Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: Mini-Cohousing - Shared Homes

[Liz Ryan Cole (lizryancole]

As we look for new members for Pinnacle Project (Lyme, NH) we find  
that people with experience in group houses  provide a wonderful  
resource.  My husband and I lived in 2 different group homes - one  
was a rental with a supportive landlord.  The second was a home we  
bought and then rented out rooms to our housemates.  When we moved  
away with our (then) 3 sons it was clear that our boys idea of family  
had developed to include our housemates.  Those experiences are one  
of the reasons we are moving back to group living. We believe  
cohousing has elements that promote long term sustainability that I  
don't believe the coops and other group living of my youth (and the  
various intentional communities like Amana, etc) were able to provide.

A couple of books from an earlier period of group living include "Lee  
Goldstein's Communes and Common Sense: A Legal Manual for  
Communities" and  Eric Rainy's  "Shared Houses, Shared Lives: the New  
Exended Families and How they Work".  liz

Liz Ryan Cole
Pinnacle Project, LLC
www.PinnacleProject.info


On Jul 30, 2009, at 7:13 AM, Fred H Olson wrote:

> Signe e <ishtar_767 [at] yahoo.com>
> is the author of the message below.  It was posted by
> Fred, the Cohousing-L list manager <fholson [at] cohousing.org>
> after deleting long quote.
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> Hi,
>
> I have been reading most of the posts on this subject and would  
> like to
> chime in.  During the course of my recent research project in the  
> area of
> shared housing among older adults I discovered a wonderful book
> entitled:Â  "The Sharing Solution How to Save Money, Simplify Your  
> Life,
> and Build Community" by Janelle Orsi and Emily Doskow.  This book
> includes chapters addressing the legal aspects of shared housing.
>
> Secondly,  articles on this subject have appeared in mainstream  
> publications:
> http://www.aarpmagazine.org/lifestyle/the_new_housemates.html
>
> Women Turn to Alternative Housing to Meet Retirement Needs -- by Lisa
> Scherzer in SmartMoney September 21, 2007
> http://www.smartmoney.com/personal-finance/retirement/women-turn-to- 
> alternative-housing-to-meet-retirement-needs-21857/
>
> Meet the Real Golden Girls by Mary Beth Franklin, Senior Editor for
> Kiplinger May 2007
> http://www.kiplinger.com/magazine/archives/2007/05/mystory.html
>
> This is definitely a hot housing trend that will have folks taking  
> notice.
>
> Signe
> Former Trillium Hollow Cohousing resident, currently living in a house
> share arrangement in Portland Oregon
>
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> --- On Wed, 7/29/09, Sharon Villines <sharon [at] sharonvillines.com>  
> wrote:
>
> From: Sharon Villines <sharon [at] sharonvillines.com>
> Subject: Re: [C-L]_ Mini-Cohousing
> To: "Cohousing-L" <cohousing-l [at] cohousing.org>
> Date: Wednesday, July 29, 2009, 12:28 PM
>
> > Alex Kent <alex.m.kent [at] comcast.net>
> >
> > But I'm still unsure of the best way to get the word out.  PioneerÂ
> > Valley Cohousing started with one of the founding member's placing  
> > an ad
> > in  the local papers in 1989.  We'll continue to put up  
> > flyers.  Any
> > other  ideas?
>
> The standard responses remain: flyers, flyers, flyers. In UnitarianÂ
> churches, Ethical Culture, possibly Quaker. Chiropractor's offices,Â
> food coops, coffees shops. Perhaps coop nursery schools and day careÂ
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