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Co-op Maintenance Keeping your house around for the long-term.

Co-op Maintenance Keeping your house around for the long-term. Our Housing Co-op Challenges Goals - Systematic Shifts. Geoff Mayers – gmayers@umich.edu ICC Maintenance Coordinator Ann Arbor student housing co-ops. Our Housing Co-op Challenges. Aging Houses Constant Turn-Over of Membership

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Co-op Maintenance Keeping your house around for the long-term.

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  1. Co-op MaintenanceKeeping your house around for the long-term. • Our Housing Co-op Challenges • Goals - Systematic Shifts Geoff Mayers – gmayers@umich.edu ICC Maintenance Coordinator Ann Arbor student housing co-ops

  2. 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

  3. 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

  4. 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

  5. Struggles Later • Financial strain • Cumulating quick fixes • Dangers of reactionary maintenance • Safety • Sustainability of Co-op as an Organization

  6. 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

  7. Creating Institutional MemoryDon’t reinvent the wheel. • Information Gathering & Organization • Record-Keeping • Passing the Torch • Education • Simple & Effective Systems & Policies

  8. 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

  9. 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

  10. Focus on Recruitment & RetentionDirect relationship to maintenance. • Income vs. Expenses • First Impressions are Important • Sense of Ownership & Care • Community Sentiment • Word-of-Mouth

  11. 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

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