Apply to live here

15 questions · marks a required answer

We’re a 12-bedroom co-op by Lake Merritt. If you haven’t yet, read about the house: the rooms, what things cost, who lives here.

01 /Name

02 /What are your gender pronouns?

03 /Email we’ll send a copy of your answers here

04 /Phone number

05 /Social media links, blog, website, etc.

06 /How did you hear about the Canopy?

07 /Why do you want to live at the Canopy?

a paragraph or two is plenty

08 /What is your understanding of and experience with co-living and/or intentional community? (Have you lived in community before? What excites you about it? What scares you about it?)

09 /Tell us your story! (What do you care deeply about? What are your creative outlets? What do you do for work and fun?)

10 /If you were an animal, what would you be?

11 /How would you describe your weekly rhythms (schedule, living habits, socializing, and/or routines.)? And what are you looking for in a living environment?

12 /What would you contribute to the house? (Specific areas of knowledge or skill? DIY project or event ideas? Jokes? Baking cookies?)

13 /What are your questions about the Canopy?

14 /What is your needed move in date?

How strict is that move-in date?

not urgentI’m settled and can wait for the right room flexiblea few weeks either way urgentI need to be in by this date

15 /Is there anything else you would like us to know?

We keep applications for a year after a search closes. Email oaklandcanopy@gmail.com to have yours deleted sooner.