What is Cooperative Housing?
Cooperative Housing Defined

The design of ecovillages in the Dallas-Fort Worth metro area is happening now. Speak out about what you want. Share your ideas about an ecovillage here.

Directory for Ecovillages, Ecohousing

Home

 

 A growing number of North Americans have built communities which balance interaction and community with privacy and independence. These cooperative housing projects are often partially or totally created by residents who develop the community,  and may have a form of consensus while creating a closely connected, intergenerational community of friends. 

These communities are safe, usually  earth-conscious and people-friendly havens from the turmoil of the city. 

In urban cooperative housing, every family has its own private space (indoors and outdoors) with kitchen, living areas, bedrooms and baths--a complete house, although it may (or may not) be attached as in a duplex or townhome. Each family uses the private home as desired. Privacy is as easy as entering your own home and closing the door.

Some of the land, however, is common space shared by all. The community decides most of the use(s) of the common spaces, as long as their decisions are consistent with the laws and codes of their city, county, or suburb.

In addition, almost every cooperative housing community has some variation of a common house. The Nomad cohousing community in Colorado is built around a "village green" and has a small common house of 800 square feet connected to, and shared with, a theater. Other housing communities have large common houses (3000 to 5000 square feet) containing community dining and kitchen areas, guest rooms for visiting friends and relatives, play areas for different-aged children, craft and hobby areas, and more. Many projects have separate community gardens, workshops, and open areas.  

Some cooperative houses are considering retrofitting older structures but most are looking at new construction.

Each cooperative housing dream is unique to the group but most contain:

1. Privacy and separation.

2. Intentional community. Read more.

3. Participation by residents.

4. Common house/areas. Read more.

5. Pedestrian access and diminished role of automobile. Read more. 

6. Nonhierarchical structures and decision making.

7. Homes and facilities that conserve resources and may even use forms of alternative energy.

Does this interest you? DFW to form ecovillage communities are forming n  the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex and the rural areas adjoining the metroplex.

Please give us your ideas by filling out a quick form here. 

Thanks for your help.

DFW and North Texas:

Green Building 
Green Remodeling 
Green Consulting 
Ecovillage

972 251-1532

 

Questions? Please come to our next introductory meeting. In the meantime, call metro 972 251-1532 or 817 545-0140 for answers. 

Next Ecovillage Meetings

General information about meetings here and here

Schedule of Learning Events and Meetings

Please call 972 251-1532 or 817 545-0140 for locations.

Please fill out the short survey here for an invitation to speaker/special meetings. Thank you.

Ecovillage Forming 
Energy Audits   
Green Building 
Green Remodeling 
Green Consulting  
Rainwater Harvesting  
Renewable Energy in DFW

Eco-Village Index
 A movement back to community?
DFW Net Mall Homepage

Scheduled Meetings are normally held in Rockwall and Hunt Counties, occasionally in Dallas County

Ecovillage forming in Hunt County
Ecovillage General Information
Energy Audits   
Green Building 
Green Remodeling 
Green Consulting  
Rainwater Harvesting  
Renewable Energy in DFW

Contact here.
Copyright © 2005-2011 DFW Ecovillage. All rights reserved.