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Philadelphia Cooperative House

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About the Communities

  • Established
  • Home-sharing
  • Urban

Founding year

  • 2020

What we do

We are 6 adults, an infant, and 3 cats living together in a spacious, beautiful house in West Philadelphia, in a diverse, community-oriented neighborhood full of families and trees. We intentionally invest in cultivating deep and loving relationships with each other – both individual relationships, and the group dynamic as a whole. We have weekly community meetings where we check in with each other and discuss community and household matters. We make decisions about our spaces and communal systems together, and with care for how those decisions impact everyone.
We share about 75% of our groceries; though we do not have a set meal schedule, each member commits to cooking for the group once a week, and we typically sit down to share 2-4 meals a week. We have regular community gatherings, such as Shabbat dinners, fireside cuddling, shared holidays, and an ongoing grief support group. We have been doing group growth-oriented practices together, such as quarterly personal reflections, and facilitated sessions around issues of race / whiteness, power dynamics, and trauma; we continually work to improve our collective understanding of these and related issues.
We all take interest in the growth and well-being of the children in the home, and actively seek to contribute to their collective upbringing in some form (though exactly how we do it varies widely across members).
Although we do not yet have any concrete plans to buy land, we hold in our hearts the intention to invest in a long-term future together.
We don’t have rooms for new members. You are more than welcome to come and visit or be in touch

Our Mission

An intergenerational community, where people feel secure and loved. We live with an awareness of our impact on each other and the world. Our participants and surroundings are invited into ongoing communal and personal growth.
We seek to make supportive spaces that are “safe enough” for growth, open communication, genuine interaction, friendship, and people being true to themselves. Our members aspire to lead holistic, healthy, affordable, and sustainable lives. We wish to collaborate in creating a nourishing home for children. Together we aspire to engage with the larger society through learning, hospitality, and offering our gifts in a variety of ways.

  • Purpose
  • Home-sharing
  • Community type
  • Coliving
  • Activities
  • Property management
  • Experiences

Commemorative dates

  • January 1, 2020
  • Started planning
  • January 1, 2021
  • Started living together
  • 6 Total members
  • Not open to new members
  • Open to visitors
Total
7

How to join

We are currently renting and residing in West Philadelphia (Lenapehoking, unceded land of the Lenni Lenape people), a 15 minute walk from Clark Park. The house is a beautiful, spacious 7 bedroom 3.5 bathroom Victorian home; it has a washer/dryer, living room, fireplace, big kitchen & dining room, covered front porch, a backyard (with a hot tub, garden, and composting system), and plenty of space to host guests.
We don’t have any more rooms.
The membership application process starts by contacting our community member Yakir Englander (ya****************@***il.com). We ask potential members to fill out an application form. Then, if we believe there is a potential fit, we do interviews with applicants (either on Zoom or in person, depending on the situation).

Basic expectations or agreements for members

Please contact Yakir Englander: ya****************@***il.com

Primary decision-making authority

  • Small Leadership Group

A few people (not elected by the broader community) make the major decisions.

Decision-making process

  • Full Consensus

Everyone must agree before moving forward.

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

  • 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

Regular fees: $15
Labor: Yes (6 hrs/week)
Members with pre-existing debt: allowed

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

Common House, Garden(s), Workshop, Hot tub or hot springs, Large Scale Kitchen, Fire pit, Internet

Frequency of communal meals

  • 2-5 times per week

Dietary type

  • Vegetarian Only

Dietary restriction

  • People can cook and eat what they want in their own residence

Community activities and engagement

  • Neighborhood, Community Housing, or Homeowner's Association
  • Festivals, Conferences, Events

Substance use culture

  • Substance use occurs primarily at celebrations or ceremonies
  • Substance use is prohibited in the community
  • Religions
  • Christian
  • Buddhist
  • Jewish
  • Quaker
  • Wiccan, Paganism, or Earth Religions

Gender composition

  • Roughly balanced (no group over 60%)

Age demographics

  • Multi-generational (all ages well represented)

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Location

  • Pennsylvania, United States

Philadelphia Cooperative House

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