Cohousing-L Mailing List: Rentals and aging in community

[Richart Keller (richart.keller]

An excellent illustration of the importance of rental in dealing with the
concern about maintaining diversity as residents age. 

-----Original Message-----
From: Kay Wilson Fisk [mailto:kwwilson [at] bartcommunity.org] 
Sent: Wednesday, April 06, 2011 1:33 AM
To: 'Cohousing-L'
Subject: Re: [C-L]_ Condos & Cohousing



We are a 5 year old condo cohousing community with 25 households:

        Singles         Couples         With Kids       Total # of
kids
        13              12              8               14 - 16 (kids
here part time)

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

-----Original Message-----
From: cohousing-l-bounces+kwwilson=bartcommunity.org [at] cohousing.org
[mailto:cohousing-l-bounces+kwwilson=bartcommunity.org [at] cohousing.org]
On Behalf Of Sharon Villines
Sent: Monday, April 04, 2011 11:26 AM
To: Cohousing-L
Subject: Re: [C-L]_ Condos & Cohousing

On 4 Apr 2011, at 2:14 PM, R Philip Dowds wrote:

> This is not an easy one to solve.  Even if one believes in "senior
> cohousing" (as an alternative to multi-generational), one's
community 
> can rapidly get TOO senior.

These women were not too senior - their partners are just less senior, as in
dead.

In cohousing, as the women who are already in cohousing age and the men die
younger, and then older women move in, the community can quickly become top
and gender heavy. The problem is then compounded since people like to live
with people like themselves. Keeping diversity is not so easy.

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

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