Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: Developing an Affordable Model

[Sharon Villines (sharon]

On May 17, 2010, at 11:50 AM, ron.czecholinski [at] gmail.com wrote:

> build five or six small houses (under 1000 sq.ft) each with a studio
> apartment that could be attached or a separate smaller cottage. The  
> studios
> could be rentals or structured into some form of co-ownership.

I'm so glad Ron is doing this. This structure with attached studios or  
small cottages is allowed by zoning in many places.

The other places that small units might not be a liability is in  
central cities. The banks might view them as resalable as pied a terre  
units. Banks worry a lot about resales.

Sharon
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Sharon Villines
Takoma Village Cohousing, Washington DC
http://www.takomavillage.org