Cohousing-L Mailing List: Cohousing vs. HOA Communities

[Pete Holsberg (pjh42]

I live in a single-family house/over-55 community with a Homeowners 
Association and am on a mailing list with members that are trying to do 
away with the so-called evils of HOAs -- non-judicial foreclosures, lack 
of accountability of the board of directors, too much control over what 
people can do to the outsides of their houses and property, etc.

From what I've been reading, a cohousing community is one that, like an 
HOA community of single family houses, ownx and manages common 
properties, and collects dues for that purpose.

What other ways are cohousing and HOAs alike? Different? Bulleted lists 
preferable. :-)

Thanks.

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Pete Holsberg
Columbus, NJ
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