Cohousing-L Mailing List: Fwd: RE: [C-L]_ HOAs in Cohousing

[Marta Vanegas, Concordia Organizer (admin]

Rob Sandelin <floriferous [at] msn.com> wrote:
To remove the notion of community from cohousing, renders it something
entirely different than what it is. 
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Rob, 
 
Hey, hey, slower with the judgment!  Let's sit on the horse the other way, 
shall we?  I wasn't gonna remove the notion of community from cohousing, rather 
was pondering to attempt, at least in my condo complex, adding the notion of 
community to condos.  Condos are an ecological choice, compared to single 
family houses or macmansions.  Other affordable housing options should not be 
poo-poo-ed on this forum...
 
Oh, participatory design process, consensus, and all, it's great, but 
essentially, we're talking about housing, aren't we?  You said, without 
community, cohousing has no point.  And without housing, cohousing has no point 
either.  We are talking about building homes for people. 
 

And I think by now no one could trademark the word cohousing, if you want to 
discuss this, we could... on another thread.



Marta R. Vanegas
Community Organizer
Concordia Cohousing
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