Re: Affordable cohousing | <– Date –> <– Thread –> |
From: Alan O'Hashi (adoecosyahoo.com) | |
Date: Mon, 6 Jan 2020 05:54:44 -0800 (PST) |
I've been following this thread and have lots of thoughts about housing affordability. One of the goals of the Cohousing Association starting this year is what I call the Cohousing triple-As: * ACCESSIBLITY - If cohousing is such a great idea, there would be thousands of communities founded. That's not happening because traditional cohousing isn't accessible to most people. The typical cohouser is white, high income, high perceived social class, highly educated and 70 percent of the time a woman; *AFFORDABILITY - Cohousing in its purist form doesn't cost a dime - the price is free. Why? Housing is housing and what differentiates cohousing from other housing configurations is the "secret sauce" that is made from shared values, consensus decisions, high levels of social interactions. The secret sauce can help any group of people who want to live longer and be less lonely without spending 10 years and millions and millions of dollars. * ACCEPTANCE - I'd venture to guess that every cohousing community has as one of its shared values one of inclusivity and diversity. Considering what the typical community looks like today, it's more of a values placeholder. When cohousing is more accessible because it is more affordable, diversity will follow. According to the Cohousing Research Network retrofit cohousers tend to be younger, low to moderate income, single with more single parents; racially and ethnically diverse. If you want to intentionally find out more about affordable cohousing, sign up for the "Affordable Conference on Affordable Cohousing" web conference that CoHoUSA is sponsoring on February 22nd. Check out info about that here and sign up beginning this week sometime: http://bit.ly/aconac2020 Thx, Alan O. **************************** Alan O'Hashi Get Up Off the Couch www.youplusone2020.com www.getupoffthecouch.comCO: 303-910-5782WY: 307-316-2113NE: 402-327-1652********************************
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