Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: Looking for examples of software coho use to manage community

[Sean Davey (sean]

hi Steve,

wow! That sounds fantastic. I'd be very interested in helping out in any way I 
can. Please let me know if there are particular areas of the site that don't 
work well on phones. I'd be happy to host sites for subsidized senior housing 
projects and/or low-income housing.

best,
  Sean

> On Jan 10, 2024, at 3:01 PM, Steven Katz <katzcrawford [at] gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> >     I would be interested in writing app someday. That's obviously a big 
> >project (iPhone + Android, which functions to implement, what things to add 
> >just for mobile, etc). A mobile app would be nice for not having to log in. 
> >Currently the sites work pretty well on mobile, some displays are too wide 
> >for narrow screens. Do you have some examples where you think a mobile app 
> >would be beneficial?
> 
> Sean, the users that I am thinking might benefit most from a mobile app might 
> be the population that I am hoping to encourage in the building of higher 
> functioning communities - residents of low-income, subsidized housing for 
> seniors.  I believe that there are some such residents that don't have 
> computers in their homes but do have smart phones.  Others may be more adept 
> at using a phone than they are at a computer.
> 
> Perhaps it's a non sequitur to this discussion, but here in Lexington we are 
> anxiously awaiting the Kentucky Housing Corporation's annual "Innovative 
> Project" award.  Our area's premier developer of affordable housing projects 
> has applied for that award with a plan to build what I think may become the 
> nation's first all-affordable rentals senior cohousing community.  His plans 
> include a lot of open square footage to be finished out in a fashion decided 
> by the residents within a healthy budget.  Residents will attend an 
> orientation, and hopefully, they will want to continue to attend additional 
> educational sessions modeled after Chuck Durrett's Study Group 1.  There will 
> almost certainly be less than 100% buy-in, but a cohousing community of the 
> willing, supported by the developer's management, should result in a much 
> higher quality of life for those that typically cannot afford to live in the 
> vast majority of existing cohousing communities.
> 
> The award will be announced at the beginning of February.  A site has been 
> secured, a zoning variance passed by the city council, and a financial 
> commitment has been made by the city's affordable housing trust fund.  The 
> project has been supported by the city's division of Aging & Disability 
> Services and the mayor spoke in favor of it in the interview process with 
> KHC. Fingers crossed.
> 
> Meanwhile, I came to the same realization as that developer that many 
> cohousing-like practices can be adopted by already existing residential 
> complexes.  I have spoken at Senior Services Commission meetings about 
> building a network of subsidized senior housing projects for various 
> projects, some of which might even be able to make use of Mosaic software 
> down the road if Sean Davey is amenable to the idea.
> 
> Steve Katz
> Lexington, KY