Let's build a more beautiful, resilient and sustainable world together!
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This presentation was presented August 11th, 2022 during Ottawa Green Drinks hosted by Smart Net Alliance. The presentation speaks to a non-profit community wealth development process, workforce housing, cohousing and indigenous housing.
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- 1. Let’s build a more beautiful, resilient and sustainable world together! Presented by Kristopher Stevens August 11, 2022 Image by Kristopher Stevens, Windsong Cohousing, Langley, BC - 2018
- 2. Agenda • Collaborating non-profit organizations • Sustainability • Problem situations • Our aligned goals • The strategy • Cohousing as part of the equation • Your call to action – LAND! • Q&A 2 Image by Kristopher Stevens, Quayside Cohousing, North Vancouver, BC - 2019
- 3. • Community development services: Overall coordination, personal and interpersonal awareness, group process training, community building, recruitment and orientation support, communications strategy, marketing, etc. • Development consultant services: Project management, budgeting, land negotiation, financial structuring, etc. • Community Wealth non-profit financing and co-ordination 3
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- 5. Problem situations Ecosystem collapse (including climate disruption) Disconnection from our families and community The undermining/fracturing of civil society A national housing crisis ….. and much more! 5
- 6. Our aligned goals • Reduce poverty, improve society and protect our planet • Make home ownership financially accessible • Normalize cohousing as one of the best ways to live • Increase the likelihood of success • Accelerate the community formation and development process • Increase certainty while mitigating risk • Use the surplus (Community wealth) generated to benefit our communities Images by Kristopher Stevens, Kristopher Stevens, Munksøgård, Denmark – 2019 6
- 7. The strategy Set a positive precedent… Help key stakeholders address their challenges Build financially accessible high functioning communities and high-performance workforce housing, indigenous housing and cohousing. Leverage community wealth for the benefit of participants and the broader community. Create a more beautiful, resilient and sustainable world. 7 Image by Kristopher Stevens, Strasbourg, France - 2021
- 8. - Affordable home ownership for those with incomes between $30,000 and $80,000 without grants or subsidies - Pride of ownership - More flexibility than affordable rental - Rent to own is possible The homeowners 8 Image by Kristopher Stevens, Quimper Village, Bainsbridge Island, WA - 2018
- 9. - Paid a fair market value - Contribute to our sustainability impact - They, their families and neighbours can all participate The landowners 9
- 10. - little impact on taxpayers - 1.5 jobs per unit built - An incentive to attract industries - Increased percentage of owners - Greater employment stability - Community Wealth = more supply The community 10 Image by Kristopher Stevens,Eco-Quarter, Mannheim, Germany – 2022
- 11. What about cohousing? Images by Kristopher Stevens, Eco-Quartier, Stasbourg, France – 2022 11
- 12. In cohousing the people are the picture… 12 Image by Kristopher Stevens, Listowel, ON- 2016
- 13. … and the buildings are the frame Infographic by Cohousing Options created by Lianne Cote - 2019 13
- 14. Cohousing is a planned residential neighbourhood that combines private homes with shared indoor and outdoor spaces that are designed to support an active, interdependent community life. Image by Kristopher Stevens, Cohousing Toronto, Toronto, ON – 2018; Cohousing Conference, Portland, OR - 2019 14
- 15. Trends behind cohousing • Smaller families • Extended families living apart • People are living longer • Desire for more traditional neighbourhood where you know your neighbours • Desire to live a more sustainable lifestyle that is less car dependent Images by Kristopher Stevens, Toronto, ON - 2019 15
- 16. Cohousing balances PRIVACY & COMMUNITY 16 Image by Kristopher Stevens, Cranberry Commons, BC & Quimper Village, Port Townsend, WA - 2018
- 17. > Private < Commons > Commons < Private = Co-living Longer-term Short-term Involuntary Longer-term Cohousing Hotels Hospitals Family-centred living Communes Guest houses Prisons Flat-sharing (Rental) Apartment complexes Commercialized co-living Military House-sharing (Co-buying) Camping Boarding schools Festivals Student housing Retreats Senior housing Summer camps Monasteries Hostels Fraternities/ Sororities Guardianship Squatting 17
- 18. • Affordable • Proximity • Social • Sustainable •Independent • Co-care • Safe 18 Images by Kristopher Stevens, Harbourside Cohousing, Sooke, BC - 2019
- 19. Images by Charles Durrett - 2018 & Kristopher Stevens, Harbourside Cohousing, Sooke, BC - 2019 19 In cohousing we share things like: • Ideas • The ups and downs of life • Utilities • Community meals • Common house • Guest & caregiver suites • Cleaning & maintenance • Tools & equipment • Gardens
- 20. 20 Image by Cohabitat Quebec – 2017; Kristopher Stevens, Cohousing infographic postcards - 2018 What can it look like? • Detached houses • Town homes • Cottages • Mid-rise • High-rise It is up to you…
- 21. Scenario 20 meters Pioneer Valley 32 units 4,500 sq ft commons Vancouver Cohousing 31 Units 6,200 sq ft commons Quimper Village 28 Units 4,000 sq ft commons Windsong 34 Units 5000 sq ft commons Silver Sage (Senior) 16 Units 5000 sq ft commons Wild Sage 34 Units 3,500 sq ft commons Munksøgärd 100 Units (5 x 20 units) 5 common houses + town square Cohousing scenarios 1 acre 21
- 22. Cohousing can be more than one neighbourhood Wild Sage & Silver Sage Denver, CO, USA 22 Images by McCamant & Durrett, Caddis and Wonderland, Silver Sage and Wild Sage Cohousing – 2018 - 2020 22
- 23. Holiday neighbourhood development • Boulder Colorado • A 27 acre site • 333 units • Wild Sage Cohousing (34 units) • Silver Sage Cohousing (16 units) 23
- 24. üThree intergenerational üOne 50+ Elder üOne <30 üVarious ownership forms Munksøgärd EcoVillage cohousing community in Denmark Images by Philip Krabbendamm and Kristopher Stevens, Munksøgård – 2018 - 2019 24
- 25. 25 Draft site sketch • Cohousing is ~ 3acres/30 units + 9 acres of green space • Workforce housing is ~9acres/100+ units Image by Centreline Architects, Sudbury, ON – 2020
- 26. Your call to action! 26
- 27. Please help us find sites! • A collaborative land-owner • A larger site suitable for a ”multiplex” neighbourhood approach of 35+ units: • 20 – 25 units/acre (3.5 story) in smaller towns • 50 – 60 units/acre (6-8 story) in larger urban centres • A housing and economic development need • Bonus: Agricultural/Forest protection 27
- 28. ALL DONE! THANK YOU! Kristopher Stevens Cohousing Options Canada Non-profit 416-303-1201 Kristopher@CohousingOptions.ca www.CohousingOptions.ca Image by Kristopher Stevens, Toronto, ON - 2018 28