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Post by Michael N Widener on Apr 15, 2010 6:47:52 GMT 4
Cohousing: Joining Affordable, Sustainable and Collaboratively-Governed, Single Family Neighborhoods Michael N. Widener Bonnett, Fairbourn, Friedman & Balint PC March 18, 2010 Abstract: For many Americans now, and in decades to come, purchasing a home in a conventional single-family subdivision is and will remain impossible. Credit challenges facing this population mandate rethinking why, where and how we build, and occupy, dwellings and neighborhoods, and understanding how our choices affect growing sustainable and supportive communities. If local government officials, planning and design professionals and construction industry leaders fail to respond, sensibly and swiftly, to declining renewable resources and downward-spiraling personal net worth, social and ecological equilibrium will be mightily disrupted. This essay urges new behaviors that challenge persistent urban planning, development and neighborhood governance conventions. It affords one example of new strategies, conjoining themes of affordability, sustainability, safety and rational neighborhood governance, in devising a housing market for a changed dwelling-owner class. papers.ssrn.com/sol3/Delivery.cfm/SSRN_ID1574507_code1310571.pdf?abstractid=1574507&mirid=2
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