Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: Quantifying the value added of cohousing

[Laura Fitch (lfitch]

Dear Gai,

Here is a link to some research that was done by CohoUS.  It may not be what
the banks want exactly - but it does "prove" the value of cohousing.

http://www.cohousing.org/docs/2011/survey_of_cohousing_communities_2011.pdf


Laura Fitch, AIA, LEED BD+C
Kraus-Fitch Architects, Inc.
413-549-5799
lfitch [at] krausfitch.com



-----Original Message-----
From: Gai Galitzine [mailto:gai.galitzine [at] gmail.com] 
Sent: Sunday, February 05, 2012 5:07 AM
To: cohousing-L [at] cohousing.org
Subject: [C-L]_ Quantifying the value added of cohousing


Does anyone have any statistics ($ or %age values) that will help us
quantify the value added of being part of a cohousing community. We are in
the process of preparing material for potential bankers/investors and need
to give them something they can get their heads around that explains the
value added of cohousing in their terms. The recent survey has been most
helpful but there are no specific $ values attached to the benefits.  I did
not find anything in the archives either.  If you have faced this problem
perhaps you can give us some suggestions that worked for you. Thanks, Gai
Galitzine, Member, Legacy Farm Cohousing, Rosendale, NY Please consider the
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