Living in a rather expensive area of the U.S. – the San Francisco Bay Area – I have thought about how nice it would be to share many of my expenses with someone else. Well, some of us might now have a way to do just that without having to commit to an intimate relationship: CoAbode is offering to match up single mothers for co-housing. What a neat idea! And you don’t have to share your living space either, CoAbode also has a Circle of Friends, which is more community building than house-sharing. I will have to check this out!
Well, I signed up… The SF Bay Area group hasn’t been active since 2006. Ugh. Of course, this might not mean much but it could mean that this is yet another idea that has fallen to the wayside of too much to do… The good news is that there are quite a few newly registered single moms, most of them looking for housing.
Hat-tip to Nancy Polikoff.
Rachel, Great job posting something every day for National Singles Week. Over at http://SingularCity.com, we had a contest that challenged the intellects of our Members and got together at a great fund raiser called Savor the Season. SingularCity is specific to LA just now, but I’d greatly appreciate it if you consider us for your Singles Resources.
Thanks, Linda! I am glad someone noticed
Rachel,
While CoAdobe may not be active, there are plenty of other channels here in the SF Bay Area that meet the needs. Of course, there’s Craig’s List. There’s also some regular FlatMates MeetUps in San Francisco. And I’m part of East Bay Cohousing, which has more than 600 active members currently looking to co-create “intentional neighborhoods,” which can include people going in together on house sharing, as well as, or as part of, the neighborhood-at-a-time community-building we call cohousing. Good luck in your quest.
Thanks, Raines, for these other options! I really like the idea of cohousing and will check that out further.