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

[Patricia Bailey (editorialcaptive]

Sylvie, in my research on the list serv, I have encountered two ideas for 
generating funds to help keep monthly fees from going up. One is to rent your 
guest rooms when not in use. Perhaps using Airbnb or other site. You are both 
close to downtown for corporate visitors and close to two major hospitals for 
traveling nurses. The other approach some have taken is charging a monthly fee 
for hours of expected work participation that aren’t met. We are currently 
looking at that charge being 2X minimum wage per hour in Albuquerque, although 
our policy on work participation is not finalized yet.

Pat Bailey, Membership
Cohousing ABQ



> On Jul 18, 2024, at 10:50 PM, Sylvie at Hotmail <s_kashdan [at] hotmail.com> 
> wrote:
> 
> 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
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