Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: Policy Committee & Condo law and Cohousing?

[Sharon Villines (sharon]

I would be interested. I have experience writing policy and contract language.

Sharon Villines
Takoma Village Cohousing
Washington, DC

> On Jul 15, 2019, at 2:05 PM, Ann Lehman <ann [at] zimmerman-lehman.com> wrote:
> 
> Hi Folks,
> 
> We at the national level would like to start a Legislative Policy Committee
> and are encouraging all who are interested to join.  It won't be until the
> Fall but please *let me know if you are interested.*  The focus (still
> being formed) would be to highlight legislative successes, offer models for
> others, and advocate for changes that encourage more cohousing.
> 
> On that note, we had an interesting discussion at our PDX Plus meeting on
> Saturday (July 13th).  It involved the sometimes unnatural hoops we jump
> through to fit our bylaws into condo law.  I'm curious if anyone has tried
> (or succeeded) in changing condo laws or any other housing law to not only
> accommodate cohousing but to actually highlight it?
> 
> Best,
> 
> Annie
> 
> *Ann Lehman
> **Zimmerman Lehman
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