Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: Pay for work

[Kathryn McCamant (kmccamant]

At Nevada City Cohousing we have a voluntary ask. Ie “If you feel you may not 
have been able to contribute the number of work hours we need to help keep up 
our community, please make a donation to the HOA.”

I think providing a buy out option is very helpful, for people who are 
traveling a lot, are no longer physically capable, or as one of my neighbors 
once said… “spending every available hour as kids sporting events…”. Making it 
voluntary means it is not financial hardship on those who may not have the 
funds, but gives people a way to assuage their guilt for time they were unable 
to contribute, and gives the HOA some always needed additional funds.

Make sure the suggested hourly amount is enough to actually hire someone for 
non-skilled labor, at least $30/hour.

Katie

Nevada City Cohousing and

Kathryn McCamant, President
CoHousing Solutions
www.cohousing-solutions.com<http://www.cohousing-solutions.com>
916.798.4755