Re: Regarding Affordability in Cohousing | <– Date –> <– Thread –> |
From: Tom Smyth (tomsassafras.coop) | |
Date: Tue, 23 Aug 2016 06:28:02 -0700 (PDT) |
Gayle, that idea sounds amazing! I say go for it! On Mon, Aug 22, 2016 at 9:49 AM, Gayle Alston <galston1954 [at] gmail.com> wrote: > > This idea around affordability is very near to my heart. I have hopes of > converting a 1960's cement block motel into a solo senior cohousing > property in a small (pop 150) town in rural south Georgia. My thinking is > that each person will have a room that is rehabbed with a murphy bed, > living area, frig/micro/toaster. Common area will include a home theater > and cafe and 35 acres of wooded area with a fairly extensive raised bed > gardening operation. I am also considering opening up the front section of > my nearby (100 yds) home for common area so people can use the kitchen, > dining room, and den. > > I would like to make it available to seniors like me... who are happily > solo but may not have planned so well for retirement so have limited > monthly incomes. I would like to intentionally recruit members who will > bring different skills for the ongoing development of the property for the > good of all. > > Am I completely off base here? > > On Sat, Aug 20, 2016 at 1:14 PM, Angela Steiert <angie.steiert [at] gmail.com> > wrote: > > > > > I think it is safe to say that unless a community has subsidized a unit > or > > gotten section 8 housing approval, that most co-housing communities > prices > > put their members in a higher income bracket. $230,000 & $250,000 is a > lot > > of money. Someone would have to make at least $75,000 a year to pay that > > mortgage and less than 15% of American's make that much money. Therefore > > only the top 15% of American's are able to participate in a cohousing > > community at those prices, which makes it a somewhat elitist entity. I > > live in a cohousing community and I did not pay that much money, but I > was > > quite shocked to see the majority of prices for communities when I was > > hoping to join one. I am a teacher, and I find it quite sad to think that > > most teacher's, unless they have two incomes in their homes, could not > live > > in a cohousing community. There is really no easy answer to this, as I > > have come to realize that most cohousing communities are private > entities, > > and that cohousing is in limited quantity in the US which makes it more > > valuable. I do think we have to acknowledge the reality of cohousing in > > America. So, there are places out there with more reasonable prices, but > > even those are probably too high for many Americans at the wages they > > currently make. > > _________________________________________________________________ > > Cohousing-L mailing list -- Unsubscribe, archives and other info at: > > http://www.cohousing.org/cohousing-L/ > > > > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > Cohousing-L mailing list -- Unsubscribe, archives and other info at: > http://www.cohousing.org/cohousing-L/ > > > -- Tom Smyth Worker-Owner, Sassafras Tech Collective Specializing in innovative, usable tech for social change sassafras.coop *·* @sassafrastech Resident, Touchstone Cohousing touchstonecohousing.org
- Re: Regarding Affordability in Cohousing - not just cohousing but it IS possible, (continued)
- Re: Regarding Affordability in Cohousing - not just cohousing but it IS possible Sharon Villines, August 21 2016
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Re: Regarding Affordability in Cohousing Joyce Cheney, August 20 2016
- Re: Regarding Affordability in Cohousing Lynne Markell, August 20 2016
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Re: Regarding Affordability in Cohousing Gayle Alston, August 22 2016
- Re: Regarding Affordability in Cohousing Tom Smyth, August 23 2016
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Re: Regarding Affordability in Cohousing Sharon Villines, August 23 2016
- Re: Regarding Affordability in Cohousing Lynne Markell, August 23 2016
- Re: Regarding Affordability in Cohousing Virgil Huston, August 23 2016
- Re: Regarding Affordability in Cohousing Gayle Alston, August 24 2016
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