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

[tom shea (sheamuson]

I think that reuse (or non use) is the best possible way to be green.  However, 
I disagree that an old trailer park is green.  It would seem that the long term 
upkeep of these types of dwellings is very expensive and resource intensive 
(and not green) relative to the value of the unit.  I will leave it at that, as 
it seems this discussion has concluded in the opinion of many folks.
 
Tom


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Message: 4
Date: Fri, 11 Jan 2008 17:06:27 -0500
From: Brian Bartholomew <bb [at] stat.ufl.edu>
Subject: Re: [C-L]_ Owning units in cohousing communities as tenants
To: Cohousing-L <cohousing-l [at] cohousing.org>
Message-ID: <20080111220627.01505746F3 [at] capelin.stat.ufl.edu>

> 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


      
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