Cohousing-L Mailing List: affordability

[REUER,JOHN PHILLIP,MR (BNZ3]

Hello,
I'm a graduate student in the McGill School of Architecture and I'm
writing a thesis on improving the affordabillity of cohousing. From
my reading and conversations with a few cohousers, I've compiled a
list of communities which have included or will include affordable units
in their development:

N Street   Muir Commons   Southside Park    Common Ground
Pioneer Valley    Ongoing Concerns    Puget Ridge     Kennebec Valley
Pacifica

At this point my working definition of an affordable unit means that
monthly mortgage payments are less than 25% of the monthly income
of a household making less than 80% of the local median income.

I would appreciate hearing from/about communities I should have
included, but didn't, or ones I did include, but shouldn't have.
Any comments on the affordability of cohousing are also welcome.
Thanks very much,

JP Reuer
BNZ3 [at] MUSICB.MCGILL.CA
(514) 288 9433