Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: Reaction to Adawehi webinar

[Thomas Chapel (tjchapel]

Hmm. Guess i was thinking age is a protected class. BUT on other hand how
do senior communities prohibit folks under 55? Or cruises or resorts that
ban kids. Not sure

Tom Chapel

On Thu, Feb 26, 2026, 7:33 AM Karen Carlson via Cohousing-L <
cohousing-l [at] cohousing.org> wrote:

> Surprised that's it's legal to restrict age in housing.  I doubt this
> could happen in Madison if the cohousing community made this publicly known.
> Karen Carlson
> Arboretum Cohousing
> Madison, Wi
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> Subject: Re: [C-L]_ Reaction to Adawehi webinar
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> Yes, it was very disappointing, especially since they're advertising this
> weeklong tour of NC ecovillages. Nowhere in the ad did I see anything about
> seniors not being welcome there. What's sad is that most of the attendees
> in the webinar seemed to be seniors, or above 55. So they'll gladly take a
> nice fee for the tour, but they won't tell you you're not welcome there. I
> guess they find out when they get there. What a disappointment that must
> be. Thanks, I thought I was going crazy. The founders never responded to
> me. Glad I found out though because I was about to drag my husband there.
> We've been looking into cohousing for years and he's currently working on a
> teak plantation in Panama. 67 years old.
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> On Wed, Feb 25, 2026 at 6:21 PM Mabel Liang <mabel [at] twomeeps.com> wrote:
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> > Hi Jill,
> >
> > Until I saw your message, I was unfamiliar with Adawehi.  Is this the
> > place?
> >
> >
> https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.adawehi.com/adawehi-wellness-village/__;!!Mak6IKo!LDSJfzNXqQGfU5loOdTuzPWTo9J9mk8CyxOGzfKjGxtD0DJ_ituX54upPxGY6EOyGd4mBkmJ-G0yVtPD7oomnAleNg$
> >
> > It's interesting, on their website
> >
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> https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.adawehi.com/adawehi-wellness-village/living-at-adawehi/*toggle-id-12__;Iw!!Mak6IKo!LDSJfzNXqQGfU5loOdTuzPWTo9J9mk8CyxOGzfKjGxtD0DJ_ituX54upPxGY6EOyGd4mBkmJ-G0yVtPD7opKhLvFug$
> >
> > it says:
> > What is the average age of residents?
> >
> > "Adawehi Community is 25 years old, and our founding residents have
> > obviously aged through this time. Residents range in age from 4 to 85,
> with
> > close to half of our members being 60+. Every generation is represented
> and
> > respected at Adawehi, and we all learn and benefit from interacting
> > together. We are open to all ages and family groupings from 0 to 60, all
> > cultural ethnicities and religions, and all gender identities."
> >
> > My first reaction was to think that "Residents range in age from 4 to 85,
> > with close to half of our members being 60+." meant that a cutoff of 60
> was
> > _not_ in place.  But further reading shows the buried message of "from 0
> to
> > 60".
> >
> > Sounds disappointing!
> >
> > -- Mabel :-|
> > mabel [at] twomeeps.com
> > Mabel Liang
> > Cornerstone Village Cohousing
> > Cambridge, MA
> >
> > Software Engineer turned Gardener
> >
> > On 2026-02-20 20:58, /US/VA/22031 via Cohousing-L wrote:
> >
> > <snip>
> >
> > When I tuned in yesterday, the founder told us that the cutoff age is 60.
> > I didn't even realize there was a cutoff age. The funny thing is that I
> saw
> > several attendees who were obviously seniors and had an interest in
> > learning more.
> >
> > <snip>
> > June Siegel-Hill
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