Cohousing-L Mailing List: RE: Rental policies

[Catya Belfer-Shevett (catya]

> If you spend a bunch of energy in "might be" type discussions,
> you have great potential to lose members over things which may never pass.
> So until you are well into creating your unit designs I don't see why you
> should be talking about policies of any kind, unless your goal is
> to narrow
> the field of potential neighbors. So for example, if you don't want any
> rentals, then a policy at this stage makes sense, but if its OK, then you
> are better off NOT going into details until something like your
> final group
> is in place, and this will not happen until Mortgages are
> approved, which is
> almost when the building is done.

Interestingly, this is rather opposite some of the other advice I've seen
here, which is to tackle some of the more controversial issues early on, so
that people have clear understandings and agreements coming into the group.
(e.g., tackle the pet policy well before move-in, which a lot of people
seemed ot think was a very good idea not too long ago)

Thoughts?

        - catya
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