Cohousing-L Mailing List: Bringing up issues regarding problematic people

[Racheli Gai (racheli]

I think there is a basic problem that keeps people from bringing up  
the matter of difficult people in a forum
such as that:  Said persons might be on this list serve, and if you  
talk about them they might make your life way
less than pleasant...

I'd very much like to hear ideas that would help circumventing this  
problem, since being able to discuss difficult
personalities/behaviors and brainstorm solutions (or if not solutions,  
at least possible strategies/actions) could be
most helpful, because I rather doubt that there are many communities  
that don't struggle with "neighbor(s) from
hell".  And, in my experience, most communities, residential or  
otherwise, have a hugely difficult time figuring out
*as communities* what to do about it.


Racheli.


On Mar 23, 2011, at 3:02 PM, Zev Paiss wrote:

> Friends,
>
> I have listened with great interest the conversation regarding bad
> renters in cohousing. I would also like to add that once in a while a
> "Bad Owner" comes along and we should offer the same warning for other
> cohousing communities.
>
> Several years ago our small community experience the "Neighbor from
> Hell" and it would have been very helpful if the residents of the
> first cohousing community this person lived in, had given us a heads
> up. Fair housing laws must be followed but there is nothing stopping
> us from discriminating against people who are dishonest, hurtful and
> deceptive.
>
> Zev Paiss
> Boulder, Colorado
>
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