Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: HOA acting as distributor

[Sharon Villines (sharon]

On Dec 17, 2004, at 11:32 PM, <normangauss [at] charter.net> wrote:

> The business activity would be in the nature of a distributor, that is,
> acting as an agent buying a package of services to individual 
> households
> ("Separate Interests") and collecting individually from those 
> households for
> those services.  This is, in effect, a "Buyer's Club" administered by 
> the
> HOA.

Large condominiums do often house and facilitate services of all kinds 
like dry cleaners in the basement and favored delivery services but the 
condo just facilitates the services, doesn't provide it. Members could 
have a buyers club but it would be separate from the official HOA 
business, although the HOA could raise objections or giver permission 
for use of common space (using the kitchen to distribute food).

Sharon
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Sharon Villines
Takoma Village Cohousing, Washington DC
http://www.takomavillage.org