Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: not doing work

[David Heimann (heimann]

Hi,

	Our Bylaws state that undone work hours are addressed in the same 
way as unpaid condo fees (this was deliberately put into the Bylaws -- I 
know since I was on the Condo Docs committee!).  We therefore can put a 
lien on someone's unit if they don't do the hours, even if they are 
current on condo fees.  While presumably we won't come close to actually 
doing so, if these five households were in our community they could 
actually face liens for their refusal to participate.  It makes 
enforcement (and negotiation) a lot simpler.

Regards,
David Heimann
Jamaica Plain Cohousing



Date: Mon, 15 Oct 2007 21:42:42 -0700
From: "eileen mccourt" <emccourt [at] CHARTER.NET>
Subject: Re: [C-L]_ not doing work
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One of the reasons for the play or pay provision was to get the
participation requirement into our documents that go to new homebuyers, so
we could minimize the problem of people moving in who are not interested in
cohousing. We have not been very successful in after marketing our homes to
committed cohousers, and those who have sold have mainly been interested in
moving to whatever is next.

We have not had the problem of people not paying their participation dues,
but we are entitled to put a lien on the property for HOA dues in arrears.
Unfortunately, we have 5 out of 36 households that do not participate. Four
are because of not being interested in cohousing per se, another is because
of disillusionment with the community.

Eileen McCourt
Oak Creek Commons

-----Original Message-----
From: Rebecca Reid [mailto:rreid [at] cohousing.com]
Sent: Monday, October 15, 2007 10:25 AM
To: cohousing-l [at] cohousing.org
Subject: [C-L]_ not doing work

I am wondering what you do if they won't pay the higher dues.
Rebecca Reid
Pioneer Valley



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> Date: Sun, 14 Oct 2007 23:30:10 -0700
> From: "eileen mccourt" <emccourt [at] CHARTER.NET>
> Subject: Re: [C-L]_ Yet another question about (not doing) work
> To: "'Cohousing-L'" <cohousing-l [at] cohousing.org>
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> At Oak Creek Commons, they pay higher dues and we thank them for their
> contribution to getting the work done..
>
> Eileen McCourt