Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: making cohousing affordable (Cohousing-L Digest, Vol 252, Issue 19)

[Shane Strano (shaneclairestrano]

Hey All,

I'm extremely interested in this topic. 

I'm part of NJ CoHousing, we just had our City Interest Meeting. Last night was 
the first 'casual hangout' and we had 10 people come who seemed to vibe. 

I am beyond excited that we are getting started - there is 0 cohousing in NJ. 
We're a long way from the goal of creating the first one, but I can't help but 
be a little giddy. 

Anyway, the topic of affordability is going to be a big one. I have visited 
cohousing in the US and England and spoken to people on the phone (mostly 
urban, as we are doing urban) - no one seems to have found a way to do 
affordable CoHousing. Especially in an urban setting. 

I've been in touch with Katie McCamant for a while because I eventually want to 
put her on retainer, and I paid her to speak on Zoom during our Interest 
Meeting. To me, she plainly said that holding on to things like diversity won't 
serve you in creating a community, you need to just get it done. And it's 
expensive - the end. 

Has anyone come up with a workaround or any potential ideas to make CoHousing 
affordable? There has got to be a way. 

Best,
Shane 

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> On Jan 26, 2025, at 10:54 PM, b farris via Cohousing-L <cohousing-l [at] 
> cohousing.org> wrote:
> 
> You are not out of touch. Creating housing that is affordable doesn’t seem 
> to be a priority in cohousing. I was actually thinking it would be a good 
> idea to create a new one with affordability as an important part of the plan.
> Izzy
> 
>> On Jan 26, 2025, at 2:39 PM, Kate C via Cohousing-L <cohousing-l [at] 
>> cohousing.org> wrote:
>> 
>> I get excited every time I hear about a home for sale in a cohousing 
>> community…until I look at the price. I am not indigent, and certainly 
>> wouldn’t qualify for affordable housing relief, but these homes seem to me 
>> to be out of reach for all but the wealthy. I’ve owned my home for 15 
>> years—am I just out of touch with the housing market?
>> 
>> 🏳️‍🌈 Kate C
>> (she/her/hers)
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>>>> On Jan 26, 2025, at 9:28 AM, cohousing-l-request [at] cohousing.org wrote:
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>>> [C-L]_ making cohousing affordable
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