Re: The popularization of the term Co-housing | <– Date –> <– Thread –> |
From: Beverly Jones Redekop (beverly.jones.redekop![]() |
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Date: Mon, 24 Oct 2016 07:26:09 -0700 (PDT) |
Groundswell Cohousing at Yarrow Ecovillage in Yarrow, BC, Canada https://www.facebook.com/yarrowecovillage/ On Mon, Oct 24, 2016, 4:59 AM Ann Zabaldo <zabaldo [at] earthlink.net> wrote: > > > Hello! What is the name of your eco-village and where are you located? > > Ann Zabaldo > Takoma Village Cohousing > Washington DC > Sent from my iPhone > > > On Oct 23, 2016, at 2:02 PM, Beverly Jones Redekop < > beverly.jones.redekop [at] gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > > Our ecovillage "umbrella" includes cohousing for the residential piece, > > organic farmland, a riparian restoration zone, and a future commercial > zone. > > > > "The overwhelming number of cohousing communities are HOA Condos or > Co-ops." > > How do other stratas (Canadian term that I believe is equivalent to > > American HOA) include the fact of cohousing in your legally-filed strata > / > > HOA documents? We need to follow state/provincial regulations, but these > > legal papers shouldn't mislead purchasers into thinking that it's a > regular > > strata. > > > >> On Sat, Oct 22, 2016, 8:37 AM Ann Zabaldo <zabaldo [at] earthlink.net> > wrote: > >> > >> > >> Hello Ty — > >> > >> My guess is this topic will get a lot of mileage on this list. I’m just > >> going to address a couple of things: > >> > >> > >>> On Oct 21, 2016, at 1:09 PM, Ty Albright <tmalbright [at] verizon.net> > wrote: > >>> > >>> > >>> Is it Cohousing? > >>> The following are not cohousing, they are penguins: > >>> > >>> Shared Housing / House Sharing > >>> > >>> Ecovillage > >> > >> The EcoVillage at Ithaca has THREE cohousing communities making up its > >> EcoVillage. > >> > >>> > >>> Any apartment or independent living type facility that has a management > >>> company > >> > >> There are cohousing communities, including my own of Takoma Village, > that > >> use a management company. It collects our HoA Dues, helps w/ our > budget, > >> pays our common bills and facilitates some of our very large maintenance > >> projects. Eastern Village in Silver Spring, MD, even has a cleaning > >> company that cleans its CH. Cleanest CH on the planet … > >>> > >>> Pocket Neighborhood > >> > >> Ross Chapin, author of POCKET NEIGHBORHOODS includes an entire chapter > on > >> cohousing in his foundational book. > >>> > >>> HOA Condominium or Cooperative (co-op) (these are forms of real estate > >>> ownership) > >> > >> The overwhelming number of cohousing communities are HOA Condos or > Co-ops. > >>> > >>> You can go to cohousing.org and see the most current consensus driven > >>> definition of cohousing, but for evaluation purposes consider the > >> following: > >> > >> I looked again at the “definition” of cohousing on Cohousing.org > >> > >> After 30 years, I think Chuck and Katie’s definition still stands the > test > >> of time so to speak: > >> > >> Small-scale village-like neighborhoods that cluster their private homes > >> around a Common House. (Actually I think > > _________________________________________________________________ > Cohousing-L mailing list -- Unsubscribe, archives and other info at: > http://www.cohousing.org/cohousing-L/ > > >
- Re: The popularization of the term Co-housing, (continued)
- Re: The popularization of the term Co-housing R Philip Dowds, October 22 2016
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Re: The popularization of the term Co-housing Ann Zabaldo, October 22 2016
- Re: The popularization of the term Co-housing Beverly Jones Redekop, October 23 2016
- Re: The popularization of the term Co-housing Ann Zabaldo, October 24 2016
- Re: The popularization of the term Co-housing Beverly Jones Redekop, October 24 2016
- Re: The popularization of the term Co-housing R Philip Dowds, October 24 2016
- Re: The popularization of the term Co-housing Elizabeth Magill, October 24 2016
- Re: The popularization of the term Co-housing R Philip Dowds, October 26 2016
- Re: The popularization of the term Co-housing Kathryn McCamant, October 26 2016
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