Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: dues and other expenses

[Fred-List manager (fholson]

Denise Tennen <denisetennen [at] gmail.com>
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Our units range in size from under 400 sf to approx 1600 sf. We have a
total of 15 units. 8 in an elegant former nursing home that also
houses all of our common space and 7 much newer attached townhouses

4 units are on the smallest end, 4 are in the middle and 7 are toward
the larger end. This spread allows for greater income diversity. And
there is always an inherent tension.

Our dues are charged 25% per household and 75% on square feet

The smaller units end up paying the most per square foot but the
optics are that they pay approximately half of what the larger units
pay and so this leads some in the larger units to feel like they are
subsidizing the smaller units

This formula has been in place since 1996. Periodically someone,  from
one of the ends of the size spectrum, questions this formula but so
far we haven’t changed it

Denise
Monterey Cohousing Community
St Louis Park, MN
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