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The Hive

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About the Communities

  • Established
  • English
  • Home-sharing
  • Urban

Founding year

  • 2018

What we do

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.

Our Vision

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.

Our Mission

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.

  • Purpose
  • Home-sharing
  • Social
  • Languages
  • English
  • Hebrew
  • Community type
  • Coliving
  • Sustainability practices
  • Transportation
  • Water conservation and management

Commemorative dates

  • January 26, 2018
  • Started living together

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  • 6 Total members
  • Not open to new members
  • Open to visitors
Total
6

How to join

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.

Basic expectations or agreements for members

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

Primary decision-making authority

  • All Community Members Together

The whole membership decides collectively.

Decision-making process

  • Full Consensus

Everyone must agree before moving forward.

Governance structure

  • Collaborative/Horizontal

Power and responsibility are shared relatively equally among members.

Conflict resolution approach

You can read more about our consensus process here: https://sites.google.com/view/thehivepdx/processes/consensus

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

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.

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

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.

Frequency of communal meals

  • About once a week

Nature of social activity

  • Social events are common

Community activities and engagement

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.

Educational and retreat offerings

We do a house retreat once a year where we go off somewhere, usually camping, to hang out and maybe work on something together.

Local connectedness

  • We have strong relationships with our local community

Friendliness of people and local government

  • It’s a mix

Pet policy

  • Pets are allowed, with special approval or according to policy

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.

Substance use culture

  • Substance use occurs primarily at celebrations or ceremonies

Practiced relationship models

  • Polyamory / Open relationships / Ethical Non-Monogamy (ENM)
  • Others

DEI and anti-oppression training

  • Yes, some individuals

an array. We haven’t done nay trainings as a house but most have done something through work, school, or other avenues.

Internal and external practices

  • Participates in protests and marches
  • Engages with local politics
  • Volunteers for organizations fighting for social justice
  • Develops a system for addressing microaggressions

an array. We haven’t done nay trainings as a house but most have done something through work, school, or other avenues.

Level of LGBTQIA+ inclusion

  • Very inclusive - significant LGBTQIA+ representation

Gender composition

  • Very diverse mix across all categories

Age demographics

  • Mixed adults (few or no children)

Racial / ethnic demographics

  • Mostly homogeneous (primarily one background)

Socioeconomic and wealth composition

  • Moderately diverse (some economic variety)

Diversity representation

  • Neurodiverse (ex. autism, ADHD, sensory processing etc.)
  • Chronic illness
  • Mental health conditions

Property status

  • Leased

Property owner

  • a landlord that is not part of the community

Setting

  • Urban

Within city limits with access to urban amenities and infrastructure.

Sustainability approach

  • Transportation
  • Water conservation and management

Self-produced food

  • Up to 33%

Food production methods

we have some fruit trees and bushes and a garden

Local, organic, or fair trade food

  • Up to 33%

Food purchase methods

there is a local coop, we used to get most of our food there but now we get only a portion of it there

Food systems

  • Community garden
  • Shared kitchen or food co-op

Source of water

  • Public water supply

Wastewater management

  • Public sewage

Water conservation practices

  • Rainwater capture
  • Efficient irrigation (drip, timed, or moisture-based systems)

Waste management practices

  • Composting
  • Public waste collection
  • Recycling program
  • Land area size
    5000 sq ft
  • Land allocated for food production
    150 sq ft
  • Land used for tree planting
    100 sq ft

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Location

  • Oregon, United States

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