Re: The "Burden on Local Schools" Argument against Development | <– Date –> <– Thread –> |
From: Elizabeth Stevenson (tamgoddessattbi.com) | |
Date: Mon, 7 Apr 2003 17:02:01 -0600 (MDT) |
The other route, maybe less successful, but proven in city after city, is that mixed income housing has proven to be more stable than both all-low and all-high income housing. If the city is under some mandate to build affordable housing, this could also be a strong point for your project, since your group would be doing all the work, and the city gets the credit. Having a respected local architect willing to make your project fit into the neighborhood would help. Does anyone know where to find data to back up these assertions? I know that it exists somewhere. In areas not saturated with cohousing, the prices tend to be above-market. I'm sure there are several people who could corroborate that. Liz > > Local zoning in most towns in the area we are looking at > have minimum lot sizes, minimum distances between houses > etc that prohibit co-housing. BUT Massachusetts has a > law, often referred to as the "anti-snob zoning law", > which *overrides* local zoning prohibitions to developments > that provide a certain percentage of "affordable housing". > So part of our project plan is to go in through this "back > door". The reason we still need local support, though, is > because the town can accept these projects gracefully or > they can fight tooth and nail -- the latter would delay our > project unacceptably, so we try to win local support. > > We looking to buy several acres, build our 28-32 units on > a couple of those acres and leave the rest as open space. > But no way could that ever fit with your standard local > residential zoning rules around here!! > > That's the short story. :-) If you want to long story I'll > leave it to Mosaic Commoners who have been involved with > the project longer than I have. > > Peace, > D! _______________________________________________ Cohousing-L mailing list Cohousing-L [at] cohousing.org Unsubscribe and other info: http://www.cohousing.org/cohousing-L
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Re: The "Burden on Local Schools" Argument against Development Elizabeth Stevenson, April 7 2003
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Re: The "Burden on Local Schools" Argument against Development Diana Carroll, April 7 2003
- Re: The "Burden on Local Schools" Argument against Development Elizabeth Stevenson, April 7 2003
- Re: The "Burden on Local Schools" Argument against Development Diana Carroll, April 7 2003
- Re: The "Burden on Local Schools" Argument against Development Elizabeth Stevenson, April 7 2003
- Re: The "Burden on Local Schools" Argument against Development Diana Carroll, April 7 2003
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Re: The "Burden on Local Schools" Argument against Development Diana Carroll, April 7 2003
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Re: The "Burden on Local Schools" Argument against Development Elizabeth Stevenson, April 7 2003
- Re: The "Burden on Local Schools" Argument againstDevelopment Elizabeth Stevenson, April 7 2003
- Re: The "Burden on Local Schools" Argument againstDevelopment Sharon Villines, April 8 2003
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