Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: ​Do Cohousing units maintain their value?

[Chuck Harrison (cfharr]

We have started a community discussion at Duwamish Cohousing (Seattle)
regarding monthly assessment affordability, including the "pledge budget"
concepts that have appeared on this list in the past. Purchase-price
affordability (e.g. limited-equity deeds) I fear is beyond our ability to
grapple with due to the financial impact on current residents.

There are always adventures going on in housing communities, here's
something inspiring:
https://regenliving.eco/wiki/index.php?title=Solidarity_cooperative

Chuck


On Tue, Oct 18, 2022 at 6:51 AM Sara Gottlieb <sara.gottlieb [at] gmail.com>
wrote:

> My unit in Lake Claire CoHousing in Atlanta, GA has nearly doubled in value
> since I bought it in 2011.  It has about quadrupled in value since being
> built in 1996.  The homes in the surrounding neighborhood have increased in
> value at an exponential rate.  It's actually quite troubling that our homes
> in CoHousing are so expensive now.  Even though they are quite a lot less
> expensive than surrounding homes, they are quickly becoming unreachable for
> many many would-be cohousers and we have a lot of discussions about how to
> foster housing affordability in community.
>
> Sara
> Lake Claire CoHousing
> Atlanta, GA USA
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