Established in 1986, J Street Co-op is in Old East Davis, in a house dating back to the 1920s. The house was the former location of the Davis Art Center and was converted back to housing through a self-help remodeling effort that included raising the roof and adding additional living space. Currently, the house is about 2,400 square feet (not counting its basement) and contains 7 bedrooms (two downstairs, five upstairs), 2 bathrooms (one upstairs, one downstairs), a kitchen, sunroom, living room, dining room, back deck, office landing, and a fantastic front porch.
Our house is a low income housing opportunity and an equal opportunity housing provider with an emphasis on radical anti-oppression education, community dinners, and making decisions by consensus. Member obligations include: one cook night a week (with a housemate cook partner), some chores, weekly house meetings, and monthly work parties. We eat dinner together at 7pm Monday – Thursday and some Sundays. In addition to our residential house members, the Co-op sometimes takes on one to three “boarders,” people who eat dinner with the house and take on a cook night per week (with a partner or two).
Find the current rent rates here: schadavis.org/affordability. The Board charge is currently $90 /month and covers shared food and house supplies.
As of Summer 2025, SCHA has formally designated J Street as a Covid Conscious Co-op. The house maintains strict agreements that include masking in indoor spaces and crowded outdoor spaces so that members can feel confident about non wearing a mask in their own home. J Street members will also stay up to date on vaccines including Covid and flu vaccines as well as other relevant vaccines as determined by the house. The full list of agreements will be shared with interested applicants.