Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: Rental Percentage? Participation Levels?

[Liz Brown (clzbrown]

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> On Mar 21, 2016, at 9:59 AM, R Philip Dowds <rpdowds [at] comcast.net> wrote:
> 
> 
> Cornerstone was intended as entirely ownership.  The four requisite 
> “affordable" units are managed under a municipal limited equity ownership 
> program.  Even so, at this point in time, two units are owned by absentees, 
> and occupied under long-term lease.  A couple other units have special 
> arrangements that do not exactly align with conventional owner-occupied 
> models.
> 
> Our condo docs stipulate that rentals need to be approved by the community.  
> In practice, however, nobody has the heart to enforce the rules, so most of 
> the requirements about rentals are dormant or abandoned.  Which you might 
> want to take as a warning:  Try to avoid rules you will not really enforce.  
> This may save you from many hours of arguing about things that aren’t going 
> to happen.
> 
> Thanks,
> Philip Dowds
> Cornerstone Village Cohousing
> Cambridge, MA
> 
> PS: Some of our rentals are among our most active participants, and some of 
> our owners are seen only rarely.
> 
>> On Mar 20, 2016, at 12:44 PM, Susan McFee <susan.mcfee2020 [at] gmail.com> 
>> wrote:
>> 
>> 
>> What is your percentage of rental homes?
>> How are your participation levels in comparison to that amount?
>> Our community had a discussion when we were close to 10% full suite rentals
>> and there was no consensus around capping it. Now that we are at 26%
>> rentals and inching closer to 70% home owners there are a few questions
>> being raised about participation and parking, especially since other
>> stratas cap their full suite rentals at 10% or follow rules such as "first
>> home owner of a unit may rent - when the unit is sold, future home owners
>> may not rent".
>> We haven't compared the mix of owners who participate and owners who don't
>> to the renters who participate and renters who don't - so that may be a
>> step prior to community discussion.
>> We are also in a transition phase between consensus and Sociocracy, and the
>> new levels of transparency appear to be encouraging action in a wider
>> variety of areas.
>> Thank you for any insights, stories or suggestions you respond back with,
>> Susan McFee
>> WindSong Cohousing
>> susanmcfee2020 at gmail dot com
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