Fair Oaks EcoHousing

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About the Community

  • Established
  • Suburban

What we do

Fair Oaks EcoHousing is a cohousing neighborhood of 30 families in Fair Oaks, eighteen miles east of Sacramento, California. The homes were completed in June 2020.

Our vision is for an inclusive, earth-friendly community that fosters supportive relationships based on respect, cooperation, and fun. We own 3.7 acres of land in Fair Oaks. The site is close to the American River Parkway, Fair Oaks Village, Sacramento Waldorf School, Rudolf Steiner College, and Bannister Park. We worked with award-winning architect Chuck Durrett of McCamant & Durrett Architects and development consultant Katie McCamant of CoHousing Solutions.

For more information, please visit our website at www.FairOaksEcoHousing.org.and/or contact Sylvia Worden by email or phone. We’d love to have you join us!

Our Vision

We’re an inter-generatonal cohousing community actively looking for others who share our vision to join us! All the homes are sold, but there will be homes for resale available in the future.

Our Mission

We’re an inter-generatonal cohousing community actively looking for others who share our vision to join us! All the homes are sold, but there will be homes for resale available in the future.

  • Community type
  • Cohousing

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  • 49 Total members
  • Open to new members
  • Open to visitors
  • Open to volunteers
Total
49

How to join

Individual homes are occasionally available for resale. Check for availability on www.FairOaksEcoHousing.org .

Basic expectations or agreements for members

Call the phone numbers listed on www.FairOaksEcoHousing.org

Primary decision-making authority

  • All Community Members Together

The whole membership decides collectively.

Governance structure

  • Collaborative/Horizontal

Power and responsibility are shared relatively equally among members.

Economic model

  • Independent Finances

Members maintain separate personal finances with minimal sharing.

Economic scenarios for this community

  • There is a one-time fee, investment, or share purchase to join the community separate from accessing housing
  • Members need to pay fees, dues, or similar to live there on a per month or per year basis
  • There is a labor obligation
  • Members typically need to have their own job or other personal source of income to cover their expenses while living in the community?

Additional economic information

Join fee: Yes (amount not specified)
Monthly fees/dues: $400
Labor: Encouraged or suggested
Members with pre-existing debt: Yes
All homes will be resales, as available. Market-rate price depends on the home.

Shared resources and amenities that are accessible to everyone in the community

Common House, Garden(s), Library, Workshop, Outbuilding(s), Swimming pond or pool, Hot tub or hot springs

Frequency of communal meals

  • About once a week

Substance use culture

  • Substance use appears in public spaces but no pressure

Property status

  • Privately owned

Property owner

  • By a single individual, couple, or Family Trust

Setting

  • Suburban

Residential areas outside city centers but within metropolitan regions.

Self-produced energy

  • Up to 33%

Energy sources used

  • Photovoltaic Solar

Self-produced food

  • Up to 33%
  • Land area size
    3.7 acres

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Location

  • California, United States

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