Co-op Maintenance Keeping your house around for the long-term.
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Co-op MaintenanceKeeping your house around for the long-term.
• Our Housing Co-op Challenges• Goals - Systematic Shifts
Geoff Mayers – [email protected] Maintenance Coordinator
Ann Arbor student housing co-ops
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Our Housing Co-op Challenges
• Aging Houses• Constant Turn-Over of Membership• Accumulating Maintenance Upkeep• Societal Shift Toward “Outsourcing” - Fewer
Skilled Members• Greater Demands on Students - Less Time• Stricter Housing Codes• Competitive Student Housing Market
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Goals - Systematic ShiftsHurdles Now reduce Struggles Later
• Creating Institutional Memory• Short-term Fixes to Long-term Fixes• Reactionary Maint to Preventative Maint• Focus on Recruitment & Retention• Working as a Community
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Hurdles Now
• Improving upkeep & movement to long-term fixes• Catching up with years of neglect or quick fixes• Catching up with overburdened workload• Finding time for improvements• Record-keeping• Planning ahead
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Struggles Later
• Financial strain• Cumulating quick fixes• Dangers of reactionary maintenance• Safety• Sustainability of Co-op as an Organization
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Goals - Systematic ShiftsHurdles Now reduce Struggles Later
• Creating Institutional Memory• Short-term Fixes to Long-term Fixes• Reactionary Maint to Preventative Maint• Focus on Recruitment & Retention• Working as a Community
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Creating Institutional MemoryDon’t reinvent the wheel.
• Information Gathering & Organization• Record-Keeping• Passing the Torch• Education• Simple & Effective Systems & Policies
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Reactionary Maint to Preventative MaintDo the small things now to avoid the huge things later.
Examples:• Water Management – Rain• Water Management – Plumbing• Fire Prevention• Housing Inspections
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Short-term Fixes to Long-term FixesCo-op Proofing.
• Fix things once, not repeatedly• Reduce structural abuse; Expect structural abuse• Improvements to the System & Sustainability• Avoid damage by neglect; Communication is key• Plan ahead; Budget appropriately
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Focus on Recruitment & RetentionDirect relationship to maintenance.
• Income vs. Expenses• First Impressions are Important• Sense of Ownership & Care• Community Sentiment• Word-of-Mouth
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Working as a CommunityGetting everyone involved.
• Sense of Ownership & Care• Education & Participation• Co-op History & Storytelling• Co-op Mission & Vision• Good Maint -> Good Community -> Good Maint