Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: Cohousing and ownership/car sharing

[Judy Baxter (BAXTER]

re: unlikelihood of cohousers sharing cars, etc.

I think that one piece that is missing here is that for at least some groups, 
(I don't have Rob's broad perspective) the commitment is not so much to
ownership of homes, per se, as to getting the community into existence, and
very few of us have had access to funds to make rentals feasible, or were
willing to try to sustain the group long enough to search for such a funding
mechanism.  Granted, many people that join later on *are* wanting home
ownership.  But many people contact us wanting to rent, and what stops them is 
our not having it set up.  I don't think people would be opposed to committed,
long term renters, tho some stuff would be set up differently.

And, income sharing is another level of commitment to the community and its
ideology(probably).  Another filter.

Judy

Judy Baxter, Monterey Cohousing Community,(MoCoCo) Twin Cities Area, Mpls.,MN
-- e-mail:      baxter [at] epivax.epi.umn.edu

I'm "off to see the wizard " - excited to meet some of you folks at the
conference.  Will be off e-mail till then
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