> Jim Henderson <nos### [at] nospamcom> wrote:
>>> (*) Well not "rent" per se. I think the closest term I can find with
>>> google is "condominium payment" or "condo fee". But this same housing
>>> cooperative has rental housing with the same deal.
>
>> It'd be what is referred to here as an 'association fee' (as in a
>> homeowner's association).
>
> I don't rent this apartment, but neither am I a homehowner per se (iow.
> I don't *own* this apartment either). It's a form in-between those two.
> The montly fee is cheaper than rent for a typical apartment of the same
> size in the same area, and I have more rights to the apartment than I would
> if it was a rental (eg. I could make modifications and renovations that
> would not be allowed in a rented apartment), but it's not ownership per se.
>
> I'm not sure what the English term for this is.
>

In my area, they call it a co-op.

> (If I actually owned this apartment, but had to share the building's common
> services with all the other tenants, and thus pay a fee for the maintenance,
> I think the term is "condominium". This is almost like that, except that
> I don't really fully own the apartment. However, it's not the same as rental
> either.)
>


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