Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: Condos & Cohousing

[S. Kashdan (skashdan]

Here at Jackson Place Cohousing in Seattle, Washington, our legal
organization is also condominium. We are getting ready to celebrate our
tenth year anniversary this coming fall. We definitely have more children
and more age diversity than when we first moved in, with three children,
including one newborn. Our residents currently range from a few months to
the eighties. We have 27 homes, and 9 of them are owned by parents with
children. We have 16 children, ranging in age from just a few months to the
teens.  We also have individual adult residents living without partners,
both owners and renters, who range in age from the thirties to the
seventies. We currently have 16 adult men, including 4 renters. We have 25
adult women, including 3 renters. In our case, only 2 homes are entirely
rented out. The other renters have rooms in homes where the owners also
live. A number of years ago, we had 1 renter with a child. But she is no
longer here, and none of the current renters have children. All of our
children have parents who are owners.

Sylvie

Sylvie Kashdan
Jackson Place Cohousing
800 Hiawatha Place South
Seattle, WA 98144
www.seattlecohousing.org
info [at] jacksonplacecohousing.org

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Kay Wilson Fisk" <kwwilson [at] bartcommunity.org>
To: "'Cohousing-L'" <cohousing-l [at] cohousing.org>
Sent: Tuesday, April 05, 2011 10:32 PM
Subject: Re: [C-L]_ Condos & Cohousing


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One thing that has made a difference for us is that we have seven
rental units. Of the 14-16 total kid population, 8-10 kids live in
rental units.

We have been talking about reducing the number of rental units
allowed, but are coming to realize that they account for most of our
young families, and thus, our age diversity. We are still considering
the trade-offs.

Kay
Meadow Wood Condo
Bremerton, WA