Re: Are We Done with the Rental Issue? | <– Date –> <– Thread –> |
From: Fred H Olson (fholsoncohousing.org) | |
Date: Thu, 17 Feb 2011 04:51:50 -0800 (PST) |
Grace Kim <grace [at] schemataworkshop.com> is the author of the message below. It was posted by Fred, the Cohousing-L list manager <fholson [at] cohousing.org> after deleting quoted digest and restoring subject line. -------------------- FORWARDED MESSAGE FOLLOWS -------------------- Philip- To your point, in the urban areas people. Don't think living in apts is second class to sgl family homes. In fact, I am involved with a small forming community in downtown seattle. We've not advertised at all and people are finding us (2-3 new visitors monthly) because they are interested in urban flats/apts. Daybreak cohousing is also an example of very urban/dense but with lots of common area - doesn't look/feel inferior to sgl family. And sgl family homes can be rented as at Ravenna Commons in seattle, when they are existing homes. I think there needs to be a paradigm shift in cohousing, not only in rental vs ownership, but also new construction vs existing bldgs. grace h. kim schemata workshop (sent via mobile messaging) ---- Original message ---- Message: 2 Date: Tue, 15 Feb 2011 12:39:28 -0500 From: R Philip Dowds rpdowds [at] comcast.net I think the cohousing future is just as robust (or not) as the future of housing generally. Having previously said that there is no particular reason for cohousing to be cheaper than ?regular? housing, I will modify that dogma a bit: Multifamily housing ? starting with ?townhouses? or ?row houses?, and progressing to ?apartment buildings? ? has a significant competitive cost edge on single family housing. On a per square foot basis, it?s cheaper to develop, cheaper to operate, pays lower taxes, and so on. But Americans don?t want to live in ?apartment buildings?, they want to live single family, in the burbs. And indeed, some cohousing developments look and feel very suburban ? by the intent of the founders, of course. But the cohousing philosophy of live-closer-and-share-more is highly conducive to a multi-family construction solution. If cohousing has a unique and enduring role to play in affordability, it might be that of further de-stigmatizing multi-family configurations, such that (a) more zoning ordinances would allow for it, and (b) more middle class households would find it acceptable: a step up, not a step back. Philip Dowds AIA Cornerstone Cohousing Cambridge, MA y
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