Re: Do you wish you had a rental policy? | <– Date –> <– Thread –> |
From: R Philip Dowds (rpdowdscomcast.net) | |
Date: Sun, 22 Jan 2012 22:14:48 -0800 (PST) |
At Cornerstone in Cambridge, MA, our expectation of course is that the units will be occupied by resident owners. By and large, this is the case for all but a few units. Nonetheless, the community has more than a few tenants, because some resident owners take in renters, and some owners rent out their units while they are away on an extended leave of absence. Occasionally, a family may have an au pair. All told, I'd say about 15% of our adult residents are tenants, not owners. None of this is guided by any deed restrictions or intentional policy. The vast majority of the tenants are good folk — so I can't say that we are "having trouble" with rentals or tenants. What we have trouble with is understanding where non-owners fit into the community culture. One view is that adult tenants should have the same rights and duties as adult owners, and be integrated into community life as fully as possible. An alternative view is that it's very hard for an owner to find a good tenant — and would much harder if the landlord imposed cohousing expectations on the pool of candidates. At the moment, the latter view prevails, not because we've formally adopted it as a policy, but because we've been unable to organize a good discussion about it. RPD On Jan 23, 2012, at 12:17 AM, Lisa Lackey wrote: > Well, Brian, some of us are trying to change it, but there are people in our > community who feel it is very important to have and don't want it to change. > That is why I am asking if any community who doesn't have a rental policy > has troubles so that they wish they did, so I can get a real world sense of > the troubles communities are actually experiencing not having a rental > policy. > > So, far I am not really hearing back that people are having problems, except > in your community where there is a real problem with cohousing units > becoming rental investment property. > > Thanks for replying, > Lisa
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Do you wish you had a rental policy? Lisa Lackey, January 22 2012
- Re: Do you wish you had a rental policy? R Philip Dowds, January 22 2012
- Re: Do you wish you had a rental policy? Diana Carroll, January 23 2012
- Re: Do you wish you had a rental policy? Sharon Villines, January 23 2012
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Re: rental policy in these economic times drmaryanngroups, January 20 2012
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rental policy in these economic times Brian Tremback, January 20 2012
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