Re: Affordable Cohousing | <– Date –> <– Thread –> |
From: Joyce Cheney (jcheneyjcgmail.com) | |
Date: Sat, 20 Aug 2016 13:27:53 -0700 (PDT) |
Check out santarosacreekcommons.org , a limited equity coop going strong since the '60s. jc On Sat, Aug 20, 2016 at 1:41 PM, Susan Adams <sadams430 [at] gmail.com> wrote: > > Hi all, > > I just can't wait any longer! Even though I don't have a great deal of data > to offer yet, I do have links. > > Floyd Cohousing currently doing business as Jubilee, is en route to > becoming a housing cooperative. > > If you want cohousing and affordability, I urge you to investigate the CoOp > option. If you become a market equity Co-Op you can make some money when > you sell your home. If you choose to become a limited equity Co-Op, you > will only recoup what you have spent, but your community will remain not > only affordable, but, depending on the market, often extremely affordable. > > Construction loans, blanket loans, and share loans are all available to > Co-Ops. > > Check out these links > > http://www.rd.usda.gov/files/sr45.pdf (very readable) > > http://coophousing.org/resources/owning-a-cooperative/buying-into-a- > housing-cooperative/#paragraph14 > > http://sharedcapital.coop/about/ (very impressive lending institution) > > http://www.uwcc.wisc.edu/pdf/Cooperative%20Equity%20and%20Ownership.pdf > > > I was a little daunted by the possibility of complicated book keeping, so > followed a recommendation to call a CPA in Wisconsin who specializes in > Co-Ops. It wasn't the first time (or the second) that a professional > offered to spend several hours with us in a conference call without > charge! I commented on that to him...and his reply was "anyone who works > with co-ops wants to help more co-ops happen." Not the first time that > co-ops sounded like cohousing! > > You probably won't be the first cohousing co-op, but you might be the > second! > > > Susan > > -- > *www.jubileecoho.com <http://www.jubileecoho.com>* > A great place to grow a family! > _________________________________________________________________ > Cohousing-L mailing list -- Unsubscribe, archives and other info at: > http://www.cohousing.org/cohousing-L/ > > >
- Re: affordable cohousing, (continued)
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