Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: Afforability

[Marganne Meyer (marganne]

At 12:58 PM -0800 1/8/10, Craig Ragland wrote:
> One response is to ask about the current market value of the
> questioner's home. In my experience, more than half the people who raise
> cost concerns live in houses of higher "value" (price, not actual value)
> than most of the cohousing homes in the area (when they exist).

That's not my case, or the case of many others that I've spoken to 
about low cost community housing. I can't afford to buy a house even 
with prices dropping so low.

My answer is to pursue a community of small (less than 1,000 square 
feet) houses. More affordable. Real need for central building for 
shared equipment/experiences.

Has/Does CoHo/US plan to move into this area? I've seen a lot of 
demand expand in the past few years.

Marganne