Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: public housing authorities

[RowenaHC (RowenaHC]

Public Housing authorities undoubtedly vary enormously, just like the 
communities they are in.  We have had very little in the way of problems from 
the Cambridge Housing Authority which owns two of our units.   They were very 
cooperative initially in identifying families who were interested in the 
concept of cohousing and letting us give them tours and talk about what we 
hoped to get from the cohousing life before choosing who would be tenants 
here.   Since then we have had a couple of calls about some heating rpoblems, 
etc. that we have all shared!  Otherwise, CHA doesn't get involved and there 
is no reason why they should.     If you have a substantial number of 
authority units I imagine they will be more likely to get involved.