Your October News & Updates on Cohousing | Quimper Village, Port Townsend, WA | |
Community-Enhanced Design: Cohousing and Other High-Functioning Neighborhoods | |
Our new book Community-Enhanced Design: Cohousing and Other High-Functioning Neighborhoods just became available on Amazon and Kindle for a special price of $12.95 during the next 2 weeks (you can read it on any device). If you need help to download this book on any of your devices, please see this Kindle Download & Access Guide, or feel free to contact Nadthachai at nadthachai.kong@cohousingco.com.
This book is about hundreds of projects that have been designed with community as the paramount priority. It tells the complete story, from start to finish, how to successfully design anything where community is the emphasis. It is clearly delineated, with “how to” examples, and is designed to help the next generation of architects grab and go with designing for communities.
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A Solution to Homelessness in Your Town
Newly Revised, Updated, and Improved 2nd Printing Now Available!
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Homelessness is a disaster in American communities. In 2021, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development found that 600,000 people were homeless, other official estimates figure that there are millions. These folks are in dire straits, forced to live on the streets, under freeway bridges, in the woods, in their cars, anywhere they can find a place to sleep. Communities need to come together to solve
this inhumane crisis. The problem is complex, but
the solution starts with housing. Once a person has
a safe home, with help from the community, they
can start rebuilding their lives.
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The book, A Solution to Homelessness in Your Town, describes the way the smaller town of American Canyon, in Napa Valley California, built housing for their homeless citizens. “This project was accepted by all of the neighbors because of the process and the product,” said Brent Cooper, head of American Canyon Community Development. Even in this town of 21,000 people, 480 applications were turned in on the first day applications were offered for the 70 450 S.F.
cottages that were built. The need for building
more housing for the houseless is enormous. But
this book shows how it can be done if citizens and
government come together to build it.
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Help The Cohousing Company distribute this book to show other communities how to build housing for the homeless in their town. You can buy the book from oroeditions.com for 30% off using code "solution" till the end of October or donate on our Facebook fundraiser page and we will get these books in the hands of the activists and politicians around the country to solve this critical problem. Thank you very much for your support.
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News from Haystack Heights Cohousing, Spokane, WA
This is a wonderful text to wake up to.
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"Hey Chuck! We are all moved in and it’s amazing. We love the space, the light and the walkways and porches make it feel like New Orleans. Kids are running around already in the common areas, people are borrowing things from each other, folks who haven’t moved yet are helping people move and bringing them food. It’s great!"—Jim Dawson
For additional information.
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Auburn Cohousing, Placer County, CA | |
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Once upon a time other cohousing groups relied on friends and neighbors to help get their project built. Now the Auburn, California group needs your help. If you know anyone motivated to move to a very cool, affordable community, a village really, in Auburn, well they need more sign-ups for the Getting-It-Built Workshop. Please forward this information to anyone you might know. Thanks!
This project as highlighted in our new book, Community-Enhanced Design is where a county is donating a 4.6 acre site to this site. That will help it be more affordable. When our first book came out in 1988 the National Danish government bought 200 copies and distributed them to local governments. Now, about a quarter of the new projects in Denmark are catalyzed with county sites. This is a breakthrough project in that regard. Please help make it successful.
For additional information.
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Housing Solution Summit—Cohousing Neighborhoods: An Ownership Model for the Future
October 19, 2021 at 12:00 PM PDT
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Join us for a powerful presentation (12:00 PM PDT) and panel discussion (1:30 PM PDT) that features leaders who are blazing paths for addressing the many facets of the housing crisis. We will be sharing about housing strategies for cities that help neighborhoods and people thrive—improving economic vitality and quality of life.
In addition to highlighting the great work and resources being done by the organizations that these speakers are leading, we’ll be discussing how communities can do even greater things by blending these ideas to multiply their impact.
Here is the link to get passes and see the schedule: https://hss-ddd4.heysummit.com/?sc=OgSQwEVK&ac=QHb9Pnv1
If you just want to attend the panel discussion, you can do that at no cost by getting the Free Sample Pass.
You can learn more about the many topics that will be covered by viewing this webinar recording:
https://improvepophealth.org/innovation-housing-finance
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CohousingUS—Adding Affordabilities-case studies in affordable cohousing
October 23, 2021 1:15 PM – 2:15 PM PST
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One of the most common values and biggest challenges for cohousing is to be affordable to all. This event will dig into this difficult topic from many perspectives, from development options to HOA dues and the ways to help each other. Join us on the 23rd of October.
For this session, cohousing Architect Charles Durrett, will dive into several of his past projects including those in Vancouver, Eugene, Anchorage and some of the 18 others outlined in detail in his new book, Community-Enhanced Design: Cohousing and Other High-Functioning Neighborhoods. Creating a viable and affordable cohousing neighborhood encompasses many factors such as education and awareness, development and process, finance and legal to affordable materials, constructability and sustainable energy. Charles will be pulling the key information from these case studies to summarize the ways in which designing a neighborhood
can be a clear and predictable process.
Click here to register.
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Rare Opportunity to Purchase 4-Bedroom in Nevada City Cohousing
611 Redbud Way, Nevada City, CA
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Hello Cohousing Community,
There is a beautiful 4-bedroom home that has just come up for sale in the Nevada City Cohousing community. If you aren't familiar with this community, it is quite a special one. Not only does Chuck live there and with his team were the architect for this house, but there is a harmonious mix of families, kids of different ages, singles, and elders who live there. There's even a swimming pool and a hot tub, as well as lush flower and vegetable gardens, fruit trees galore, and a seasonal creek labyrinth. If you have children, you've hit the jackpot. With 10 acres to explore, a playground, kids playroom, teen room, and a music room, this is a kid's paradise.
Most importantly we have a 4,000 SF common house that is used often including a dinner programmed six times per week and really is a successful extension to our houses. Together with your house of 1,693 SF and the 4,000 SF common house, it really is a 5,693 SF house. Most of all you're buying a high-functioning community, and they throw the house in for free. We strive to be a high-functioning cohousing as outlined in Community-Enhanced Design: Cohousing and Other High-Functioning Neighborhoods. So if a real cohousing community appeals to you, this is the place.
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611 Redbud Way is a warm, comfortable, green-built home in a vibrant cohousing community located within walking distance from historic Downtown Nevada City.
About this home:
- 4 bedrooms/3 bathrooms
- 1,693 SQ. FT.
- Stainless steel appliances
- Solar power, energy-efficient
- Landscaped garden with patio and wrap around porch for outdoor living
- End unit privacy and space
About the community:
- Multi-generational, infants through seniors
- Community meals, gatherings, festivals, and parties
- 10 acres of resort-like grounds built in 2005
- Swimming pool and hot tub
- Large community garden that supplies common meals
- Vegetable gardens, fruit trees, seasonal creek labyrinth
- Kids playroom, teen room, music room, workshop, laundry facilities
- Guest rooms
- 6 acres open space and trails
- Resource sharing, collaboration, and community with neighbors
The home is for sale by owner, priced at $599,000. To schedule a viewing of the house and tour of the community, please call or text Dyann at 530.559.3950, or email dyanncw@gmail.com.
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AIA East Bay Symposium—Home Tours II, Shelter | |
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From tiny houses, ADU (accessory dwelling units), and single-family homes
to mixed use developments within the USA, Mexico and Norway, architects show the value, impact and transformative quality of architecture.
Projects Presented:
Jones Berkeley, California (Pyatok)
Valley View Senior Homes, California (The Cohousing Company)
636 Waverley, California (Hayes Group Architects)
650 Live Oak, California (brick.)
Casa Terreno, Mexico (Fernanda Canales)
Student Presenters: Alexerd Libed & Andrew Justin Villanueva (University of San Francisco)
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