North Oakland Cohousing

Events

Resources

If you'd like to read about Cohousing, the best place to start is Cohousing, a Contemporary Approach to Housing Ourselves by Kathryn McCamant and Charles Durrett. It's available in bookstores for $29.95 or at a discount from www.amazon.com.

Cohousing-L Email Discussion Group: A realistic window into the joys and challenges of daily life in cohousing. To join, go to the Cohousing-L list page.

Nearby cohousing communities

• Swan's Market Cohousing has an active downtown Oakland location, near Swan's Marketplace, the Museum of Children's Art, and a weekly Farmer's Market.
• Doyle Street is a small urban cohousing community in Emeryville, with 12 units plus a common house. All units (condominiums) are currently owner-occupied. Units recently sold at $435,000 - $560,000.
• Temescal Creek and Temescal Commons – both retrofit communities in the Temescal district of Oakland
• Berkeley Cohousing is also a retrofit community, on Sacramento St in Berkeley
• Pleasant Hill Cohousing is a suburban cohousing community on 2.2 acres in Pleasant Hill.
• Cohousing Communities Directory

Companies

• Cohousing USA
• Fellowship for Intentional Communities
• Tree Bressen, Facilitator

Books

• Cohousing: A Contemporary Approach to Housing Ourselves by Kathryn McCamant, Charles R. Durrett, and Ellen Hertzman. If you'd like to read about cohousing, this is the best place to start.
• The Cohousing Handbook: Building a Place for Community by Chris ScottHanson and Kelly ScottHanson
• Creating a Life Together by Diana Leafe Christian
• Head, Heart, and Hands Lessons in Community Building by Shari Leach