Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: The popularization of the term Co-housing

[Beverly Jones Redekop (beverly.jones.redekop]

Our ecovillage "umbrella" includes cohousing for the residential piece,
organic farmland, a riparian restoration zone, and a future commercial zone.

"The overwhelming number of cohousing communities are HOA Condos or Co-ops."
How do other stratas (Canadian term that I believe is equivalent to
American HOA) include the fact of cohousing in your legally-filed strata /
HOA documents? We need to follow state/provincial regulations, but these
legal papers shouldn't mislead purchasers into thinking that it's a regular
strata.

On Sat, Oct 22, 2016, 8:37 AM Ann Zabaldo <zabaldo [at] earthlink.net> wrote:

>
> Hello Ty —
>
> My guess is this topic will get a lot of mileage on this list.  I’m just
> going to address a couple of things:
>
>
> > On Oct 21, 2016, at 1:09 PM, Ty Albright <tmalbright [at] verizon.net> 
> > wrote:
> >
> >
> > Is it Cohousing?
> > The following are not cohousing, they are penguins:
> >
> > Shared Housing / House Sharing
> >
> > Ecovillage
>
> The EcoVillage at Ithaca has THREE cohousing communities making up its
> EcoVillage.
>
> >
> > Any apartment or independent living type facility that has a management
> > company
>
> There are cohousing communities, including my own of Takoma Village, that
> use a management company.  It collects our HoA Dues, helps w/ our budget,
> pays our common bills and facilitates some of our very large maintenance
> projects.  Eastern Village in Silver Spring, MD, even has a cleaning
> company that cleans its CH.  Cleanest CH on the planet …
> >
> > Pocket Neighborhood
>
> Ross Chapin, author of POCKET NEIGHBORHOODS includes an entire chapter on
> cohousing in his foundational book.
> >
> > HOA Condominium or Cooperative (co-op) (these are forms of real estate
> > ownership)
>
> The overwhelming number of cohousing communities are HOA Condos or Co-ops.
> >
> > You can go to cohousing.org and see the most current consensus driven
> > definition of cohousing, but for evaluation purposes consider the
> following:
>
> I looked again at the “definition” of cohousing on Cohousing.org
>
> After 30 years, I think Chuck and Katie’s definition still stands the test
> of time so to speak:
>
> Small-scale village-like neighborhoods that cluster their private homes
> around a Common House. (Actually I think this is Don Lindeman’s text —
> former editor of “Cohousing" sadly now deceased —  but it captures the
> definition).
>
> Plus:
>
> 1. Input into the design
> 2. Management by the residents
> 3. Architecture that supports a sense of community
> 4. Co-ownership of a lot of common property
>
> Some folks add:
>
> 5. Purposeful separation of the car
> 6. Some form of collaborative decision making.
>
> After rereading the current consensed on definition on Cohousing.org … uh
> …um … I think Katie and Chuck’s is better.
> >
> >
> >
> > Cohousing involves aspects of:  1). Design and 2). Intentional Community
> >
> >
> >
> > Design includes the creation of a physical environment that maximizes the
> > opportunity for humans to encounter each other, which will in turn
> maximize
> > the opportunity for human interaction and the creation of community.
> This
> > includes permanent construction private homes (which affords privacy),
> > shared community space and infrastructure.  A typical feature is a common
> > house for residents to gather together and share meals.  Resident
> > participation in the design is optimal.
> >
> >
> >
> > Intentional Community includes the concept that all residents in a
> community
> > agree to be good neighbors.  This includes the concept of
> self-governance /
> > management, individual economic investment and independent income (it's
> not
> > a commune nor free government housing),
>
> The FIC collects a lot of information on all types of intentional
> communities which includes income sharing communes.
>
> > and the willingness to participate
> > in community building activities including such things as common meals
> and
> > conflict resolution.
> >
> >
> >
> > The term Cohousing is a contraction of collaborative and cooperative and
> > housing.  The "co" suggest in working with others.
> >
> >
> > Ty
> >
> > Ty Albright Project Management
> > Little Red Hen LLC
> > 214-336-7952
> > <mailto:tmalbright [at] verizon.net> tmalbright [at] verizon.net
> > <http://www.linkedin.com/in/tmalbright> www.linkedin.com/in/tmalbright
>
> As I said Ty — we’re going to have some dynamic conversations on this
> topic.  I look forward to reading them.
> >
>
> Best --
>
> Ann Zabaldo
> Takoma Village Cohousing
> Washington, DC
> Principal, Cohousing Collaborative, LLC
> Falls Church, VA
> 202.546.4654
>
> A friend recently told me I was delusional.  I nearly fell off my unicorn.
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