Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: Washington State Condo Law updates

[Hafidha Sofia (hafidhaao]

Chuck, 
Someone from Songaia Cohousing will be getting in touch with you soon about 
this.

Hafidha
Seattle WA

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> On Nov 12, 2024, at 8:39 PM, Chuck Harrison <cfharr [at] gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Duwamish Cohousing in Seattle was formed in 1999 and is organized under the
> state condo law at that time. The founders made an effort to map the
> consensus cohousing model onto legal requirements (e.g. our Board of
> Directors consists of all residents). There was a major rewrite to the
> state law in 2018 but older developments like us were grandfathered in so
> we ignored it. This year the legislature passed a new condo law, intended
> to make practices highly uniform statewide, and becoming retroactive on us
> in a few years (no more "grandfathering").
> 
> I am just starting to wrap my head around this and I would like to reach
> out to other cohousers (and other intentional communities) in Washington
> State who are processing what this means.
> 
> The law is called WUCIOA https://www.wucioa.info/ .
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Chuck Harrison
> Duwamish Cohousing
> Seattle WA USA
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