COCO Housing

04/02/2024

Mark your calendar! We'll be at Flatbread Co. in Portland on Tuesday April 16th for a Community Bake fundraiser. If you're in the area, get a pie and support our co-op!

04/01/2024

Exciting things on the horizon here at COCO! Peep our newest member, Saoirse working on a banner for..... 🤭🤭👀

04/01/2024

Join us at the COCO Housing Farm on Saturday April 20th for a Spring Cleaning Party. We'll be getting the barn and garden in shape for the season while enjoying community!

07/02/2023

Join us for an open house and summer celebration! After several work parties, we are ready to celebrate our progress this past year. Come check out the house and yard, and the three rooms that are ready for new members to move into. We'll have tours of the house, live music, food and games :)

03/08/2023

Please join COCO Housing Saturday, March 18th and Sunday, March 19th!

Vernon M. Byron, a Hudson Valley based conceptual artist will be visiting Thanelpa Farm to demonstrate how to build and install loft beds.
Participants will leave with the knowledge and graphic plans to make their own loft bed. Attendance to the workshop and visiting artist celebration is FREE.

An additional option is to leave with wood pieces cut to size to build your own loft bed. We will need lead time to purchase and pre-cut the materials. Payment of $375 (with stairs) or $300 (without stairs) will also need to be made ahead of time. If you are interested in this option, please fill out this form and reach out to arrange payment by March 13th.

Attendance at all of the weekend's events are free. Donations are welcome, and will support the work we are doing to build community arts and resilience programming in Central Maine.
If you are interested in any or all of these options, please use the link to register! https://form.jotform.com/230524944127151

02/12/2023

Come join us on February 21st 5PM-9PM
A portion of the proceeds from each Flatbread pie will help support our permanently affordable housing co-op!

Silent Auction 5PM-8PM Original Artwork, Books and MORE

02/12/2023

Apologies for the radio silence-- we have been busy!!!

We closed on the property December 16th and once we returned from the holidays we have been cleaning, removing, adding, sanding floors, and moving!

On January 28th we had our first work party, and some really dear friends and family came to scrape wallpaper, install doors, and clean the barn-- thanks in large part to connections we made though Collaborative Living Maine -- collaborativeliving.me

It's truly amazing to be part of this shift in the paradigm in regard to how we are together as humans in this world!
Please stay tuned, as we will be posting in the next days and weeks about our upcoming monthly programming, which will be posted here and, on our COCO Events Maine, Facebook and Instagram pages-- stay tuned!

11/29/2022

Our GoFundMe just launched! We would love to have your support and/or a quick share :)

We are renovating this Monmouth, Maine, farmhouse. We are COCO Housing: artists,… Stephanie Miles needs your support for Help a New Affordable Housing Co-op!

11/13/2022

COCO is short for
Cooperatively Owned, Community occupied.

Our governance structure is cooperative.
All Members own the property, equally.

The buy-in is $780 and can be paid out in installments, up to 12 months (one year).
The monthly housing fees will average out to $900 per bedroom, based on a scale that considers household size, household income, and square footage of private bedrooms.

The income from Members will pay for housing costs and the restoration of the original buildings.

Once the restoration is complete, scheduled for 2026, income from Members will build equity for a multi-family building in the back of the property that Members will move into.

The property will be shared with a cooperative farm that housing
co-op Members can also join.
The farm co-op will pay rent and profit share with the housing co-op to fund the restoration of the historic buildings, and construction of the new building.

The house has 6 bedrooms and 3.5 baths.

Common spaces include a large kitchen, three living rooms, and a laundry room.
The land is 8 acres.

Currently, we have available:
- A two-bedroom, one bathroom section that could be ideal for either a family or two separate Member households to share
- One bedroom that has easy access to the sunroom

​If you think you might want to join,
please take our Interest Survey!
https://www.jotform.com/form/221555911700045

11/10/2022

The back field is currently grass and bugs and birds.
Soon it will be home to gardens, and eventually also greenhouses and a multifamily building.

11/02/2022

We are currently under contract for this beautiful farmhouse built in 1912, and are looking for new members to join us!
We will run this as a working farmstead, and use the revenue to fund the restoration of the historic buildings.
Once the restoration is complete, scheduled for 2026, we will use further revenue to build a new multi-family building in the back of the lot, tucked away behind a sheep and flower farm, and bakery.

Want to find out more?
Take our interest survey!
https://www.jotform.com/form/221555911700045