Re: Rentals and aging in community | <– Date –> <– Thread –> |
From: Sharon Villines (sharonsharonvillines.com) | |
Date: Thu, 7 Apr 2011 08:53:04 -0700 (PDT) |
On 7 Apr 2011, at 11:03 AM, Richart Keller wrote: > By more age divesity, do you mean more young families? The whole age group of 20-30 is missing from most cohousing communities because they are not yet ready or able to purchase homes. The young families may be able and want to lease a whole unit but single, unpartnered people in this age group would be happier and better able to afford studio apartments. Some are happy as roommates but this is the age where most are looking for independence. Cohousing is by definition more interdependent so to both live in what is essentially an extended family and share a unit with older people who have been able to afford to purchase doesn't provide the opportunity to develop independence. We had a young man living here who was a roommate childcare provider who was about 21. Most roommates and au pair workers don't participate in the community, but he was quite independent and participated a great deal, even taking on governance issues. It was nice to both have his perspective as a person who had taken for granted a lot of sustainability and relationship issues and have the opportunity to educate him about cohousing and what it means to be financially and personally responsible for a maintaining a community. If we educate this age group, the ideas about cohousing will spread more dependably. Sharon ---- Sharon Villines Takoma Village Cohousing, Washington DC http://www.takomavillage.org
- Re: Condos & Cohousing, (continued)
- Re: Condos & Cohousing Sharon Villines, April 4 2011
- Re: Condos & Cohousing Kay Wilson Fisk, April 5 2011
- Re: Condos & Cohousing S. Kashdan, April 6 2011
- Rentals and aging in community Richart Keller, April 7 2011
- Re: Rentals and aging in community Sharon Villines, April 7 2011
- Re: Rentals and aging in community Scott Fallows, April 7 2011
- Re: Rentals and aging in community S. Kashdan, April 7 2011
- Rentals and aging in community Richart Keller, April 7 2011
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