Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: In search of community in Albany NY area

[Raines Cohen (rc2-coho-L]

On 8/6/03 6:08 AM, Fred <Foodbiz12 [at] aol.com> wrote:

> I am looking for a place
>where I do not have to own any property and can justify my existence
>through a combination of work and pay.

Aren't we all looking to justify our existences, however we can? Your 
best bet might be to find people in a community looking for a housemate 
willing to do a trade; for several years my rent on an apartment in 
Berkeley was 10 hours a week of gardening and landscaping.

A key part of what gets cohousing built in the marketplace is the ability 
of people to own and finance the property through conventional means. 
There are often ways to stretch this by means of subsidies to the 
community or individuals, but so far those have been relatively few 
compared to the projects at large.

Raines

Raines Cohen <my initials,2,dash,coho,dash,L at my first name .com>

  Member, Swan's Market Coho [Oakland, CA] <http://www.swansway.com/>
Looking forward to a community-wide retreat this Fall.

  Secretary, Berkeley [CA] Cohousing
Where we can be productive wherever thanks to cordless phones and 
wireless networks.

  Pass-the-baton-guy, East Bay Cohousing <http://www.ebcoho.org/>
Next meeting August 24? Haven't confirmed from the new organizers.

  Boardmember, Coho/US <http://www.cohousing.org/>
Now accepting registrations for the seminar in Davis.


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