Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: How Cohousing communities decide on new members

[Yochai Gal (yochaigal]

I feel like we need to remind folks new to this list about the FHA fairly
regularly!
You can't discriminate, that includes trying to find fewer white people. On
the flip-side you can make it more attractive to your preferred community
members in any number of ways, including making things *more affordable* with
whatever mechanisms you like.

On Wed, Apr 14, 2021 at 1:46 PM Elizabeth Magill <pastorlizm [at] gmail.com>
wrote:

> You are selling housing.
>
> The Fair Housing Act prohibits this discrimination because of race,
> color, national origin, religion, sex, familial status, and
> disability. Your state or town may have added other categories to
> this.
> This applies to who you sell to, and also to how you advertise.
>
> You can invite your friends and family who meet your criteria for
> diversity to join with you, and be part of organizations where you
> meet people who are diverse, and invite them to join your community.
> You can build in an area where diverse people want to live, and
> provide resources that diverse people want near their homes.
>
> But you can't decide who can buy based on race, color, national
> origin, religion, sex, familial status, and disability.
>
>
> https://www.hud.gov/program_offices/fair_housing_equal_opp/fair_housing_rights_and_obligations
>
> Liz
>
>
> On Wed, Apr 14, 2021 at 12:24 PM Jim Bronson
> <jimbronsonashland [at] gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > River Song Cohousing Community in Eugene, Or is passing the 3/4 point in
> > membership prior to locking in our construction loan (ground blessing
> > scheduled for May 9th).  At this point we have attracted a nice group of
> > explorers and are confident about our construction loan.  Looking forward
> > we would like to see more diversity in our community rather than choosing
> > members on a first come first serve basis.  We are contemplating possible
> > ways to modify our system so we are selecting from a pool of candidates.
> It
> > would help us to hear from cohousing communities about any application
> and
> > interview or other processes you have used to enhance diversity.  Thanks
> > for this helpful listserv.
> >
> > Jim Bronson
> > Design Team for River Song Cohousing
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> -Liz
> (The Rev. Dr.) Elizabeth Mae Magill
> Pastor, Ashburnham Community Church
> Minister to the Affiliates, Ecclesia Ministries
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