Re: Writing back to NPR “1A” about cohousing | <– Date –> <– Thread –> |
From: Rachel Ackoff (rachel.ackoffgmail.com) | |
Date: Fri, 30 Aug 2019 09:26:20 -0700 (PDT) |
Hi all, I am part of a group in Portland, Maine working to create a mixed income cohousing community. We are exploring government funding as well as incorporating as a limited equity housing cooperative, among other affordability strategies. Rocky Corner Cohousing has the most affordable units that I know of -- 40% http://rockycorner.org You may want to connect with the folks at http://www.affordablecohousing.org I'd love to connect with other cohousers working on this! Rachel On Fri, Aug 30, 2019 at 9:35 AM Beth Baker <bethbaker [at] rcn.com> wrote: > I’m a freelance writer who covers aging. In my book, With a Little Help > from Our Friends—Creating Community as We Grow Older, I have a chapter on > co-housing. In the book. There, and in freelance articles I’ve done, I’ve > found a few affordable co-housing communities. One is Sand River > Co-housing in Santa Fe which is intentionally affordable. It’s also for > people over 55, but as a model it could work for all ages. Another > co-housing model for older people is ElderSpirit in Abingdon, Va. They are > intentionally mixed income, and a significant number of units are > affordable rentals, rather than market rate purchase. Generally, the > trade-off is you get some financing help from the government, which has > strings attached that can sometimes be problematic. But definitely a path > that I think more co-housing communities might pursue. I’m on vacation > now, but feel free to pass these ideas along to Joshua Johnson. > > > Beth Baker > 12 Sherman Avenue > Takoma Park, MD 20912 > (301)537-1597 (cell) > bethbaker [at] rcn.com > www.bethbaker.net <http://www.bethbaker.net/> > Facebook.com/withhelpfromourfriends < > https://www.facebook.com/withhelpfromourfriends> > > Author, With a Little Help from Our Friends--Creating Community as We Grow > Older (Vanderbilt University Press, May 2014) > > > > On Aug 29, 2019, at 11:38 AM, Susan Green <susan.mx [at] gmail.com> wrote: > > > > Hi Ann, > > Are there any examples of affordable cohousing to describe if we respond > > to Joshua Johnson? I’m aware of several partnerships with city offices of > > affordable housing that have mostly market rate units. Are there > cohousing > > communities that have all affordable units? Is anyone even close to > > reporting to 1 A on that? > > > > Susan Green > > Aria Cohousing > > Denver > > > > On Thu, 29 Aug 2019 at 4:16 am <cohousing-l-request [at] cohousing.org> > wrote: > > > >> Send Cohousing-L mailing list submissions to > >> cohousing-l [at] cohousing.org > >> > >> To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > >> https://lists.cohousing.org/mailman/listinfo/cohousing-l > >> or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > >> cohousing-l-request [at] cohousing.org > >> > >> You can reach the person managing the list at > >> cohousing-l-owner [at] cohousing.org > >> > >> When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > >> than "Re: Contents of Cohousing-L digest..." > >> > >> > >> Today's Topics: > >> > >> 1. Cohousing Mention On NPR's 1A (Ann Zabaldo) > >> > >> > >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > >> > >> Message: 1 > >> Date: Wed, 28 Aug 2019 19:53:04 -0400 > >> From: Ann Zabaldo <zabaldo [at] earthlink.net> > >> To: Cohousing-L <cohousing-l [at] cohousing.org> > >> Subject: [C-L]_ Cohousing Mention On NPR's 1A > >> Message-ID: <57EE1559-B340-4204-AFBF-33F5304A8457 [at] earthlink.net> > >> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 > >> > >> Hi all ? > >> > >> This morning on 1A, Joshua Johnson, tackles the issue of affordable > >> housing. He focuses on Minneapolis but also nationwide looking for > answers > >> to the housing crisis plaguing American cities. > >> > >> Right at the very end of the live show a text or email is read asking if > >> cohousing might be an answer. Johnson then invites listeners to write > in > >> about their experiences w/ cohousing. > >> > >> So I did. > >> > >> Would you also like to do this? > >> > >> You can listen to the show here ? unfortunately I don?t see a way to > Fast > >> Forward. But you should listen to the whole show cause it?s good. > >> > >> > >> > https://wamu.org/story/19/08/28/1a-across-america-how-u-s-cities-are-tackling-the-affordable-housing-crisis/ > >> > >> You can email Joshua Johnson and 1A at: > >> > >> 1A [at] wamu.org > >> > >> Fred Olson? you may be particularly interested in this episode. :-) > >> > >> Best -- > >> > >> Ann Zabaldo > >> Takoma Village Cohousing > >> Washington, DC > >> Member, Board of Directors > >> Mid Atlantic Cohousing > >> Principal, Cohousing Collaborative, LLC > >> Falls Church, VA > >> 202.546.4654 > >> > >> Good health is merely the slowest possible rate at which one can die. > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> ------------------------------ > >> > >> Subject: Digest Footer > >> > >> _________________________________________________________________ > >> Cohousing-L mailing list -- Unsubscribe, archives and other info at: > >> http://L.cohousing.org/info > >> > >> > >> ------------------------------ > >> > >> End of Cohousing-L Digest, Vol 187, Issue 22 > >> ******************************************** > >> > > -- > > Susan Green > > _________________________________________________________________ > > 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 > > > > -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Days are like scrolls. 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Writing back to NPR “1A” about cohousing Susan Green, August 29 2019
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Re: Writing back to NPR “1A” about cohousing Beth Baker, August 29 2019
- Re: Writing back to NPR “1A” about cohousing Rachel Ackoff, August 30 2019
- Re: Writing back to NPR “1A” about cohousing Lynne MARKELL, August 31 2019
- Re: Writing back to NPR “1A” about cohousing Sharon Villines, August 31 2019
- Re: Writing back to NPR “1A” about cohousing Lynne MARKELL, September 1 2019
- Re: Writing back to NPR “1A” about cohousing Sharon Villines, September 1 2019
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Re: Writing back to NPR “1A” about cohousing Beth Baker, August 29 2019
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