Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: short term rental policies

[CJ Q (homeschoolvideo]

This conversation reminds me that there is a group of us working on house
swaps for cohousing.  We are developing best practices (to orientate the
guests) and ways to connect people. The goal is for cohousing people to
visit and stay in another cohousing.
Soon we will have a list of names of people who are up for an exchange.
Email me if you are interested in traveling or hosting or both.  Summer
travel will be here soon!

Carol
homeschoolvideo [at] gmail.com

On Fri, Apr 22, 2022 at 11:59 AM Sharon Villines via Cohousing-L <
cohousing-l [at] cohousing.org> wrote:

> > On Apr 21, 2022, at 10:03 PM, Karin Hoskin <karinhoskin [at] gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >
> > When Wild Sage first formed about 20 years ago Airbnb / VRBO simply was
> not
> > a thing aaaaand now it is.  I'm on the hunt for
> > short term rental policies for a cohousing community home ... does anyone
> > have anything to share?
>
> Normally we don’t allow rentals shorter than a month. Sometimes people say
> that friends or family will be using their unit over the weekend and will
> introduce them by name. The Bylaws say no transient use. Transient is
> usually defined as less than 30 days.
>
> But whatever you do, and since you have been around for 20 years you know
> this, make provisions for an _onsite_ host for anyone staying anywhere on
> the property. Things happen. Emergencies come up. Someone has to take
> responsibility for “unknowns”. Someone needs to know the name of the person
> who is now dead and hanging over the fence.
>
> Any program/option/opportunity has a workload attached. For a neighbor to
> have to give directions to the local pharmacy or subway over and over and
> over, becomes work for most people. Some people adore being a host and
> meeting new people. If you have such a person, then you may have an
> opportunity to allow people to experience cohousing with short term stays
> that don’t affect the whole neighborhood.
>
> The other issue is “who is this person”? People who have stayed here are
> known to the owners and often to other residents — friends and relatives
> who are repeat guests over the years. But people making reservations on BnB
> are unknowns. The absent owner can’t vouch for them.
>
> Sharon
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> Sharon Villines
> Takoma Village Cohousing, Washington DC
> http://www.takomavillage.org
>
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