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

[Dane Laverty (danelaverty]

Yeah, I want to find a low-cost housing solution that relies on intrinsic
cost reduction rather than other people's generosity.

I like the idea of getting a tiny house (<400 sq. ft.) and living simply
and cheaply. However, a lot of home ownership costs are due to permitting,
land, taxes, and infrastructure development. This means that reducing
construction costs only has a small impact on the overall cost of home
ownership.

I hope these aren't intractable problems. In searching for "tiny house
cohousing" I found the Napoleon Complex
<http://www.treehugger.com/green-architecture/napoleon-complex-community-tiny-house-movement.html>.
This is a project that is using RV park zoning laws to create a low-cost
cohousing community. I don't see any recent updates on the project, so I'm
not sure if it's still active.

Dane


On Wed, Aug 27, 2014 at 3:24 PM, Catya Belfer <catya [at] pobox.com> wrote:

>
> From where I sit, the biggest question about affordable cohousing is who
> foots the bill.  Rented from a non-profit is great, but you need the
> non-profit, or SOMEONE with deep pockets, to subsidize.
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>      - cat
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> Technical Director   -   www.cohousing.org
> Cohousing in MA - www.mosaic-commons.org
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