Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: Low and Affordable Income Housing

[Kate Nichols (knichols]

> I worked with an affordable housing organization - Low Income 
> Housing Institute in Seattle and received state funding for five low 
> income households, but I'm in Bellingham Cohousing -WA. Kate N. 
> Nichols



> Related (kind of) question....I was told that there is a co-housing "type"
> community in Benton - Washington that has worked with an affordable housing
> group in the city and received some funding because of this.  Does anyone
> know about this...or even better is there someone from this group on the
> list.  We in Corvallis are considering this type of partnership and would
> love to communicate with another group doing this.
>
> Juva is wet and wild Corvallis - Oregon (CoHo - seeking land and members)
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Sharon Villines" <sharon [at] sharonvillines.com>
> To: <cohousing-l [at] cohousing.org>
> Sent: January 05, 2003 7:58 AM
> Subject: [C-L]_Low and Affordable Income Housing
>
>
> >  A very inspiring article in the NYT on the renovation of Archer Courts in
> >  Chicago. Architects took a horrible project filled with crime and rats and
> >  turned it into an award-winning building and a happy community with NO
> >  residents being displaced. They created community rooms that sound very
> much
> >  like commonhouses and did it all with foundation and public money.
> >
> >  The renovation was done by Anthony Fusco and Daniel Burke, lawyers who
> >  specialize in "civic miracles" like saving and renovating low and moderate
> >  income housing. This is probably the best way to create cohousing
> >  communities for low and moderate income households. In fact this project
> now
> >  includes mixed income households.
> >
> >  http://www.nytimes.com/2003/01/02/garden/02ARCH.html
> >
> >  You may have to register to read the article but registration is free. The
> >  article is "Out of the Ashes, Cinderella" by Gwenda Blair.
> >
> >  Sharon
> >  --
> >  Sharon Villines
> >  Takoma Village Cohousing, Washington DC
> >  http://www.takomavillage.org
> >
> >
> >
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