Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: Urban Affordable Cooperative Cohousing Developments

[Diane (dianeclaire]

Cambridge Cohousing has two affordable units owned by the Cambridge Housing
Authority and one first time homebuyers unit.   Does that fit your needs?

Diane

On Sun, Feb 8, 2009 at 7:21 PM, Mabel Liang <mabel [at] twomeeps.com> wrote:

>
> Jennifer,
>
> I don't know how urban you think Amherst is.  When we were first looking
> into cohousing we visited Pomeroy Lane Cooperative, a 25 unit limited
> equity, mixed income cooperative in Amherst with 4 units set aside for
> persons with cognitive disabilities.  It's not cohousing, but it has some
> common facilities.  You can find them via Google.
>
> The cohousing developments in Cambridge (Cornerstone Village and Cambridge
> Cohousing) and Boston (Jamaica Plain Cohousing) have affordable units, but
> they are not cooperatives.
>
> -- Mabel :-)
>
> Mabel Liang
> mabel [at] twomeeps.com
> Software Engineer turned Gardener
> Cornerstone Village Cohousing
> Cambridge, MA
>
> ---------------------------- Original Message ----------------------------
> Subject: [C-L]_ Urban Affordable Cooperative Cohousing Developments
> From:    "Jennifer" <jms1970us [at] yahoo.com>
> Date:    Thu, February 5, 2009 7:08 pm
> To:      Cohousing-L [at] cohousing.org
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
>
> >
> > Hello,
> >
> > I’m a graduate student at the University of Massachusetts, and I’m
> > completing my degree in regional planning.  My master’s thesis research
> > is on urban affordable cooperative cohousing developments.  I am looking
> > for information about urban affordable cohousing and
> cooperative/cohousing
> > hybrid developments possibly in the New England or New York metro areas.
> >
> > Right now, I know of Sawyer Hill Cohousing in Berlin, MA, which has
> > affordable units in their development, but it isn't in an urban
> community,
> > and I know about Greenway Park Cohousing in Chicago, which has affordable
> > units in an urban area, but isn’t in the New England or New York metro
>  > area.  Any information about cohousing developments that fit at least
> two
> > of the above requirements would be helpful.
> >
> > Thanks so much for your help,
> >
> > Jennifer Siciliano
> >
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