Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: Looking for speakers for The Cohousing Institute

[Philip Dowds (rpdowds]

I will mention again:  Cohousing is a social contract, not a type of 
construction.  When you choose cohousing, you’re buying a particular lifestyle, 
not a special kind of building.  There is no immediate reason to expect that a 
cohousing development will be significantly cheaper to accomplish than an 
“ordinary” housing development of similar size and quality.  In developing a 
residential property, cohousing or otherwise, there are choices to make that 
can noticeably drive up or drive down the project cost.  But at a national 
level, average housing costs are rising at a faster rate than average household 
incomes, and housing of all types seems increasingly "unaffordable”.  Cohousing 
is neither a cause of, nor a cure for, our national housing crisis.

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Thanks, RPD
617.460.4549

On July 13, 2023 at 7:11:11 AM, b farris via Cohousing-L (cohousing-l [at] 
cohousing.org) wrote:

Hi, Lotus:
I hope that you will address the issue of affordable co-housing. I have been 
unable to find any co-housing under $300,000.

One group in VA started out with estimates of $250,000, upped it to over 
$300,000. And later the whole thing fell apart and they disbanded.  

Thanks,
Izzy Gingell

> On Jul 12, 2023, at 8:53 AM, Lotus Thomas <lotuscohous [at] gmail.com> wrote:
>  
> Hi,
>  
> This is Lotus Thomas, Director of National Programs for CohoUS.
>  
> I'm looking for speakers to join our Fall/Winter programming series with
> The Cohousing Institute on the following topics:
> - Policies and other strategies for successful resales
> - Financing community (development and maintenance)
> - Tips for the Moving In Phase
> - Carsharing in Cohousing
> - Cohousing Advocacy (local, state, national levels)
>  
> Please get back to me THIS WEEK if you or someone you know might be a good
> fit for any of these topics.
>  
> Emailing me directly at lotuscohous [at] gmail.com is better that replying to
> this thread here.
>  
> thanks so much!
>  
> To a more cooperative society!
>  
> Best,
> Lotus Thomas
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