RE: rental policy
From: Sue Pniewski (SPniewskiHabijax.com)
Date: Mon, 22 Sep 2003 08:13:07 -0600 (MDT)
You might want to check local rules when making decisions on the term fo the
lease.  Many places, including a large part of Florida, have a "lease law"
whereby if you write a lease for six months or less, you will have to charge
hotel tax.  This is the case here, so pretty much all apartments only offer
7 month or longer leases.  If someone needs to rent their place while they
are gone on a long vacation, it might be better to get a "housesitter" who
would donate or pay towards "expenses", or just forget about advertising for
a short term lease.


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Susan Pniewski, Esq.

-----Original Message-----
From: MerylD [at] aol.com [mailto:MerylD [at] aol.com]
Sent: Monday, September 22, 2003 8:08 AM
To: cohousing-l [at] cohousing.org
Subject: [C-L]_rental policy



Hello:

We are drafting our condominium docs for our community which will be
breaking 
ground in a few months. We are having some dispute around the topic of 
renting. 

To encourage economic diversity and to welcome some people who have been 
around a long time but cannot afford to buy, we definitely want to allow
people to 
rent their unit or a room in their unit. But being in South Florida where 
"snowbirds" (people who come down only for the winter) and other transients
are 
common, we want our documents to reflect a policy that would discourage
people 
from making our community their second home or an interesting place to hang 
for a short while. 

Some of us think that rentals should only be allowed for a year or more, 
which would provide stable members of the community. Others think, "hey,
what if I 
wanted to go away for the summer or even a six-month trip around the world?
I 
couldn't rent my unit out while I am gone." 

I'd love to hear other communities' thoughts on this topic. 

Thanks!
Meryl Davids
Emerald Place Cohousing, Delray Beach, Florida
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