The Hive is a collective with a culture of sharing and an abundant kitchen; a home that holds space for the broader community and each other as a chosen family. We are working on intentional communication, anti-oppressive practices and building resiliency.
The Hive is a collective with a culture of sharing and an abundant kitchen; a home that holds space for the broader community and each other as a chosen family. We are working on intentional communication, anti-oppressive practices and building resiliency.
The Hive is a collective with a culture of sharing and an abundant kitchen; a home that holds space for the broader community and each other as a chosen family. We are working on intentional communication, anti-oppressive practices and building resiliency.
Typically we have someone fill out an application (30-60 minutes to thoroughly answer the questions) and then hold an interview. We’ll share a link to the application if we have an opening.
The best place to learn about expectation and agreements is on our website: https://sites.google.com/view/thehivepdx/home
You can also email us if you have any questions: th*********@***il.com
The whole membership decides collectively.
Everyone must agree before moving forward.
Power and responsibility are shared relatively equally among members.
You can read more about our consensus process here: https://sites.google.com/view/thehivepdx/processes/consensus
Members maintain separate personal finances with minimal sharing.
Chores: cooking for everyone once per week, plus other cleaning chores that take 1-2 hours per week on average.
Most people pay about $900 per month.
Our rent is split up based on which rooms . We use a rent share system to adjust people’s rent based on people’s financial situation, it’s a flexible process we work out amongst ourselves. On average people pay about $600 in rent per person
Beyond that we split utilities equally and those come out to about $90 per person per month, and everyone pays in $200 a month for food and other shared household items.
All the typical things you would expect in a house. We have a full well stocked kitchen, storage space in the basement, a nice yard with gardening opportunities, fruit trees, a fire pit, and bike parking, comfy couches and a projector in the living, etc.
We host a lot of events, including solstice/equinox, holiday parties, people’s birthdays, and other events just for fun. We also bottom line a block party with the neighbors every year.
We do a house retreat once a year where we go off somewhere, usually camping, to hang out and maybe work on something together.
We don’t have a specific pet policy, but we are very picky about pets, wanting to make sure the pet is treated well and that housemates don’t take on too much unwanted side effects. We have prospective housemates with pets fill out a pet applications and talk about it at the interview.
an array. We haven’t done nay trainings as a house but most have done something through work, school, or other avenues.
an array. We haven’t done nay trainings as a house but most have done something through work, school, or other avenues.
Within city limits with access to urban amenities and infrastructure.
we have some fruit trees and bushes and a garden
there is a local coop, we used to get most of our food there but now we get only a portion of it there
Connecting people and communities through an intentional online marketplace
A residential project: people live here as their primary home.
An institution, business, network, or project that isn’t a residence (e.g. a learning center, farm, or network with no one living there full-time).
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