Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: Students and Post-teens as Renters

[Jennifer S. Stevens (jstevens]

One of the things that attracts me to co-housing is the kind of community
I remember having in college dormitories, but haven't seen in apt's (ie
we ate together, it was easy to "run into" people in the downstaris
lounges). So young adults/students in co-housing makes perfect sense to
me..

On Wed, 23 Sep 1998 lilbert [at] concentric.net wrote:

> I think this is a good idea for people who are related- it gives the 
> young adults some autonomy(just ask how teens LOVE having a community 
> watching their every move) and lets the relatives keep tabs on them.  I 
> would share Richard's concerns about having unrelated college students 
> live in cohousing, but I think a careful interview process would screen 
> out those who wouldn't fit in cohousing.  After all, aren't those 
> memories of group living and belonging what  brought many of us to 
> cohousing in the first place? It seems a natural evolution- and what an 
> interesting idea!
> Liz Stevenson
> Southside Park Cohousing
>