> -- What is a renters fee?
>
> -- Is it the landlord's requirement or a Songaia requirement?
>
> If the latter:
>
> -- Is it the same for different size units?
>
> --Is the money earmarked for a certain purpose?
>
> Kay Wilson
> A landlord at Bartimaeus Cohousing
>  <http://www.cohousing.org/cohousing-L/>
>

-- 
Craig Ragland

Coho/US executive director
http://www.cohousing.org
craig [at] cohousing.org

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