Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: Owning units in cohousing communities as tenants

[Brian Bartholomew (bb]

> Can a cohousing community be constructed and structured such that
> the purchase price for say a 2 or 3 bedroom home is under $200,000
> while including some principles of green design?

To a first approximation, the total of mortgage plus utility bill
measures resource consumption.  Thus, cheaper is greener.  The
greenest community may be an old trailer park.

Consider finding a local in the construction industry you can talk to.
Perhaps a builder, a commercial real estate agent that does
development projects, or a neighboring jurisdiction's planning
department off the record.  They can tell you the cheapest per-unit
housing development they've seen approved in the last couple years.
That's the cheapest and greenest you will be permitted to build.

                                                        Brian