I am a co-developer, founding owner and longtime resident of a San Francisco Bay Area Cohousing community. I have served as a board and staff member for the Cohousing Association of the US, and for several years, ran a national Cohousing communities tours program which introduced hundreds to Cohousing. Since then, I have joined the Cohousing Research Network team.
To learn more about Cohousing and the projects the Cohousing Network Research Team is working on, visit their respective websites (links above) or Email me. I would be glad to help you find what you are looking for.
I work one-on-one with residents to deepen their experience of community and help folks longing for more community.
Tours
One of the most enjoyable ways you, and your group, can learn about and experience Cohousing is to visit communities. One way to do that is to sign-up for a Cohousing community tour. I organize local (SF Bay Area) tours and would be happy to refer you to other folks around the country who do the same.
Book for Sale
Cohousing: A Contemporary Approach to Housing Ourselves, Charles Durrett and Kathryn McCamant introduce cohousing with stories and pictures of both Danish and American communities. Beautiful photographs and line drawings illustrate the warmly written account of how these communities came to be. Specific information on legal and financial aspects of working with developers, group process, and design issues make this book informative as well as inspiring. This is the book which brought Cohousing to North America.
If you would like one or more copies for yourself, to share with your friends or to market your group, let me know. They can be picked in Oakland or mailed to you. Each book is $15 (1/2 price) plus postage, packing and handling. A case (18 books) discount is available too.
Note: This book is the much prized second edition, which I still have ~ 200 copies to sell. The third edition, Creating Cohousing, is also widely available.
Cohousing Discussion Group
This email discussion group – aka Cohousing-L – has ~1000 subscribers in North America and abroad. It was created in 1992 and has been maintained by Fred H Olson ever since.
Cohousing-L participants live in cohousing, are exploring cohousing, are forming new communities, or offer goods and services to the cohousing marketplace. With hundreds of postings per month, you’ll see people’s questions, requests for advice, replies with answers, anecdotes, and the priceless collective wisdom of the online cohousing community. Most of the information provided is very useful. Posts are individual opinions, so use at your own risk!
To subscribe to the Cohousing-L, visit the information and simple subscription form.
The Cohousing-L archives are fully SEARCHABLE and a resource which is often overlooked, and immensely under appreciated. To acknowledge the outstanding contribution and tireless support of Cohousing-L, and to get your inquiries addressed, please contact Fred Olson of Communications for Justice at fholson @ cohousing.org. Thank you, Fred!