Learn about the Project
Join our email list to stay up-to-date on events and project progress. Discover more about cohousing in America with these resources by reading Creating Cohousing or visiting cohousing.org .
Pay Explorer Fee
Pay the $100 non-refundable Explorer Fee. If you decide our community is not the right place for you or if it’s not the right time, we understand. We’ll credit your Explorer Fee should you want to take another look later.
Attend an Event
Attend a social event, webinar, or site tour to get a tour of the community, site plan, common facilities and private home designs.
Write a Short Bio
Send a short biography and photo of your household to introduce yourself to the group. What brought you here, and how do you envision your life in the community? What makes you nervous about cohousing? We look forward to hearing your story.
Attend a Meeting
Attend a members meeting to get a feel for our consensus-based, participatory process as well as the committee work that helps drive the community.
Read and Watch Program Content
Workshop programs and videos provide a wealth of information about cohousing strategies and shed light on the values and design decisions specific to Bozeman Cohousing. There’s been a lot of hard work and planning put into our neighborhood!
Attend Explorer Orientation
Get in-person training on the status of the development, and the group’s goals and decisions thus far toward getting it built. Learn about our group process, home selection and investment structure. We’re here to walk you through it.
Become an Applicant
You’ve learned a lot, experienced meetings, and met members. If you’ve decided Bozeman Cohousing is right for you, pay the $400 membership fee, which locks in your home selection seniority.
Get Approved
Be voted in by the members. By this point, we’ve gotten to know you and you’ve had a chance to learn about us — let’s make it official!
Make Initial Investment
Make the minimum $2,000 investment to be added to the Bozeman Coho, LLC and vote in member decisions. We’ll go through all the details of investing with you. The money you invest will go toward your home purchase price.
Meet Minimum Investment
Within one month from your initial investment, make an additional investment to bring your total up to a minimum of $10,000 – current with the “cash calls” that have been invested by all members in the project so far.
Secure a Down Payment
Before the start of construction, bring your investment up to 20% of your home price. This is the down payment for your home, required to secure the construction loan for the project.
Close on Home Purchase
Once construction is complete (Winter 2023 – Summer 2023), you would typically seek a traditional mortgage, and we would be able to show that you have already met the 20% downpayment.
Move In!
Enjoy all the benefits that Cohousing offers, including close neighbors, regular community dinners, beautiful natural spaces, gardens and gatherings!
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Cohousing Resources
You can learn more about cohousing by reading either of the following books:
Available locally at the Country Bookstore
Bozeman Cohousing has wisely partnered with Kathyrn McCamant of CoHousing Solutions as our consultant on the project. Read about their philosophy and methodology on the CoHousing Solutions website.
The website of the Cohousing Association of the United States at www.cohousing.org is a great resource of information and examples from many US cohousing communities.