Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: Limits on rentals with or without absentee landlords

[Philip Dowds (rpdowds]

At Cornerstone in Cambridge MA, we’ve had some renters who’ve been top-notch, 
A+ community participants.  And we’ve had some owners who act mostly like 
sullen hermits.

More broadly … in America, two-thirds of households are owners, and one-third, 
renters.  In Cambridge, it flips:  Two-thirds are renters, and just one-third, 
owners.  But as a city, Cambridge remains safe and successful, with a very high 
rate of diversity and civic participation.  Meanwhile, I regularly encounter 
stories on television or in print about suburban homeowner activists who, to my 
admittedly distant eye, look and feel intolerant, self-serving and politically 
retrograde.

My conclusion, based on lived and observed experience, is that the supposed 
correlation between ownership and citizenship is over-rated.

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Thanks, RPD
617.460.4549

On July 2, 2023 at 12:38:09 PM, Sharon Miller (slmiller.325 [at] gmail.com) 
wrote:

Technically there isn't. But in reality, people who are buying homes are
much more concerned about the location of the house and getting along with
neighbors. Renters have less skin in the game!

Sharon



On Sun, Jul 2, 2023 at 9:24 AM Elizabeth Magill <pastorlizm [at] gmail.com>
wrote:

> I don't see any difference between renting and selling with regard to
> how to get people who will be active in community.
>
> -Liz
> (The Rev. Dr.) Elizabeth Mae Magill
> Pastor, Ashburnham Community Church
> Minister to the Affiliates, Ecclesia Ministries
> www.elizabethmaemagill.com
> 508-450-0431
>
> On Sun, Jul 2, 2023 at 10:40 AM Sharon Miller <slmiller.325 [at] gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >
> > There’s really no problem w renting itself - the problem is when the
> homeowner prioritizes renting a home asap vs finding tenants who really
> want to live and work in community. There are legal issues if the community
> retains the right to approve or reject a potential tenant. Requirements
> that a potential renter attend events or participate in other ways prior to
> approval are unenforceable. A secondary issue is absentee landlords who
> don’t maintain their rental.
> > Sharon
> >
> > Sent from my iPhone
> >
> > > On Jul 2, 2023, at 4:16 AM, Melanie G <gomelaniego [at] gmail.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > What is the purpose of limiting renting in the first place? It just
> > > doesn't seem to be very kind to me.--
> > > "If our voices are an essential aspect of our humanity, to be rendered
> > > voiceless, is to be dehumanized, or to be excluded from one's
> humanity" -
> > > Rebecca Solnit
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