Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: Pro-co-housing Legislation?

[Judy Baxter (BAXTER]

Paul Weber (Ottawa) wrote:
<We will likely have to talk to City planners soon.  I'm wondering if people
know of municipalities that have any legislation encouraging co-housing or
where "independent" studies have been done on the impact of co-housing on
surrounding communities. Such info would be very helpful.
>
The City of Minneapolis added cohousing as one of the allowed, or ok (i don't
remember the words )  to its zoning regs about 6 or so years ago , when the
Twin Cities Cohousing Network was active.  If you contact their planning
people, they could probably give you the details.  Alas, no Cohousing there
yet, tho we are 6 blocks away.

Judy
Judy Baxter, Monterey Cohousing Community,(MoCoCo) Twin Cities Area, Mpls.,MN
-- e-mail:      baxter [at] epivax.epi.umn.edu
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15 homes - 7 new townhomes plus 
        8 coop apartments               in a rehab Georgian building
(built as a retirement home in 1924 -) which also serves as our Common House
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*Late news flash*  3 BR townhouse for sale - details to come

I'm possibly downsizing in the next ? 6mo/1 year? to a smaller coop apartment
and selling my 3 BR coop apartment  {This is *not* definite, but probable.)
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