Advancing Cohousing Survey

Greetings Cohousing Advocate!

Help us identify strategies (policy/regulatory, support, etc.) to advance Cohousing in North America. We at SAGE Senior Cohousing Advocates (a 501c3 non-profit) are working with our sister organizations the Cohousing Association of the United States and the Canadian Senior Cohousing Society to advance the field.

We appreciate your input -- this survey should take 5 to 10 minutes to complete. The results will be aggregated to help advise our priorities, advocacy and resource development in the months and years ahead.

Thank you in advance and please reach out to us if you have any questions or concerns at info@sagecohoadvocates.org.

Warm regards,

Alexandria Levitt
President
SAGE Senior Cohousing Advocates

www.SAGECoHoAdvocates.org

1. What is your name?

2. Where do you live? (Please provide City, State/Province, Country)

3. What (if any) organization(s) are you affiliated with (eg. Cohousing community, association, business, etc.)

4. Please provide your email address so that we can send you a copy of your survey and the aggregate results. This question requires a valid email address.

5. What best describes you? (Select all that apply)

I live in a Cohousing community
I am part of a Cohousing community under development
I'd like to live in a Cohousing community
I'm interested in inter-generational Cohousing
I'm interested in Senior Cohousing (50+)
I am a service provider/Community partner

6. Please describe up to 4 barriers you've encountered with your local government authority (municipal, state/provincial and/or federal).

Barrier 1
Barrier 2
Barrier 3
Barrier 4

7. More generally, what are the biggest challenges to the rapid growth and adoption of Cohousing? (Provide up to 4)

Challenge 1
Challenge 2
Challenge 3
Challenge 4

8. Please briefly share any success stories or advice you've gathered regarding effectively working with government officials.

9. If you had 1 minute in an elevator with a politician or a bureaucrat that had the capacity to significantly advance the growth and adoption of Cohousing, what policy, regulatory or program advice would you give them? (Please use concise bullet points)

10. What type of quantitative research would you like to see done on Cohousing (Senior and/or inter-generational) to help advance our cause?

11. Would you be interested in getting involved as a volunteer or financial supporter of Sage Senior Cohousing Advocates, the Canadian Senior Cohousing Society or the Cohousing Association of the United States?