Overall, this Cooperative is below average at best.
Overall, I have a below average opinion of this federally-subsidized cooperative, where I currently reside. My pluses and minuses are below:
Pluses:
1) Their rent is a lot lower than the prevailing rent for apartments or senior housing facilities in my city of residence - Ann Arbor, MI.
2) They are located in a great city: Ann Arbor!
3) Their location is in a very low crime area on the outskirts of the city.
4) Their location is conveniently located to dentists, doctors offices, hospitals, restaurants, supermarkets, great colleges and parks.
Minuses:
1) They have way too many inspections.
2) There are too many very noisy young kids, who venture off into restricted areas, like parking lots and members' backyard areas.
3) Their Board of Directors is not that open-minded to members' suggestions. Some of the Board members have been downright rude to me in emails in the past, because they simply didn't like my very good suggestions. They need to be more courteous and open-minded.
4) Some of their policies are unreasonable: a) Too restrictive of a parking policy - 5 day limitation for everyone in open parking spaces, which is ridiculous! This should only apply to visitors! b) Requiring residents with fences to stain their fences yearly. c) Charging a $50.00 penalty if any smoke detector is found inoperable during an inspection. d) Charging $5.00 to let a resident in who is locked out. It should be free!
5) The Board of Directors and Management staff waste a lot of money on unneeded maintenance, which makes our rent go up faster. Examples: a) Contracting for mowing the lawns weekly. Biweekly is more cost-effective and more timely b) Replacing windows when they don't need it. This project occurred in 2025. Our windows were just fine and did not need replacing. Waste of money! c) Doing a power wash of the siding on all of the Townhouses when the siding is clean. This occurred in 2025. Our siding was clean and didn't need it.