Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: Motivations and Realities

[Elizabeth Stevenson (tamgoddess]

Howard, I know you know me and will not take offense when I say, "Oh,
please!!!"

I wrote several paragraphs on this, then I decided to delete them, because
this is just too obvious to waste everyone's time reading it.

If you don't know by now why we need to help poor people get housing, and
why rich people don't need our help, I can only say, "duh".

Liz
> From: Howard Landman <howard [at] polyamory.org>
> Reply-To: cohousing-l [at] cohousing.org
> Date: Fri, 28 Jun 2002 07:45:37 -0700 (PDT)
> To: cohousing-l [at] cohousing.org
> Subject: Re: [C-L]_Motivations and Realities
> 
>> "I am interested in creating integrated
>> communities that welcome a diverse
>> range of people including low income persons. This
>> requires including
>> affordable units in the mix of units in a project
> 
> I wonder how people would have reacted if this had
> instead read:
> 
> "I am interested in creating integrated
> communities that welcome a diverse range
> of people including high income persons.
> This requires including spacious units
> with many amenities in the mix of units
> in a project ..."
> 
> I have seen dozens of posts which ask how to
> encourage low-income people to move into
> cohousing.  I don't think I have seen any at all
> asking about how to attract high-income people.
> I sense a form of reverse discrimination at
> work here.  Anyone care to give a rationale for
> this bias?
> 
> Howard A. Landman
> River Rock Commons
> Fort Collins CO
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