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[–] Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

bro a significant percentage of swedes live in housing co-ops, it's literally a normal form of housing here, you're not clever.

[–] SendMePhotos@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I get that my text came off as sarcastic. I wasn't being clever.

Let me retry:

I think it sounds like a great idea but I have concerns such as, who will pay the community bills? Who will be in charge? And other related administrative duty questions.

[–] Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Right, well again refer to the fact that this is a solved problem in many countries, including the US. Housing co-ops consist of a nonprofit cooperative organization that owns the building and then residents own the right to live in an apartment, which comes with a monthly fee for maintenance and voting rights within the co-op.

It's the same principle as HOAs owning and maintaining common infrastructure, just within a single building rather than a group of houses.