Re: renter's role in decision making
From: Elizabeth Magill (pastorlizmgmail.com)
Date: Tue, 29 Jul 2014 19:30:46 -0700 (PDT)
our renters and owners also  have the same decision making role in all 
cohousing decisions.

For HOA decisions (about buildings and the septic and water mostly) only owners 
decide.

-Liz
Elizabeth M. Magill
www.mosaic-commons.org
Berlin, MA
508-450-0431




On Jul 29, 2014, at 8:24 PM, Daniel Lindenberger <daniel [at] smallboxcms.com> 
wrote:

> 
> At Windsong Cohousing we make no distinction between renters and owners in
> terms of decision making, and it's served us well.
> 
> 1) As a community that combines owners and renters, it makes sure that both
> perpsectives are represented.
> 2) It doesn't make the renters feel like second-class citizens, which can
> impede community connection
> 3) We often have renters become owners eventually, and the transition is
> smoother when it's a change in ownership not also a change in community
> status
> 
> In 18 years (I've only been here for 6 of them) I'm not sure we've ever had
> a problem arise from having both renters and owners participate in the
> consensus process.
> 
> Cheers,
> Daniel Lindenberger
> 
> 
> 
> 
> On Tue, Jul 29, 2014 at 5:18 PM, Susan Adams <sadams430 [at] gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>> 
>> Hi all,
>> We are a forming community, and are working on our rental policy.  We are
>> discussing the role of renters in community decisions.   We are a consensus
>> seeking group.  We would love to hear what has worked for you and what has
>> not worked.
>> 
>> Thanks,
>> 
>> Susan
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