Cohousing-L Mailing List: RE: No Shared Community Economy?

[Rob Sandelin (floriferous]

I think such a guest ranch cohousing would simply filter in a different set
of  people than what other cohousing might do. So Joani would filter out :)
but others who find the burden of going away to make a living would perhaps
filter in, seeking a greater connection perhaps, or just the convenience of
making your living in your home instead of somewhere else. Certainly tons of
people living in self supporting Intentional communities do this. I think it
would be an interesting experiment at the very least, to see whether or not
such economic sharing and risk and management would work under the umbrella
of cohousing.

There is an interest I suppose of keeping the definition of cohousing crisp
and clean so that the banks and other bureaucracy can feel comfortable that
cohousing  is not  something  too odd or scary. Defining itself in
respectable terms has been a constant issue for the first decade of American
Cohousing, and it is still an uphill battle in some places. But I am not
sure how much awareness a bank would have of the variety of cohousing. I
have often thought that the more you look like a "normal" condo or other
acceptable form, the better off you are. So, perhaps a guest ranch cohousing
would be a joint venture business partnership of some kind?

There are "ranch" developments out here in the wild west where homes in a
development share riding arenas, and other recreational facilities related
to horses. I suppose however these are legally organized could be setup to
also include a guest quarters space, although I am no lawyer and this seems
like an complicated sort of arrangement, especially given something like a
ranch business would have such a potential for injury and liability. Would
all the home owners then be liable? The details would be interesting to work
out.

Rob Sandelin
Who  is covered with Nettle stings from todays trail building project and
can't sleep