Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: retrofit cohousing logistics?

[Naomi Anderegg (naomi_anderegg]

Greetings, 

I've been following the flow of the conversation and was wondering if anyone 
knows the logistics of how the whole HOA and right of first refusal stuff fits 
in with retrofit co-housing in a neighborhood setting? I'm interested in the 
idea of building a co-housing group with an already existing neighborhood (as 
an 
urban renewal effort). I suspect that such a group would want to start by 
buying 
as many houses/properties as they could on one block or two adjacent blocks, 
and 
try to make it so that every time a house became available in the 
pre-determined 
area over the course of the next several years, that property was essentially 
annexed into the co-housing group. But, how would you make sure that, as you 
were building, any properties associated with the co-housing association stayed 
associated with the co-housing association and that people buying them and 
moving into them were committed to co-housing, and the fees and time-commitment 
that go with it?

Best, 

Naomi