Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: affordable cohousing

[Chili Head (chilihead]

I'd be first in line to be a member of this list, if anyone ever  
creates one!


On Jan 21, 2010, at 4:59 PM, Cindy T wrote:

> Sometimes it seems to me that co-housing is often just another form  
> of gated community. In addition to cost, which prevents non- 
> homogeneous people from buying into regular gated communities, co- 
> housing has the vetting process.   Many communities seem to lack any  
> commitment to diversity, and may even violate anti-discrimination  
> laws though I'm sure the legal advisors have figured out how to do  
> that legally.
>
> Do we need another list, or maybe multiple lists, for people with  
> lower incomes, for disabled people, for minorities, or for people  
> from Africa or China, to create a bunch of little ghettos?  Or do we  
> need more communities that commit to the richness of diversity and  
> learn to work out complex issues cooperatively?  It seems like the  
> latter are sorely needed in the world today.
>
> Cindy T