Hi guys,
I hope you can take some time and help me out with my research on Cohousing.

1) What cohousing community do you live in and where?

2) How long did it take for the planning process?

3) Did you start the planning process at the beginning (if no, when did you start)?

4) Did your cohousing group . . .
a) hire a developer/planner/architect/etc. to help out at the very beginning stage of planning and designing
or
b) did your group finish designing and planning, then hire a developer/planner/architect/etc. to review the plans and construct the community
or
c) your group did the planning, designing, and construction
[if I’d left out any other option, please let me know]

5) Was your community built by a developer (meaning that you and your fellow community members were not involved in the planning and designing process; you just like the idea and bought the property after it was built)?

6) Do you know everyone in your community?

7) How did you come across (learned of/about) cohousing?

8) Do you have kid(s) living with you at the cohousing community?

(if yes)
8a) how old are your kid(s)

8b) do your kid(s) like living in this environment [for this one, your kid(s) have told you that they like it or not like it]?

8c) do you think they like living in this environment [if your kid didn't give you their opinion]?

8d) do you think they would like to live in the same environment later on in their life?

9) Have your cohousing group ever thought of having a cohousing community school where the members teach the kids (like home schooling, but instead of just the parent, the whole community take part in teaching the kid different subject at different time)?

10) Do you dislike anything about/in your cohousing community (if yes, what and why—if you want to share)?

11) Do you think you will ever leave cohousing?

12) Why did you join cohousing in the first place?

13) does your cohousing community allow rental homes (why--this question is actually something I don't understand, since I feel that it would reduce the 'sense of community' cohousing provides)?

Thank you very much.