Exploratory toot:
Adjacent to #turtleBower planning locally, people from other areas are also starting to scheme collective/shared housing. Co-living for lil niche groups like spoonies or neurodivergents.
I wonder about a #getFediHoused tag or something as a marketplace for folks looking to start something up, or find roommates, share resources, find local connections, etc.
Chime in if you have ideas!
#coliving #housing #intentionalCommunity #sharedHousing
@stephaniepixie aw thanks much for all this! It's so crucial to quality of life and wellbeing.
The comments are open on the Why This Matters page, if anybody anywhere in the world wants to share their experience and how valuable this kind of housing would be.
https://turtlebower.org/why-this-matters/
#turtleBower
Let's make some nooooooise (quietly with headphones on) about how appropriate housing could change (and save) lives.
I may have found a way to hack capitalism to purchase a building for collective convalescent housing.
This poll is to get a feel for reach and support, to see if #turtleBower could in fact pull this off.
Rough math, circa 3000+ people chipping in $10
This is basically #mutalAid at the collective level.
If we can make this housing happen we have a template for others to use.
Pls vote & boost.
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https://disabled.social/@vlrny/115035488756724553
#canPoli #ONpoli #cdnPoli #spoonies #longCovid #disabilityJustice
Floating an exploratory ballon here. If #turtleBower needed to raise $30-$50k for a deposit on this current building, would you kick in? It's based in Ontario Canada, but if we pull this off it can be a template for other housing all over the world. https://turtlebower.org/ Boosts appreciated! #intentionalCommunity #coliving #housing #spoonies #longCovid #actuallyAutistic #disabilityJustice #cohousing #hopePunk #burnout [ ] $5 [ ] $10 [ ] $15+ [ ] Sorry, but good luck!
Floating an exploratory balloon here. If #turtleBower needed to raise $30-$50k for a deposit on this current building, would you kick in? It's based in Ontario Canada, but if we pull this off it can be a template for other housing all over the world.
https://turtlebower.org/
Boosts appreciated!
#intentionalCommunity #coliving #housing #spoonies #longCovid #actuallyAutistic #disabilityJustice #cohousing #hopePunk #burnout
โ๏ธ I'm still on brain rest, so will mostly let this roll in the background and let my lovely web team manage this.
If for any reason you aren't able or comfortable posting a comment on the site, you can also reply to this toot - use the tag #turtleBower if you'd like our web team to pull your comment and add it to the site (either credited or anon, as you prefer).
Danka mah darlings.
Let's make some noise and make something better. We deserve space to heal.
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Fellow #spoonies #chronicPain and #longCovid folks, I need your voice!
We have one more thing to do before we can shout #turtleBower from the rooftops:
We need your comments (wherever in the world you are) on the Why This Matters page so our invisible struggles to survive are seen and heard.
There's such a depth of need for safe, healthy housing and light support, I want to use the site to highlight that need. Build something better.
Boosts appreciated. ๐
Hey #spoonies ! Anybody want a sneak preview of the #turtleBower website?
We need someone to do the #altText for the dozen or so images on the site.
I can email you links of the individual pages and then you just reply back with yer lovely words and my web team will add them.
This whole project is by spoonies for spoonies, so if you've got a spoon to spare and want to help create a pilot project of collaborative convalescence and co-living, creating a space where we can thrive, boop me!
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@davey hrm... To clarify, the website will be just a read only source of information, not a social platform or anything.
And we're not physically building anything. The house (with wheelchair accessibility) exists. I am just trying to create the non-profit structure to buy the place and fill it with spoonies as a convalescent space.
This toot thread might help:
https://disabled.social/@vlrny/114545719554596484
And watch the #turtleBower tag -- website coming soon!!
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Ok so... Horrible news, potentially awesome news. The building with this nascent intentional community is being sold, we've had a very wobbly start, and the owner is burned out. But... It occurs to me I have been trying to build #turtleBower for years, and I thought finding a good facility would be the hardest part, but the building and location here are perfect. So basically we need to find a way to buy this place, and turn it into a spoonie haven. I'm gonna need a tonne of help though. ๐งต
@davey Oh the irony! If only I had a website to point you to. ๐
We're building this:
(And lots of info under the #turtleBower tag)
Attached: 1 image I made a clear concise sentence about what we are up to! #brainfog #turtleBower #Guelph #Ontario #Canada #housingCrisis #chronicIllness #longCovid #coliving
Anybody wanna help do #altText descriptions for the handful of images going up on the #turtleBower website?
If you love images and words, and want to help make this amazing cooperative convalescent housing project happen we'd love to have a little extra help.
Bonus if you also are comfortable working with WordPress, but we can fold you in either way.
We've got most of the writing done for this first phase and are busy uploading and building now!
Am so excited! ๐
Valerie Roney