DON’t GIVE UP THE DREAM - IT JUST MIGHT PAY OFF
The seed of cohousing along the Willamette River in Eugene was planted in 2011. Oakleigh
Meadow, LLC incorporated in 2012 . With design...
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By Betty Grant Views since 5/2014: 1,924 |
By Sharon Villines, Sociocracy.info Several years ago there was a post on Cohousing-L related to the community's legal documents that were written in "legalese." I had recently researched Plain English for Lawyers for a neighbor. She was a single parent trying to set up legal guardianship and financial oversight for her daughter in... Views since 5/2014: 3,240 |
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Uniform Law Commission What I think is a great find is the uniform condominium bylaws. It was written by the Uniform Law Commission. The Uniform Law Commission (ULC, also known as the National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws), established in 1892, provides states with non-partisan, well-conceived and... Views since 5/2014: 3,993 |
Robert Boyer, University of North Carolina at Charlotte [Editor's Note: This article reprinted from Communities Magazine is authored by Robert Boyer, an Assistant Professor of Geography and Earth Sciences at UNC Charlotte. Robert has researched cohousing and ecovillage initiatives around the world, and was an enthusiastic participant at the 2015... Views since 5/2014: 4,399 |
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Sharon Villines, Takoma Village Cohousing I include below a list of things that neighbors can and should not do for neighbors with who need support or health care. One of our residents put this together when we another resident needed more than we could provide and the family was not stepping in. In another instance, the community stepped... Views since 5/2014: 6,458 |
by Sharon Villines Architectural review policies are generally hard to write, partly because we have very different housing experiences when we move into cohousing and partly because we don't know how to talk about architecture or colors.. The process touches on understanding how to live in a jointly owned or managed... Views since 5/2014: 6,047 |
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By Sharon Villines A list of the 6 mistakes that groups have made that contributed to their downfall or cost them significant financial loses and/or membership problems. Not a scientific study but reflects 20 years of reading Cohousing-L.
1. NOT READING COHOUSING-L. Cohousing-L will give you access to hundreds of... Views since 5/2014: 16,907 |
By Ann Zabaldo via http://www.cohousingblog.com/ “Cohousing”... Views since 5/2014: 6,222 |
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By Sharon Villines On Cohousing-L, a member of a forming group asked a smart question: "What SHOULD we be worried about?"
Philip Dowds, an architect living in Cornerstone Cohousing in Cambridge Cohousing replied:
Plan on delay. Plan on surprising cost increases. Plan on flogging your way past disappointments... Views since 5/2014: 6,802 |
2008 Conference Presentation by Jonathan Klein LEGAL ISSUES IN COHOUSING DEVELOPMENT
Jonathan Klein, Klein Hornig LLP
June 12, 2008
Presented to 2008 NATIONAL COHOUSING CONFERENCE
Bentley College, Waltham, Massachusetts
Abstract: This workshop will be a comprehensive overview of the legal issues that arise in the a typical cohousing... Views since 5/2014: 6,726 |
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