Posted in Blog on Aug 14th, 2011
If ever there was a time for new order of business, it is now. Our economic system, which seemed to work reasonably well, has been corrupted beyond recognition. If you are rich, or have a job with health insurance, enjoy good health, and your retirement plan is intact, you might be okay. For millions of [...]
Cooperatively, we have the potential to relate with each other in a new and supportive ways by remedying the market’s utter failure to provide nourishing food, housing, health care and education, and the care of our most vulnerable populations: the young, the elderly, the disabled and veterans.
How nervous are you? Our polarized politics, and amnesia about prior debt ceilings, prohibits prohibits sane, reasoned debate about taxes, light bulbs (!#?!#) and everything in between. This has many people staring at their own ceiling (if they still have one) when they should be sleeping. Clearly, neither our government, nor the corporations that actually call the [...]
Posted in Blog, Events Calendar on May 9th, 2011
As people double up, i.e., move in with others to cut housing expenses, living in close proximity to others can be stressful and difficult. It could be a joyful chapter in your life rather than a spell in hell, however. Developing communication skills and conscious awareness are valuable tools that make a big difference. Laird [...]
Adequate housing is a huge issue for many people. Single parents, seniors, those living on social security, disabled people and young people starting out, are not typically well supported when living in single-person/single-family households. Single-family living stretches budgets and responsibilities. Doubling up with others households frays nerves and relationships. There is a better way: housing that [...]
As people gather month after month, they will find others with whom they feel comfortable and alliances will naturally form. As people get to know each other, housing coaches will facilitate the process by spotting potential mismatches and other pitfalls.
Starting from the premise that our single-household orientation–single family, single parent, single person–is not an ideal model for our most vulnerable populations, New Community Vision is promoting alternative housing arrangements such as cooperatives, cohousing, home sharing and even dormitory housing as viable options for consideration. Plan to Crack our Housing Crisis describes this more fully. [...]
That no long term emergency housing exists for people between the ages of 50 and 55 is just one reason why I wrack my brain to come up with alternatives to prevent housing strain from becoming a crisis. The Families & Housing page explains this in broad strokes. Our three primary models—single family homes, single [...]
I’ve looked and looked. Maybe it’s out there and I just haven’t seen it. Where is the short term housing that we desperately need? The safe, affordable, possibly short term, housing that gives people a breather. The number of people standing at the precipice of homelessness, and falling into it, numbs my mind! A lot [...]
When Janet’s marriage ended in divorce, her Nebraska house sold quickly, requiring that she relocate with two very young children within two weeks. She wisely turned to her friend, Kay, whose marriage had also recently ended. Janet and the children moved in with Kay and her four children and they both considered their options. Tax [...]