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3. Co-responsible

Cohouseholders are responsible for their household including:

• Creation, operations, and dissolution.
• Cooperative management of household budget.
• Cooperative maintenance of their property.
  
• Cooperative care for their neighborhood and neighbors.

The cohouseholding model embraces shared responsibility, power, and privilege. This provides a foundation for more economic and social sustainability.

Creation, operations, and dissolution.

• Generally, cohousehold residents create cohouseholds, operate them, and dissolve them.
• Planning impacts potential returns to residents for investments of time and money.

Cooperative management of household budget.

• Cohouseholds have open books - available for review by all residents, owners and renters alike.
• Decision-making about expenses is collaborative, e.g., residents decide how to "split" utility costs.

Cooperative maintenance of their property.

• Cohouseholds are maintained by their residents.
• As the cohousehold decides, maintenance may be done personally or contracted to outside parties.

Cooperative care for their neighborhood and neighbors.

• Cohouseholds are aware of the broader neighborhood context.
• Cohouseholds act responsibly, respecting their neighbors' rights.

Revised: 8/13/13