N Street Cohousing :: Communities Directory

Formed: 1988 Established: 1986

This page last updated:2/28/2011

N Street Cohousing

Davis, California,

United States

N Street is a cohousing community that was started in 1986 when two tract homes built in the early 1950s took down their side fences. We started using a garage as a common house in 1988 after reading Cohousing: A Contemporary Approach to Housing Ourselves by Mccamant and Durrett.

"N" Street continues to grow slowly, adding one house at a time. We currently have expanded to 20 houses, 13 homes on "N" Street that back up to 7 homes on the adjacent street. (Two of the homes on N Street are across the street from the community but are occupied by active members.) The removal of fences has created a beautiful open-space area that includes vegetable, flower gardens; a play structure; a hot tub; chicken coop, large grassy area, pond, and more.

We enjoy sharing community meals in our newly rebuilt common house three to four times per week and work parties once a month. We have a rich set of traditions including coming of age ceremonies. We are a mixed community of half renters and half homeowners of around 11 kids and 50 adults.

We make decisions by consensus with everyone having an equal ability to participate after having lived in the community for three months and having attended three meetings. We use a modified consensus where a 75% super majority can vote if consensus cannot be reached after six meetings and three months of effort have passed. So far, we have never gone through that whole process to a vote.

Website: http://www.nstreetcohousing.org

Contact:

N Street Cohousing
724 N St
Davis, California 95616 United States

Kevin Wolf
724 N Street
Davis, California 95616
Phone: 530-758-4211

Links:

N Street Cohousing website

Community location is placed at the center of the zip/postal code, city/state, or city/country (not based on street addresses)

This page last updated:2/28/2011

Visitors Accepted

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Visitor Process: Visit our website a www.nstreetcohousing.org

Statement of Housing Non-discrimination:

Our community does not discriminate in regards to housing based on race/color, national origin, religion, sex/gender, family status (i.e. having children, not having children, or being pregnant), disability, marital status, sexual orientation, ancestry, source of income, age, creed, personal appearance, political affiliation, HIV infection, military/veteran status, unfavorable military discharge, gender identity or expression, receiving public assistance, or being the victim of domestic abuse.

Population Members(adults and children): 61 Non-member Residents: 0 Open to new members: Yes	Government Decision Making: By consensus (fall back 75% supermajority though it has never been used.) Identified Leader: No Leadership Core Group: No	Labor and Money Financial Style: Members have independent finances Labor Contribution: Expected (cooking meals and helping in other tasks) Join Fee: No Regular Fees: Yes ($21 per adult per month in dues)
Land and Buildings Small Town Area: 3 acres (1.2 hectares) Land Owned By: Individual community member(s) Number of Residences: 18 Cohousing: Yes	Food, etc. Percentage of Food Grown: 1-5% Share Community Meals: 2-5 times/week Dietary Choice or Restrictions: Diet is up to each individual (Must have vegetarian option) Dietary Practice: Omnivorous (more vegans all the time) Alcohol Use: Seldom used Tobacco Use: Seldom used	Social Factors Common Spiritual Practices: No Educational Style(s): Public schooled

Cohousing Details

Cohousing Status:

Retrofitting

(Retrofit)

Number of Units:

Square Feet in Common House:

1600

(1600 sq ft apt upstairs and 400 sq ft suite downstairs)

Architect:

Clay Johnson designed new common house

Developer:

none

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Become an Editor Current editor(s): kjwolf, cohousing

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