Re: Saving the Planet - do we use straw bale? | <– Date –> <– Thread –> |
From: David Mandel (dlmandel![]() |
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Date: Thu, 25 Dec 2003 02:26:14 -0700 (MST) |
There were 11 households that received some initial subsidy, six low-income and five moderate, out of 25 total at Southside Park. The other factor that really made affordability work initially was that we had no minimum up-front investment required for the low-income people. So some who had next to nothing were still able to join. Unfortunately, however, the affordability was only temporary. For 10 (moderate) or 30 (low) years, sales were supposed to be only to someone in the same financial category and at a restricted price. But the housing authority that partnered with us on the deal has not been interested in maintaining/enforcing even this much, so affordability is disappearing as original subsidized owners move on (though more than half remain) and the neighborhood gentrifies. It was nice for a start. But to maintain long-term affordability, limited equity co-op and/or land trust is the only way to go. David Mandel ----- Original Message ----- From: "Elizabeth Stevenson" <lilbert [at] comcast.net> To: <cohousing-l [at] cohousing.org> Sent: Wednesday, December 24, 2003 7:05 PM Subject: Re: [C-L]_Saving the Planet - do we use straw bale? > FYI-There were quite a bit more households that got help from the city, > either low- or moderate-income. I think about half the households got help. > I can think of 5 low-income households at least, and there were more > moderate-income households than that. > > Liz > > > > Southside Park is notable for the affordability it acheived, not just for > > the subsidised units,of which there were 5, but for everyone involved. This > > enabled people on incomes which are relatively low by cohousing standards to > > buy in, In 1996 when I surveyed the community, one quarter had annual > > incomes <$20K and another quarter had incomes between $20K and $30K. > > Cheers > > Graham > > _______________________________________________ > Cohousing-L mailing list > Cohousing-L [at] cohousing.org Unsubscribe and other info: > http://www.cohousing.org/cohousing-L > _______________________________________________ Cohousing-L mailing list Cohousing-L [at] cohousing.org Unsubscribe and other info: http://www.cohousing.org/cohousing-L
- Re: Saving the Planet - do we use straw bale?, (continued)
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Re: Saving the Planet - do we use straw bale? Guy Koehler, Rivendell Ranch, December 23 2003
- Re: Saving the Planet - do we use straw bale? Elizabeth Stevenson, December 23 2003
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Saving the Planet - do we use straw bale? Graham Meltzer, December 24 2003
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Re: Saving the Planet - do we use straw bale? Elizabeth Stevenson, December 24 2003
- Re: Saving the Planet - do we use straw bale? David Mandel, December 25 2003
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Re: Saving the Planet - do we use straw bale? Elizabeth Stevenson, December 24 2003
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Re: Housing prices -(was: Saving the Planet - do we use straw bale?) M.Studer, December 25 2003
- Re: Housing prices -(was: Saving the Planet - do we use straw bale?) Sharon Villines, December 26 2003
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Re: Saving the Planet - do we use straw bale? Guy Koehler, Rivendell Ranch, December 23 2003
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