Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: Renters in cohousing

[Judy (BAXTER%EPIHUB]

AS one who will shortly, I hope rent out part of my home, I'd like to add one
piece.   Monterey Coh, if I remember right, agreed that it is ok for the short
term (I think, like a couple of years, for people wanting to leave the country) 
for homes to be rented.  And we currently have 1 person renting part of a home. 
Initially, we had renters before we moved in (former residents of the building)
and that didn't work so well - they didn't really want to be part of the group
- but that was a different situation.

The biggest problem that I see is finding someone who wants to own/invest in 
the rental home, and the concern that if the owner can't find a renter really
interested in coho, the people mightnot participate.  And issues of control
over who moves in/discrimination liability, etc. 

Am I right, the renters at N street are renting from people who happen to own
the houses there, as N street started, and aren't involved in the community.  ?

I think the issue of commitment and how it is established certainly does not
relate only to owning and renting.  We have two families where the women are
very very heavily involved, and the men are rarely in evidence.

Judy


Judy Baxter, Monterey Cohousing Community, (MoCoCo)
Twin Cities Area, Minneapolis/St.Paul Minnesota
e-mail: baxter [at] epivax.epi.umn.edu