Harbor Commons

Description xxxxxLocation description from the grid goes here. Notes & Trivia Harbor Commons is a co-housing development in the Lower East Side. Started as a project after many of the residents of the Village Lofts were served eviction notices for being mutants, the development is, while not loud or public about the fact, a very mutant-friendly alternative to the overwhelming housing discrimination common in the city. As a co-housing group, residency is not, ICly, fully open to everyone -- potential applicants must, in addition to the standard sorts of credit/history checks common to finding new housing, also be interviewed by a small group of residents to ensure they are a good fit. This is because unlike a traditional apartment, all residents of the Commons are expected to take part in the general upkeep and environment of the place. Residents can contribute to this in a large variety of ways, as applicable to their interests and skills -- anywhere from helping with grounds maintenance to helping take care of the finances and tech support to helping prepare communal meals or organize social events or shop for needed supplies; there's a large variety of chores and work that always need doing, and everyone is expected to do what they can to keep the place going. Additionally, there is a small monthly maintenance fee for all residents to take care of the cost of utilities/supplies/maintenance/etc for the shared-use areas. Also additionally, while this is not publicly advertised, anyone with strongly anti-mutant sentiments (or, really, much of any bigotry all around) is highly unlikely to be accepted into a unit here -- they do have a telepath or two in the group for vetting potential new applicants and aren't looking to invite trouble into a community with a very high portion of mutants living there. The common-use buildings (Common House, Workshop) are accessible via electronic keyfobs all residents are issued. These fobs are also tied to certain things around the building -- you can add money to them on the Commons website online for doing laundry, use them to unlock certain more-dangerous equipment lockers in the Workshop, use them to unlock the movie/games cabinets in the entertainment room or the instrument lockers in the music room. There's not really parking here. It's still New York City. Hardly any residents even have cars; those who do are on their own for finding street parking around the Lower East Side. Important Events xxxxxAnything particularly noteworthy happen in this spot? Note it here! Residents xxxxxNone yet -- the Commons is ICly under construction and will not be available to actually move into until early summer, 2014. Harbor Commons Neighborhood Lower East Side Type Residential Mutant-friendliness Welcoming
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