Cohousing-L Mailing List: New to list, interested in house sale policies

[J Boerst (julieb]

Hello,

Thanks to Martha from Earthaven for telling me about this list.  :-)

I'm a member of White Hawk Ecovillage in Danby, NY.  We're just starting 
construction on the first homes and are exploring the policies we should have 
in place.  One issue we're looking at is taxes on home sales, also known as 
flip taxes.  Martha mentioned that there had been some discussion on this 
recently, but I'm not sure if it's possible to search your archives.

I would welcome answers to any of the following questions:
-Does your community get a share of profits when homes are sold?  (Example of
this kind of policy here: http://www.cobbhill.org/cr&a_unit_sale.html ) 
-How does it work?
-Would you be willing to share the lease or bylaw wording with us?
-Has your policy been successful so far?
-Have other policies and experiences led to your present policy?

Thank you,
Julie Boerst
White Hawk Ecovillage
www.whitehawk.org