Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: How do you handle a wait list for coho homes?

[Patricia Bailey (editorialcaptive]

Alicia, thank you so much for your response. This is a very interesting 
alternative to what we were considering.

Pat Bailey

> On Mar 31, 2023, at 11:28 AM, Alicia George <ajgeorge [at] earthlink.net> 
> wrote:
> 
> In response to the question from Patricia Bailey of Cohousing ABQ, here’s how 
> we handle the idea of a wait list for future sales at Takoma Village 
> Cohousing in Washington, D.C.
> 
> We’ve learned you can never predict when someone will be interested in 
> cohousing, interested in your specific community, interested in the specific 
> unit that’s available and — all at the same time — actually ready to buy. 
> Instead of a wait list, we invite people to subscribe to our email 
> notification list. We tell them that people on that list are among the first 
> to be notified when a home is for sale or rent. Then they all have the 
> opportunity to move forward toward a purchase if they’re interested. No 
> promises are made.
> 
> We do not approve membership in the community, as seems to be the case in the 
> original post. Instead, we strongly encourage anyone interested in living at 
> Takoma Village to follow the steps in our Guide for Prospective Residents 
> <https://takomavillage.org/page/39042~755756/guide-for-prospective-residents>.
>  Those who have already educated themselves about our community and the 
> expectations of living here are likely to be viewed more positively during 
> the sale process.
> 
> Alicia George
> Takoma Village Cohousing
> Washington, D.C.
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