Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: Fair housing laws

[Stuart Joseph (stuart]

Marganne wrote:
> At 8:33 PM -0400 7/1/07, Elizabeth Magill wrote:
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> Elizabeth,
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> Thank you for posting the exact restrictions that exist. I've often 
> wondered how people accomplished restricting their cohousing project 
> to any particular belief or characteristic other than age 55. Has 
> there been problems with projects that were, only for example, 
> Christian, or Gay and Lesbian, or all men or all women? I've read 
> that in the process of being considered for membership, these kinds 
> of things usually reconcile themselves. But, if push came to shove, I 
> thought the fair housing laws would prevail. Just curious.
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Some of those would be self-selecting in spite of the Fair Housing laws. 
If someone were intolerant of Gays and lesbians, they would not consider 
living in a community of them. the same would hold true about an 
agnostic or atheist would not move into a community of devout Christians.

I do wonder how the NYC condos/Co-op boards get to pick and choose who 
buys into their organization.
> Cheers!
> Marganne
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Stuart Joseph, 802-463-1954
Project Director
Caer Coburn, a traditional village based upon cohousing  and intentional 
communities in
Rockingham, Vermont, USA
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