Re: Ownership of more than one unit | <– Date –> <– Thread –> |
From: Barbara Baatz (beejay.baatzgmail.com) | |
Date: Fri, 6 Nov 2020 04:17:37 -0800 (PST) |
Thanks for letting me know. I hope it all works out' Bee Jay On Fri, Nov 6, 2020 at 2:23 AM Fiona Frank <fionafrank [at] gmail.com> wrote: > What you haven’t talked about is power relationships between landlords and > tenants who are also members. We have this here at Lancaster cohousing in > the uk and are looking at dealing with it as an experiment by using an > ‘arms length’ agent to collect rents and do other tenancy management tasks > We’re trying to put through a proposal for people to be able to lend money > to Lancaster cohousing in order for the community to purchase one or two of > the homes that are currently for sale, in order to create long term > tenancies for people who couldn’t otherwise buy here. > > On Wed, 4 Nov 2020 at 14:27, Sharon Villines via Cohousing-L < > cohousing-l [at] cohousing.org> wrote: > > > > On Nov 3, 2020, at 11:45 AM, Melanie Mindlin <sassetta [at] mind.net> > wrote: > > > > > Recently, one of our members has purchased a couple of the homes when > > they came up for sale and rented them to people who were interested in > > experiencing our community before deciding to buy. > > > > We have policies that prevent absentee owners, who are assumed to be > > investors not interested in cohousing, but the question has arisen about > a > > resident owner owning 2 or more units. > > > > What affect has that had on other communities? > > > > In condominiums, the issues relate to the percentage of ownership because > > votes are apportioned on that basis. Larger units have “bigger” votes and > > owning two units would mean a very big vote for that owner. > > > > We have a voting back-up that we have never used but if we had a major > > conflict, I can see it happening. And in a major conflict is where the > > weight or number of votes make the difference. Only the owners would be > > voting, which is not true in most of our decisions. > > > > The question is being raised in a review of our Bylaws but we don’t know > > what to do with it. What do we need to consider? > > > > Sharon > > ---- > > Sharon Villines > > Takoma Village Cohousing, Washington DC > > http://www.takomavillage.org > > > > > > > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > > Cohousing-L mailing list -- Unsubscribe, archives and other info at: > > http://L.cohousing.org/info > > > > > > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > Cohousing-L mailing list -- Unsubscribe, archives and other info at: > http://L.cohousing.org/info > > > >
- Resale of units, (continued)
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Resale of units Melanie Mindlin, November 3 2020
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Ownership of more than one unit Sharon Villines, November 4 2020
- Re: Ownership of more than one unit Barbara Baatz, November 5 2020
- Ownership of more than one unit Fiona Frank, November 5 2020
- Re: Ownership of more than one unit Barbara Baatz, November 6 2020
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Ownership of more than one unit Sharon Villines, November 4 2020
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Resale of units Melanie Mindlin, November 3 2020
- Re: Resale of units Barbara Baatz, November 4 2020
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