Cohousing-L Mailing List: dealing with increasing costs and monthly dues?

[Sylvie at Hotmail (s_kashdan]

From Jackson Place Cohousing members:

Dear Friends in the Co-Housing world.

This is the Jackson Place Co-Housing community in Seattle, Washington. 
Our community is about 23 years old and we have 27 households, with some 
renting apartments or rooms to people who are not family members. We are 
in the midst of discussions about how to handle the increasing costs of 
maintenance for our buildings and landscapes. Our monthly fees per unit 
are going up and up and some are straining to keep up. We seem to be 
reaching our limits as to how much we can decrease our 
budgetary requirements but also do justice to maintaining our spaces 
and keeping a healthy reserve fund.

*Our question to you is this:  Are there things you are doing or have 
done to help to alleviate the pressures of your increasing costs? As 
with any brain-storming session, remember that there are no bad ideas to 
offer! We are all ears!*

We are most sincerely grateful for any responses you might offer. We can 
report back depending on the responses as we imagine we are not the only 
ones in this position.

Sincerely yours,

Jackson Place Co-Housing Community

Sylvie Kashdan
Community Outreach Liaison
Jackson Place Cohousing
800 Hiawatha Place South
Seattle, WA 98144

https://jacksonplacecohousing.org

info [at] jacksonplacecohousing.org