Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: Are We Done with the Rental Issue?

[Diane (dianeclaire]

Hi Jerome,

I am interested in your project, but I am up to my ears in other projects
and don't have a moment to spare.  Could you keep me in the loop, let me
know what is going on, but not expect me to contribute much, if anything,
until I am able to come up for air?

Thanks, also, for all the good work you are doing for Coho/US.

Diane Margolis.

On Thu, Feb 17, 2011 at 6:44 AM, Jerome Garciano <jlgebox-04 [at] 
yahoo.com>wrote:

>
> A couple of weeks ago I sent an email to this list to see if anyone was
> interested in discussing the possibility of starting a national non-profit
> organization (or perhaps a few regional non-profits) to own cohousing
> rental
> units.  The idea again would be to create a cohousing-friendly corporate
> owner with capacity and scale that can help make mixed-tenure and
> mixed-income cohousing more achievable.  I imagine it could apply for grant
> funding from foundations and also develop relationships with community
> development financial institutions to set up financing to purchase or
> develop units.  The organization(s) could maybe even dialogue and partner
> with other housing organizations and housing agencies.  Since the ethos of
> such an organization would be based in cohousing, it would be able to work
> with cohousing communities to keep and further the vision of each
> community,
> even as an owner of rental units.
>
> I got responses from few people from my earlier email, but if anyone else
> is
> interested let me know as I plan to set up a conference call for this
> discussion in the next few days.
>
> Thanks
>
> *Jerome L. Garciano, Esq.*
> Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP
> 111 Huntington Avenue
> Boston, MA 02199
> Direct Dial: 617.239.0285
> Direct Fax: 888.325.9042
> Main Dial: 617.239.0100
> Email: jgarciano [at] eapdlaw.com
>
> www.eapdlaw.com
>
> On Tue, Feb 15, 2011 at 11:03 AM, Zev Paiss <zpaiss [at] comcast.net> wrote:
>
> >
> > Friends,
> >
> > Just curious to know if Grace's suggestion that all of us who are
> > interested in Rental Cohousing join their committee has finished this
> > discussion? What we need is strong leadership to help adapt the
> > American cohousing model to address this pressing issue.  I am
> > concerned that with the constraints on home construction and purchase
> > for most people, cohousing will not have a very robust future.
> >
> > Zev
> >
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