RE: affordable cohousing | <– Date –> <– Thread –> |
From: Ellen Orleans (ellenwhdc.com) | |
Date: Fri, 4 Oct 2002 18:04:04 -0600 (MDT) |
Here in Boulder, Colorado I am part of an economically-diverse cohousing community, Wild Sage. We are a mix of market rate, permanently-affordable, and Habitat for Humanity housing. Houses range from $85,000 to 410,000. I'm in the permanently-affordable group (one has to apply through Boulder's Housing Services office; there are income and resale restrictions). Overall, sales have been strong, out of 34 units, thirty are presold; to me this indicates that people are not spooked by mixing income levels. We haven't broke ground yet, but there is little friction between the income groups (perhaps because most of us have similar politics and ethnic backgrounds, ie, White Liberals. Also, it is easy for college-educated, "white-collar" types to be "financially-challenged" in Boulder--income simply doesn't keep pace with housing costs are here. We have six single Moms, and 12 single people, so we are not a hugely couple-orientated community either. People from all income levels are active in the community. We are partnered with Wonderland Hill Cohousing, who, working with the City of Boulder and Habitat, set all this up ahead of time. Wonderland is developing a similar cohousing neighborhood in Longmont, about 15 miles east of Boulder and its initial group of families are of varied incomes as well. By the way, I've been so happy working with Wonderland that I accepted a job offer from them last summer--now I'm both a client and employee! Ellen Orleans Wild Sage Cohousing Wonderland Hills Development Co. _______________________________________________ Cohousing-L mailing list Cohousing-L [at] cohousing.org Unsubscribe and other info: http://www.communityforum.net/mailman/listinfo/cohousing-l
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