Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: Affordable Housing in Your Community

[joyce thorn (jcthorn]

We have retrofitted 1940's housing and the units cost from $110,000 t0  
$160,000.
        Joyce            Mayfair Village  Denver
On Jul 26, 2011, at 10:30 PM, Ann Zabaldo wrote:

> Hello again!
>
> This is not a contest!  :-)
>
> As you know, I will be on the Kojo Nnamdi show on Washington DC's  
> local NPR station WAMU 88.5 FM this Thursday, July 28th starting at  
> noon EDST.  Katie McCamant is The Guest.  Jack Wilbern, Blueberry  
> Hill Cohousing is providing "local commentary" and I'll be  
> representing Mid Atlantic Cohousing as one of the board members of  
> that organization.
>
> I'm sure that one of the questions we'll be asked is about  
> affordability in cohousing.  I can certainly talk about what I know  
> from my personal experience visiting cohousing communities but I  
> think there are a lot more stories out there.  One of things I find  
> so interesting are the number of communities that have either  
> underwritten affordable units on their own dime, worked out  
> interesting co-op arrangements w/ local gov't agencies and/or have  
> built in affordability components into the operation of the  
> community e.g. through sliding scale HOA dues.
>
> I would very much like to hear how you have built affordability into  
> your community.  Would you be willing to write a few words about it  
> to this list?
>
> Many thanks!
>
> Best --
>
> Ann Zabaldo
> Takoma Village Cohousing
> Washington, DC
> Principal, Cohousing Collaborative, LLC
> Falls Church VA
> 703 663 3911
>
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