Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: Affordability -- House and lot costs

[Rob Sandelin (robsan]

Martin Tracy        asked:
>  What would you call a
>group of 12 to 40 households who have gathered together to live in proximity
>and form a mutually supportive environment for themselves and their children?
>Ownership of each dwelling is private, and ownership of the extensive common
>facilities is shared, because this group enjoys sharing.  Some households
>have bought professionally designed and constructed homes.  Others, because
>of financial or environmental concerns, have designed and built their own.
>Perhaps they have helped each other build.  Perhaps they have had occasional
>frame-raising celebrations, like the barn-raisings of former times.  Perhaps
>they have shared houses during construction.

We call it Sharingwood.