Cohousing-L Mailing List: RE: Cohousing exclusiveness

[Melanie A. Duncan (MelanieKelly]

Jim (and all)

I am interested in your fear of copycats with the "trappings of co-housing".

I wonder what your concept of "trappings would be?
(it could range from communal space to a project in New Orleans
I know of that involved a 23 house project built by a bank CDC,but without any 
resident input going in, etc.)

I think I understand that some developer might easily do a project
that is merely a shadow of the true essence of co-housing, but as
long as there is not DECEPTION in place I don't think this is
necessarily a bad thing.

If some of the positive characteristics got (re)adopted into new development
this would be a good thing even if it isn't the BEST thing.

I'm open to other ideas on this, what do you all think?

Kelly Caldwell
New Orleans
(no existing co-housing project, but I'm trying to plant the seeds)