Post by LDS Anarchist on Jun 5, 2004 14:57:30 GMT -5
A housing committee, whose function would be to acquire land and build houses (D&C 94: 15) for the members of the United Effort, would need to come to some consensus about what the size and type of the house should be.
My own opinion is that Monolithic Domes can and should be used, because of their catastrophe-proofness, their energy efficiency, and their easiness in construction. The United Effort can purchase land, the size of the plots of land can be of a set size, per family. Let's say that each plot would be 2 acres in area. Then, the material necessary for constructing a Monolithic Dome home on the plot would be purchased and assembled. A building committee would be organized and they would work together for a couple of days and build the home.
The size of each home can be based upon the dimensions for houses mentioned in the Doctrine and Covenants by the Lord, namely: fifty-five by sixty-five, or a total of 3,575 square feet. These dimensions are mentioned for the Presidency House (D&C 94: 4) and for the Printing House (D&C 94: 11) and for the House of the Lord (D&C 95: 15.)
Such houses would be able to accommodate the largest families. After building the house, they can be rented to a family of the order in a rent-to-own agreement, at low cost. No profit would be generated, only the actual material cost of the land and building materials would need to be paid back into the United Effort.
To help with such initial costs, families who own homes, who wish to sell their homes, can do so, at whatever profit they can obtain, and then use those profits to complete a newly built Monolithic Dome home's interior decoration, as they see fit. They would then move into the new home under the low cost rent-to-own agreement, saving money but also contributing to the funds of the United Effort.
As home-owners, in a fairly large home, they may choose to rent out portions of the house to single or other members of the United Effort to increase their income, thus reducing costs for all and increasing the amount of available funds in the general fund of the United Effort.
My own opinion is that Monolithic Domes can and should be used, because of their catastrophe-proofness, their energy efficiency, and their easiness in construction. The United Effort can purchase land, the size of the plots of land can be of a set size, per family. Let's say that each plot would be 2 acres in area. Then, the material necessary for constructing a Monolithic Dome home on the plot would be purchased and assembled. A building committee would be organized and they would work together for a couple of days and build the home.
The size of each home can be based upon the dimensions for houses mentioned in the Doctrine and Covenants by the Lord, namely: fifty-five by sixty-five, or a total of 3,575 square feet. These dimensions are mentioned for the Presidency House (D&C 94: 4) and for the Printing House (D&C 94: 11) and for the House of the Lord (D&C 95: 15.)
Such houses would be able to accommodate the largest families. After building the house, they can be rented to a family of the order in a rent-to-own agreement, at low cost. No profit would be generated, only the actual material cost of the land and building materials would need to be paid back into the United Effort.
To help with such initial costs, families who own homes, who wish to sell their homes, can do so, at whatever profit they can obtain, and then use those profits to complete a newly built Monolithic Dome home's interior decoration, as they see fit. They would then move into the new home under the low cost rent-to-own agreement, saving money but also contributing to the funds of the United Effort.
As home-owners, in a fairly large home, they may choose to rent out portions of the house to single or other members of the United Effort to increase their income, thus reducing costs for all and increasing the amount of available funds in the general fund of the United Effort.