Call-In #2: Current Economy and Forming Groups (Dec. 7, 2008)

Coho/US Call-In #2 (Dec. 7, 2008) focused on the needs of forming groups. Hear experienced professionals and cohousers discuss the current economy and its impact on forming groups. What can forming groups do to weather the current storm? We didn't come up with easy answers, but the conversation should prove helpful as a number of critical issues were addressed.

Full recording (01:14:20)

Segment on reverse mortgages for seniors 62+ (00:12:50)

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Coho/US is grateful to Fern Selzer of New Brighton Cohousing for providing this transcription

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More about the Call-In

Moderator: Dr. Lisa Poley, Coho/US Board member and resident of ShadowLake Cohousing

Panel Members

• Coho/US's Board President Rick Mockler is vice president with CoHousing Partners and lives at Muir Commons (CA).
• Raines Cohen, with Cohousing Coaches, has visited dozens of cohousing communities around the county and lives at Berkeley Cohousing(CA).
• Brian Brainerd is an urban pioneer on Denver's historic main street who is offering a partially-developed property as a cohousing site.
• Ted Butler is a Director and Senior Home Advisor with Stay In Home Mortgage specializing in both FHA Reverse Mortgage and the new FHA Reverse Mortgage for Purchase - mortgage instruments which may be useful to some forming groups (listen to segment, above).
• Terri Huggett is is a co-founder and member of the Development Team of Daybreak Cohousing, a forming community under construction in Portland, Oregon.

Coho/US Executive Director Craig Ragland was also on the call to share suggested questions and topics submitted BEFORE and DURING the call from our listeners. (see the input we received).

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