Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: Resales

[Sharon Villines (sharon]

On Feb 21, 2008, at 10:22 PM, fran.levin [at] comcast.net wrote:

> Sharon,
>          Please tell me about rentals.  Where and how much.  I  just  
> need to have a sense of what's possible. Thanks so much.

We have had very few rentals at Takoma Village. Only two units have  
been fully leased and we have a three year limit on that. Two people  
rent to roommates. They rent at market rates.

As has been discussed, rentals in cohousing is a problem because no  
one in cohousing has the extra funds to build rental housing. There is  
also a strong feeling about against having anyone outside the  
community investing in the community.

What would work better is if the community itself could build rental  
housing with the rent going to support the community -- to commonhouse  
expenses, for example.

Is there any listing at the Cohousing site on rentals?

Sharon
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Sharon Villines
Takoma Village Cohousing,Washington DC
http://www.takomavillage.org