Cohousing-L Mailing List: Mixed Income Cohousing

[Howard Mead (h-mead]

A little background about the e-mail I posted.

I have been involved with cohousing in the Chicago area for the last 10
years and put out a small monthly cohousing newsletter for the Chicago
area. (I do not currently live in a cohousing community). My current job
just doesn't bring enough income in.

I am also involved with something called the Interreligious Sustainability
Project. The group started several years ago has created a sustainablity
circle here in Evanston and is exploring ways to live more in harmony with
the environment. 
One of the areas being looked at is affordable housing.

Evanston is generally an upper middle class suburb (76,000) just north of
Chicago. (Northwestern University is here). Evanston also has had a lower
income minority community for many years. In recent years the real estate
market has been booming here. If nothing is done, the market will be
eliminating low income housing and the minority community that lives here
(as well as many other parts of the Chicago area). 

So the question is what can be done to keep the diversity that we have.


Hal Mead, Secretary Chicago Cohousing Network
Evanston, Illinois