Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: Limitation of number of renters question

[Reede Stockton (commercial]

Not sure I agree with that assessment.  One of the biggest impediments to
purchase is the accumulation of wealth represented by a down payment.  That
difficulty is not equitably distributed, so even the percentage of rental
units alone is likely to increase diversity in my opinion.

On Tue, Jan 30, 2018 at 12:45 PM, Sharon Villines <sharon [at] 
sharonvillines.com
> wrote:

> On Jan 30, 2018, at 3:13 PM, Reede Stockton <commercial [at] willriley.com>
> wrote:
> >
> > That's a great point about financial diversity.  For those of us
> concerned
> > about the relative lack of diversity in cohousing, allowing a greater
> > percentage of rentals might help address the issue somewhat.
>
> More rentals in cohousing would increase diversity only if the rents are
> lower than the average market rate. It won’t be if non-resident owners are
> renting at the top rates and won’t or can’t guarantee long term rentals—
> not 20 years but 2-5 years.
>
> It would be better if we built units that were designed as rentals,
> particularly for the 20-somethings.
>
> Sharon
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> Sharon Villines
> Takoma Village Cohousing, Washington DC
> http://www.takomavillage.org
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