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