Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: Communities with a low-cost/affordability focus?

[Susan Adams (sadams430]

Actually our forming community is in a rural area where the cost of living
is low and poverty is high. I would love to know more about housing co-ops
the pros and cons, dos and dont's!


On Wed, Aug 27, 2014 at 11:34 AM, Dane Laverty <danelaverty [at] gmail.com>
wrote:

>
> Thanks Regine and Roger, those are good reference points. It's interesting
> to me that they're both more-or-less urban. When I'd initially asked about
> low-cost cohousing, I'd expected that it would be happening in more remote,
> rural settings where land is cheaper, but maybe that's counterbalanced by
> the higher costs of building out services and infrastructure.
>
> Dane
>
>
> On Mon, Aug 25, 2014 at 8:33 AM, Roger Studley <roger.studley [at] gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> >
> > Hi Dane --
> >
> > You might want to take a look at Golden Gate Cohousing <
> > http://www.meetup.com/ebcoho/pages/Golden_Gate_Cohousing/> about 100
> > miles away from you in Oakland. It is "a project of the Parker Street
> > Foundation, a non-profit organization whose purpose is to promote
> > affordable housing and effective community." They have a 100% rental
> model
> > where residents rent their units from a non-profit.
> >
> > Best,
> > ~Roger
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > On 8/25/2014 8:22 AM, Dane Laverty wrote:
> >
> >> I've seen it mentioned on this group that cohousing communities are
> >> generally comparable in cost to conventional housing.
> >>
> >> Can any of you give examples of cohousing communities that make
> >> affordability/low-cost living a primary goal of the community?
> >>
> >> Thanks,
> >>
> >> Dane Laverty
> >> Roseville, CA
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