​Welcome to our Cohousing Community
 We are a diverse group of people enjoying our urban cohousing community in Santa Rosa, California since July 2005.  Yulupians range in age from infants to 80 years living in 29 homes ranging from studio to 4 bedroom.  We share a Common House (with kitchen, multi-purpose room, library, kids play room, and laundry room), a workshop, guest and exercise rooms, kids play structure, and a vegetable garden with fruit trees.  Discover Community Life at Yulupa Cohousing. ​Here's a mini tour of community:
We are temporarily suspending tours of Yulupa Cohousing until the COVID-19  "Shelter in Place" Order is suspended. We look forward to resuming our tours, typically offered every first Sunday at 1:30 p.m.  Email us for more information.

Yulupa Cohousing Features


Innovative & sustainable  architecture

​The unique architecture is bold, fun and colorful.  Most home entrances face a large courtyard to encourage interaction with neighbors and to provide a play area for children.

Use the links below, or the dropdown menu at left, to learn more about YCH.

​Units feature:

•Full kitchens
•1-2 bathrooms

•Washer-dryer hook-ups in some units

•Open, spacious design affords beautiful ambient light
•Skylights bring light to all the units
•Radiant floor heating; concrete floors downstairs for energy efficient cooling


​The Common House 


​A large Common House provides an ample, well-stocked community kitchen and dining room-multipurpose room for community meals, meetings and events.  The Common House also has a laundry room, kids’ play room, and a library-living room for small gatherings and movie nights.           (click any picture to enlarge)

Common Area Features

yulupa cohousing: guest unit
guest unit
  • Workshop and Garden Shed
    The workshop provides space for power and other tools, woodworking, and other projects. The Garden shed offers shared tools for all to work their garden beds.
  • Guest Room
    Yulupa has a large furnished Guest Room to house friends and family from out of town for short visits with community members.
  • Exercise Room
    The Exercise Room has treadmills, elliptical, and rowing machine, recumbent bike, punching bag along with weight equipment and mats.
  • Bike Storage
    There are locked storage rooms for bikes for the daily commute or a Sunday afternoon ride.  Annadel Park, located one mile from YulupaCohousing,  provides great trails for mountain-bike riding.
     Additionally,
  • Disabled Access​      The Common House and some units meet ADA building guidelines for disabled people.​
  • Solar electricity for common areas     Solar panels atop our north building generate electricity for all of the common areas: Common House, guest and exercise rooms, workshop, laundry room and outdoor lighting.  During much of the year, use of the outdoor clothesline helps save energy.