Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: Variations on low cost housing

[Robert Heinich (robert]

What make matters worse is that rescue missions (at least the local  
one) does not permit the homeless to brings their pets with them.  I  
discover this when I chatted with a homeless person when he solicited  
at a traffic light.  He had a dog with him.

-Robert Heinich
 Eno Commons Cohousing Neighborhood
 http://www.enocommons.org
 Durham, NC
 where I paid the mortgage but my 3 cats own the house


Quoting Ana Sweet <sweetana3 [at] yahoo.com>:

> Brian mentioned capsule units and such and then brought up the story  
>  of the woman living in her car "with her two golden retrievers".  I  
>  do not believe that the story discussed the issue of pets and the   
> burden it places on finding housing of any kind.  Two large dogs   
> would prevent her from renting almost any subsidized housing in my   
> city and most of the apartment complexes.  It is a pretty unusual   
> unit that allows pets, especially multiple pets of size.
>
> Extremely small units (capsules) even more so would probably   
> restrict pets of almost any kind due to noise, potential smells,   
> potential for fleas, etc.  There are a great many people who would   
> choose their car over their pets who have the money to secure   
> housing for themselves (and a great number who dispose of their pets).
>
> We recognize that our 5 cats means we have to be homeowners and I   
> would not choose any housing type that had restrictions on our pets.  
>   However, I understand the housing issues they cause.
>
> Ana potential cohousing member