Cohousing-L Mailing List: Dues and other expenses

[Melanie Mindlin (sassetta]

Hi Marty,

While I hear that many cohousing communities charge based on square footage, we 
decided that this didn’t make sense since it doesn’t affect usage of common 
facilities. We are townhouses, and each home is responsible for their own 
repairs and maintenance.

We ended up charging a flat rate per household for our main HOA dues which 
covers the reserves, maintenance and utilities. We have a separate budget we 
call “community dues”, and this is charged based on the number of people in the 
household. Community dues covers parties, childcare, garden expenses, 
trainings, and the like.  

Melanie
Ashland Cohousing

> On Nov 13, 2024, at 12:19 PM, cohousing-l-request [at] cohousing.org wrote:
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> Date: Wed, 13 Nov 2024 11:49:17 -0800
> From: Marty Roberts <martyr [at] sonic.net <mailto:martyr [at] sonic.net>>
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> Wondering if any of you have a different way of charging HOA dues and other 
> expenses than just straight by household.
> 
> Do you make any accommodations for singles vs. families with 2 wage earners?  
> Or square footage or number of bedrooms or number of people in the house 
> using common facilities?
> 
> We are taking a look at this.
> Thanks for any info,
> Marty at Two Acre Wood in Sebastopol, CA