Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: Reaction to Adawehi webinar

[Thomas Chapel (tjchapel]

The idea that cohousing must be multi generational i think is made up. I
like the fact ours is but can imagine it working just as well as senior
only or families only. To ME the big shift that defines cohousing is that
people decide to live in community and share resources. You can convince me
that this HAS to include age or any other kind of demog diversity but it
will take some doing

Tom Chapel

On Fri, Feb 27, 2026, 5:55 PM Sharon Villines via Cohousing-L <
cohousing-l [at] cohousing.org> wrote:

> > On Feb 27, 2026, at 5:13 PM, Linda Hobbet <coho [at] lindahobbet.com> wrote:
> >
> > Most cohousing is multi-generational. I'm not sure why one would want to
> prevent  children from being around elders by law.
>
> > We wanted to spend our limited finances on adult-oriented facilities,
> but we are specifically 55+ because it made it possible for us to rezone to
> build our homes closer. The city planners believe it results in less
> traffic (I guess they didn't think about the parade of Amazon, UPS, and
> other delivery trucks, LOL).
>
> One reason for the town planning board to limit open age housing is
> schools. They don’t want to have to build more schools. They  like elders
> because they put fewer stresses on the community. No gang activity. No bar
> room brawls. No foster care & less social services— not sure this last one
> is true but my office once shared a building with social service agencies
> and the building was overrun with children.
>
> The restriction of 55+ means you are “not encouraging” the age group on
> either side of 21 which commits the most crime.
>
> Sharon
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> Sharon Villines
> Riderwood Village, Silver Spring MD
> Founding member for 25 years in Takoma Village, Washington DC
>
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