Starting points

So I talked to some folk from http://www.prometheus.co.nz When I was at the Greener living expo Auckland this weekend, and they reckon they could give up to an 80% loan to buy property as a housing co-op. They're based in Wellington and happy to meet informally to discuss further.

Add that to a potential loan from Otakaro and some loan stock and we're away..!

A working group to research possible repayment/rent pricing models would make approaching them things totally do-able.

Thanks @jessedoud for adding me in. I am really keen to learn more around the co-op housing space, but am not ready to set anything up or be heavily involved with a particular group. If people in this group are comfortable, i am happy to just partake in conversations to learn and explore. Thanks

@rowanbrooks and everyone else. The 'newtown group' is looking at a structure similar to what @matthewbartlett is thinking about where there is a collection of houses on a piece of land with shared resources and co-ownership of the land but not necessarily the dwellings.

We see it as an extension of the kind of communal living situation that you have when you are flatting which allows people to share resources and support each other as friends in daily life. The difference would be that we aren't all constrained to one room in one house.

We haven't got very far other than slowing gathering a crew who are interested. We have chatted with the Living Ark Trust as well and will be meeting soon to do some brainstorming about what we want this village to look like.

Keen to be connected in with other people who are thinking about the same things.