Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: Fwd: 20 Things To Know About [was:Affordable Housing

[Ann Zabaldo (zabaldo]

Oh Fred I am so sorry about this!   I won’t do this again!  Doubly sorry I put 
you to all this work.  Apologies. 

Takoma Village Cohousing
Washington DC

Sent from my iPhone
All tiipos ... curtesy of Siri  :-)

> On Jan 7, 2020, at 10:49 AM, Fred-List manager <fholson [at] cohousing.org> 
> wrote:
> 
> Ann Zabaldo <zabaldo [at] earthlink.net>
> is the author of the message below.  It was posted by
> Fred, the Cohousing-L list manager <fholson [at] cohousing.org>
> after I considerably reformatted the forwarded newsletter.
> 
> It was formatted as a list of 20 links to articles but the URLs
> were 1000+ byte long tracking URLs which are unreasonable to
> show in a text based media like Cohousing-L.
> 
> I deleted most of the URLS and left the list as bullet points below.
> 
> I did manage to dredge up a direct URL to the article Ann recommends
> (tho it is long and will require copy/pasting :( )
> The URLs I deleted included the one that would unsubscribe Ann from
> the newsletter.  Be cautious about simply forwarding email news letters.
> 
> Are you familiar with tracking URLs included in email?
> Most people do not seem to be aware and most email programs hide them
> or at least do not point them out.  See my blog post:
> http://fholson.cohousing.org/blog/index.htm#r1s
> 
> Fred
> 
> --------------------  FORWARDED MESSAGE FOLLOWS --------------------
> Ann writes:
> 
> Hello all,
> 
> This affordable housing thread on Cohousing-L is very stimulating w/
> many active responses.  I've read them all.
> 
> The housing crisis for moderate, low income and homeless people is
> complicated and nuanced.  Pull one string ...  several other strings
> become knotted.  For instance, one way to reduce housing costs is to
> build more housing.  Increased supply will lower demand and prices
> will decrease, too.  That will make a lot of homeowners who bought
> during this "hot" market very unhappy as they see their investment
> diminish.  Right now, in large urban areas, it's a seller's
> market.   Housing units are selling at sums of money far exceeding
> asking price.  You can bet homeowners will go to the mats to prevent
> this from happening.
> 
> Rather than fuel more conversation about what is causing the crisis
> ... I suggest signing up for this newsletter you see below:  Bisnow
> Affordable Housing. You will find an array of articles and reports on
> affordable housing from experts working in the field.  You may wish to
> start w/:
> The Conundrum Affordable Housing Poses for the Nation.
> https://www.washingtonpost.com/realestate/the-conundrum-affordable-housing-
> poses-for-the-nation/2020/01/01/a5b360da-1b5f-11ea-8d58-5ac3600967a1_story.html
> 
> Exc