Sunny 1-bedroom unit for sale
Sunny 1-bedroom available in the HUB housing cooperative in Little Village
The HUB Co-op is a member-owned housing cooperative on Marshall Boulevard. We’re an intentional community, and we value cooperation, fun, responsibility and openness.
- Huge windows throughout
- Eat-in kitchen looks out onto green courtyard
- Laundry and wi-fi included
- Recently renovated
- Vegetable and flower garden, common courtyard, storage space
- Convenient to shopping, public transportation and parks
- Dogs and cats welcome!
The unit is approximately 950 square feet, with hard-wood floors, enormous windows, and ten foot ceilings. Appliances such as a gas stove, refrigerator, and microwave are included. New furnace.
Members share a common courtyard for gardening, grilling, and hanging out. The basement has storage space, laundry, and communal workspace. A partial green roof, composting, and a garden are a few of our projects. Hopefully chickens to come in 2015!
The HUB Coop is close to schools, parks, the Pink line, several bus routes & good bike routes. Marshall Boulevard is a beautiful grassy and treelined street with a protected bike lane and a proposed Divvy Station.
Asking $8,000 buy-in (negotiable–make us an offer!). The HUB provides financing. A monthly payment covers your part of the mortgage and the co-op’s carrying charge. For this unit, the mortgage and the carrying charge totals approximately $975 right now. (Membership decides budgeting and financial issues.) This monthly fee pays for most costs of ownership, including property tax, building insurance, repairs, projects, common utilities and adding to the reserve. There are also a couple of additional charges that are per person -– gas for hot water and wifi. So the total depends on the number of residents. Remember, you’re an owner, so you can deduct your share of the mortgage interest and property tax.
NASCO is hiring
The North American Students of Cooperation (NASCO), headquartered in Chicago, Illinois, is seeking a Director of Operations to work as a member of the NASCO Staff Collective, with a start date of June 01, 2014. To apply, please email a cover letter and résumé to jobs@nasco.coop by May 23, 2014.
NASCO exists to support and connect community-driven cooperatives across North America, and the Director of Operations maintains the member relationships that make this support possible. The Director of Operations supports and coordinates the work of the NASCO Staff in advancing NASCO’s mission and growing the cooperative movement. The Director of Operations is responsible for coordinating member services and communications to NASCO’s members, including staff visits, elections, and dues.
NASCO is a 501(c)3 nonprofit association of cooperatives in Canada and the U.S., which serves student and non-student organizations that embrace community and cooperative education. NASCO was founded in 1968; it has grown to include several affiliated organizations, whose combined mission is to organize and educate affordable, group-equity cooperatives and their members for the purpose of promoting a community-oriented cooperative movement. To this end, NASCO provides its member cooperatives with educational programs, operational and managerial assistance, and supports the development of new cooperatives.
This position will be based in Chicago, IL. For more information, visit NASCO’s website.
Full house for fall!
Stone Soup Leland House is fully membershipped for fall of 2013.
Live at The Roost – Application Deadline Oct. 7
The Roost is accepting applications for a new housemate in a shared room. Our application deadline is Oct. 7. Click here for more info.
Looking for one Member, October 1st or later
Leland House is currently looking for a new member. An opening is available as soon as October 1st. Please apply as soon as possible, if interested.
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