Cohousing-L Mailing List: Splitting the appreciation and affordability concerns

[David Heimann (heimann]

Hello,

        A "clarification" to my previous post: the question is one of
households being required to share a certain percentage of their
appreciation (if any) with the cohousing group condo association when they
sell, in part to build an affordability fund, and a concern that rising
prices and condo fees may eventually result in a cohousing community
becoming one more high-priced condominium development and losing its
commitment to cohousing.

        Again, while there's definitely no current consensus on this we'd
like to know whether any other community has addressed the topic.  If so,
what issues came up?  Could you reach a consensus?  If so, what methods
did you consider?  How did you address possible price *depreciation*?
If you have been around for awhile, have you had any problems with newer
households being less committed to cohousing than the founding households?

Thanks,
David


On Thu, 19 Aug 2004, David Heimann wrote:

>
> Hello,
>
>       We're putting together our condo docs and the question of limiting
> how much a household can benefit from price appreciation has come up.
> While there's definitely no consensus for this at this time, we'd like to
> know whether any other community has addressed this topic.  If so, what
> issues came up?  Could you reach a consensus?  If so, what methods did you
> consider?  How did you address possible price *depreciation*?
>
>       I've checked the archives and the only thread I saw in this
> millennium was about land trusts (they keep the land off the appreciation
> cycle, but banks won't touch it, except possibly for special loan programs
> for low income families).
>
>       Thanks for any experiences or information you can share.
>
> Regards,
> David Heimann
> JP Cohousing
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