Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: The popularization of the term Co-housing

[Ann Zabaldo (zabaldo]

O I’m not frustrated if you got that from my posting.

I did in fact write a comment as I often do. 

Hope you will too!


Best --

Ann Zabaldo
Takoma Village Cohousing
Washington, DC
Principal, Cohousing Collaborative, LLC
Falls Church, VA
202.546.4654

A friend recently told me I was delusional.  I nearly fell off my unicorn.


> On Oct 19, 2016, at 1:35 PM, Lynne Markell <lmarkell [at] rogers.com> wrote:
> 
> 
> I think the term "shared housing" is a better term for this arrangement and 
> when we see cohousing being misused, there is an opportunity to promote 
> cohousing by writing to the reporter and the editor about the concept and the 
> reality.
> Educate, rather than be frustrated.
> 
> Lynne Markell, 
> Lmarkell [at] rogers.com
> (613) 842-5222
> 
> 
> 
>> On Oct 19, 2016, at 1:15 PM, Ann Zabaldo <zabaldo [at] earthlink.net> wrote:
>> 
>> 
>> Hello all —
>> 
>> Katie and Chuck have long warned about the misuse of the term “cohousing.”  
>> It is being used to describe all different kinds of living arrangements in 
>> which people share housing.
>> 
>> I’m sorry to see this article and read about “cohousing” to describe micro 
>> units that are popular among millennials.
>> 
>> What do you think about this?
>> 
>> http://thewellesleynews.com/2016/10/19/co-housing-caters-to-the-modern-family/
>> 
>> Best --
>> 
>> Ann Zabaldo
>> Takoma Village Cohousing
>> Washington, DC
>> Principal, Cohousing Collaborative, LLC
>> Falls Church, VA
>> 202.546.4654
>> 
>> A friend recently told me I was delusional.  I nearly fell off my unicorn.
>> 
>> 
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