Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: Developing an Affordable Model

[lcamundsen (lcamundsen]

Thanks to you all from here on the West Coast of BC, Canada for the 
inspiration to carry on with trying to find affordable housing models that 
include the cohousing model. I think it is a winner. It is so hard to find a 
practicable way to accomplish it.
Camilla Amundsen
Quayside Village Cohusing
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Sharon Villines" <sharon [at] sharonvillines.com>
To: "Cohousing-L" <cohousing-l [at] cohousing.org>
Sent: Tuesday, May 18, 2010 9:38 AM
Subject: Re: [C-L]_ Developing an Affordable Model


> On May 17, 2010, at 11:50 AM, ron.czecholinski [at] gmail.com wrote:
>
> > build five or six small houses (under 1000 sq.ft) each with a studio
> > apartment that could be attached or a separate smaller cottage. The
> > studios
> > could be rentals or structured into some form of co-ownership.
>
> I'm so glad Ron is doing this. This structure with attached studios or
> small cottages is allowed by zoning in many places.
>
> The other places that small units might not be a liability is in
> central cities. The banks might view them as resalable as pied a terre
> units. Banks worry a lot about resales.
>
> Sharon
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> Sharon Villines
> Takoma Village Cohousing, Washington DC
> http://www.takomavillage.org
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