Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: peer to peer lending club for Cohousing?

[mira Danyel brisk (mirabepeace]

Wonderful discussion and suggestions.

Yes, how can such a community based bank for Cohousing projects be started?
On Sep 26, 2015 8:34 AM, "John Sechrest" <sechrest [at] gmail.com> wrote:

>
> It is an interesting idea.
>
> One thought that I had was more focused on the Community Sourced Capital
> idea.
> https://www.communitysourcedcapital.com/
>
> But they have a limit on amount of funds collected and have a business
> model aimed at cashflow businesses.
>
> It seems like it should be possible to set up financial mechanisms where
> people interested in cohousing in a broader sense help diversify their
> investments by investing in a broader range of other cohousing places.
>
> A cohousing savings and loan or a cohousing credit union does not seem that
> far out of place. The big question would be the commitment of people to
> engage in building the engine.
>
> We have local credit unions and banks that think that they are in this
> business. I wonder if it is a matter of having a deeper relationship with
> them.
>
> Every time this conversation comes up on the list, the National Coop Bank
> conversation should be part of the conversation. They seem to be working on
> a national level to try to get into this market:
>
> http://www.cohousing.org/finance-affordable
>
> However, it does not take a bank or a credit union to do this. It is
> possible to organize other mechanisms.
>
> On Fri, Sep 25, 2015 at 5:04 AM, S. Kashdan <s_kashdan [at] hotmail.com> 
> wrote:
>
> >
> > Hi all,
> >
> > This is Sylvie Kashdan of Jackson Place Cohousing in Seattle, Washington.
> >
> > I am wondering if there is any current news of people working on
> developing
> > some sort of peer to peer lending or other kind of financing organization
> > specifically devoted to cohousing?
> >
> > I recently read two articles in Consumer Reports on the topic of peer to
> > peer
> > lending and investing, and it seemed to me that it might be something
> worth
> > thinking about for cohousing financing, if there were some people with
> > banking knowledge and abilities who could organize it. What do others
> > think?
> >
> > What you need to know about Lending Club and Prosper
> > These new meeting places for borrowers and investors are giving
> traditional
> > banks a run for their money
> > This article appeared in the February 2015 issue of Consumer Reports
> > magazine.
> >
> > and
> >
> > Investing in Lending Club and Prosper
> > Peer-to-peer lending can boost your income
> > This article appeared in the August 2014 issue of Consumer Reports Money
> > Adviser.
> >
> >
> > Cohousingly,
> > Sylvie
> >
> > Sylvie Kashdan
> > Community Outreach Liaison
> > Jackson Place Cohousing
> > 800 Hiawatha Place South
> > Seattle, WA 98144
> > www.seattlecohousing.org
> > info [at] jacksonplacecohousing.org
> >
> >
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