We are an affordable, community-oriented, group-equity housing cooperative on the South Side of Chicago. Qumbya currently comprises about 50 members in three Houses: Bowers, Concord, and Haymarket. We have been building democratic community since 1988. Each House provides private bedrooms, community kitchen, dining, living, and bathrooms. Dinner (or brunch) is prepared by the members seven days a week, and the kitchens are always fully stocked. All decisions about the operations of the House, from what appliances to buy to which new members to admit, are made by the residents at weekly House Meetings through a consensus-based process. Each house has wireless internet, garden space, curious histories, work/tool rooms, and lots of friendly folks.
We are committed to providing affordable, cooperative housing on the South Side of Chicago and supporting the growth of cooperatives across the Chicagoland area.
If you are interested in living in one of the Qumbya Houses, please contact the Membership Coordinators at [email protected]. The Membership Coordinators can handle all inquiries about membership for their particular house, and can talk you through the application process, which involves completing an application (found on our website: www.qumbya.com), and visiting the house for dinner. You can apply to whichever and however many houses you would like. Each house handles their membership separately. For general inquiries that don’t involve membership requests, please contact our staff: [email protected] or (773) 609-5450.
More than 50% agreement needed.
Members maintain separate personal finances with minimal sharing.
Common House, Garden(s), Library, Workshop, Large Scale Kitchen, Fire pit
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