Cohousing-L Mailing List: Cohousing Exchanges website is up and running

[vicky wason (vlwason]

Hi,

I'm Vicky Wason. I rejoined the list after having left it many years ago 2009. 
I live at Wasatch Commons in Salt Lake City (23 years). I left the Listserv, 
but I didn't leave cohousing.


I want to let people know that a new Cohousing Exchanges website is up and 
running. Our family is the first ones to write a "proposal" for homes exchange. 
These would be short-term vacation exchanges. Please check it out and if you 
are interested & create your own proposal. And please consider coming to stay 
in our house at Wasatch Commons in July or August. We will come and stay in 
yours!


https://da716.wixsite.com/cohousingexchange


David Ehrlich of Shepherd Village cohousing put the website together. Here is 
from the About Page: WHAT IS COHOUSING EXCHANGE? This is all about an idea -- 
exchanging homes with others that also reside in a cohousing community for 
vacationing. The site is intended simply to plant the idea of an exchange and 
point you in the direction of some resources should you decide to explore an 
exchange.



It is not a site intended to facilitate exchanges or vet people. It is not 
operated as dictating what you should or should not do -- rather, it is a place 
to collect some best practices and give your ideas on how to proceed.



You agree that the provider of this website can accept no responsibility for 
exchanges that you choose to make as a result of reviewing this site.

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While people living outside of a cohousing community might desire to experience 
living in cohousing as part of an exchange, the original intent for this effort 
focused on people who already live in cohousing currently and wish to swap with 
others also currently living in cohousing (as either a renter or owner). This 
is for short-term weekend or longer vacation swaps.

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Best,

Vicky Wason

Wasatch Commons