Cohousing-L Mailing List: low-cost housing

[Melanie Mindlin (sassetta]

It's not uncommon for jurisdictions to allow you to live in temporary 
structures once you have a building permit.  You need to do a certain amount of 
work periodically in order to keep your building permit active in some places.  
I think in others there is a time limit on your building permit.
Melanie

On Aug 28, 2014, at 3:16 AM, cohousing-l-request [at] cohousing.org wrote:

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> Date: Wed, 27 Aug 2014 21:47:20 -0700
> From: Dane Laverty <danelaverty [at] gmail.com>
> To: Cohousing-L <cohousing-l [at] cohousing.org>
> Subject: Re: [C-L]_ Communities with a low-cost/affordability focus?
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> Sharon, that's interesting about Maine. Is there anything specific to Maine
> that encourages building in stages like that, or could it be done anywhere?
> 
> When I think back to Boy Scout summer camps, those were kind of like the
> sort of tiny-house cohousing community I imagine. All the scouts stayed in
> little cabins, and there was a big central mess hall that provided
> facilities. I understand that most cohousing uses a condominium-style legal
> structure -- do you know if any have been built using a summer-camp-style
> structure?
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Dane