Re: FHA Approval | <– Date –> <– Thread –> |
From: David L. Mandel (dlmandelpacbell.net) | |
Date: Sun, 30 Mar 2014 12:02:45 -0700 (PDT) |
Where do we find Alice's petition? I don't see a link on the website you reference. ________________________________ From: Raines Cohen <rc3-coho-L [at] raines.com> To: Cohousing-L <cohousing-l [at] cohousing.org> Sent: Sunday, March 30, 2014 11:55 AM Subject: Re: [C-L]_ FHA Approval It seems like my message 24 hours ago with all the details and history of this campaign, and our multiple years of research on the subject in the effort to get our property HUD-approved so my neighbor Alice can stay in the community, may have landed in people's spam folders, as I don't see any reference to it in all the responses since yesterday - please check your spam folders, and add your comments, or read it here: http://lists.cohousing.org/archives/cohousing-l/msg37099.html We have found condo projects with the word "cohousing" in the name approved under previous looser approval standards, where lenders were authorized to do their own delegated approval. This has not been available since 2012. The traditional best-practice for cohousing development (as done by The Cohousing Co, Cohousing Partners, Wonderland, et al for decades) is to use universal generic project names for the purpose of project development, financing and approval. For example, our community, Berkeley Cohousing, is legally Strawberry Creek Commons. This simplifies the process of getting approval and financing - we aim to be fully HUD-compliant condos that can qualify for the simplest approvals and best competitive financing. The challenge these days is that HUD is not operating at a vacuum. They've heard of "The Google," and they even may look at satellite photos and review community documents in great detail, with the proverbial "fine-tooth comb". So if you send in a budget that says "cohousing" or references expense or income categories that aren't standard condo, your application may get red-flagged, as ours was. Now that we're under that level of scrutiny, we've got to work much harder to make the case that they can treat it as a standard condo in the event they end up holding the bag after a lender forecloses on a unit or they do when a lender folds. Your signature on Alice's petition and support for our campaign will definitely help. Learn more on the website: http://www.AgingInCommunity.com/ Raines, Cohousing Coach and Community Organizer Certified Senior Advisor and Audacious Aging "Aging-in-Community" chapter author Cohousing California/East Bay Cohousing _________________________________________________________________ Cohousing-L mailing list -- Unsubscribe, archives and other info at: http://www.cohousing.org/cohousing-L/
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Re: FHA Approval Leigh Ann Hoffhines, March 29 2014
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FHA Approval Gloria Hoffman, March 30 2014
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Re: FHA Approval Raines Cohen, March 30 2014
- Re: FHA Approval David L. Mandel, March 30 2014
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Re: FHA Approval Raines Cohen, March 30 2014
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Re: FHA Approval Kathryn McCamant, March 31 2014
- Re: FHA Approval Philip Dowds, March 31 2014
- Re: FHA Approval Sharon Villines, March 31 2014
- Re: FHA Approval Kathryn McCamant, March 31 2014
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FHA Approval Gloria Hoffman, March 30 2014
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