Re: Something Magical Happened at Takoma Village Last Night ... | <– Date –> <– Thread –> |
From: Ann Zabaldo (zabaldoearthlink.net) | |
Date: Wed, 11 Jun 2014 13:37:07 -0700 (PDT) |
Katie – I so totally agree with you! Sometimes I think I should talk start every talk with "Hi my name is Ann and I have my own kitchen and bathroom.' From what I understand of this process with the feds is that once they understood that Cohousing is just a mainstream form of housing things began to change for them. I think that's the education that you and Raines and Alice did for the Cohousing movement. And kudos once again on that new Cohousing.org website! Sent from my iPhone > On Jun 11, 2014, at 4:14 PM, Kathryn McCamant <kmccamant [at] > cohousingpartners.com> wrote: > > > Nicely written Ann! > > In reading it though, it reminded me how important it is that we cohousers > maintain the 'Definition" of cohousing...that it is not a shared house, > but separate homes with kitchens, etc.... This is not meant in anyway to > be a judgement about being better...but it is important when dealing with > agencies and regulations that they know there is a specific definition for > cohousing. > > Katie > > -- > Kathryn McCamant, President, Architect > CoHousing Partners, LLC > 241 Commercial Street > Nevada City, CA 95959 > T.530.478.1970 C.916.798.4755 > www.cohousingpartners.com > > > > > >> On 6/11/14 11:40 AM, "R Philip Dowds" <rpdowds [at] comcast.net> wrote: >> >> >> Congratulations to all. The investment merits of cohousing may be >> inescapably obvious to us Š but sadly, as most of us know, getting the >> feds to respond to the obvious is an enormous challenge. But before we >> go too far down the path of dissing the feds, let¹s not forget that there >> is no more cautious and conservative creature on earth than an investment >> capitalist. Congratulations, again. >> >> RPD >> >>> On Jun 11, 2014, at 2:20 PM, Ann Zabaldo <zabaldo [at] earthlink.net> wrote: >>> >>> >>> Š at an event in a Washington, DC cohousing neighborhood, celebrating >>> the culmination of a couple of years working on a campaign to benefit >>> cohousing. >>> >>> Cohousing Coach Raines Cohen, a Cohousing California regional organizer >>> living at Berkeley Cohousing, dished out the ice cream and hot fudge to >>> celebrate the end of a petition campaign to have HUD treat cohousing >>> condominiums the same as all other condominiums for purposes of >>> certifying a cohousing project for federally backed mortgage insurance. >>> >>> Raines and Alice Green visited HUD offices yesterday (Tues. 6/10) to >>> deliver the petition and express appreciation and support to the HUD >>> officials who brought about the change, and learn about their process. >>> They were joined at the meeting by Within Reach movie creator Amanda Kay >>> and Golden Gate Cohousing's Sean Culman, and at the party by Alice's >>> employers at salvage company Urban Ore, who donated airline miles so she >>> could be there, along with members of Takoma Village and nearby Eastern >>> Village cohousing. >>> >>> The specific circumstance involved Raines¹ neighbor, Alice, who wanted >>> to obtain a reverse mortgage so she could continue to stay in her home >>> in Berkeley Cohousing. She was denied the approval because the regional >>> field office for HUD declined to fully review her application because >>> the staff did not understand that cohousing has privately owned, fully >>> complete, self sufficient homes. >>> >>> Through the petition, which gathered more than 11,500 signatures in 3.5 >>> months, plus a breakthrough in which HUD staff shared cohousing >>> materials from the Coho/US national website with condo technical >>> assistance providers, led to movement leader Katie McCamant visiting HUD >>> and helping them see that we¹re not just condos ‹ we¹re the best condos >>> around: lower foreclosure rates, deeper reserves, more member >>> participation, etc. All of this means lower risk for lenders and >>> ultimately HUD as lender of last resort. (HUD is being super cautious >>> since the recession started in 2008.) >>> >>> Cohousing is the BEST investment a lending institution can make Š and >>> it¹s UP TO US TO MAKE THE CASE. >>> >>> What Raines, Alice, Katie and others did was to take the initial >>> ³defeat² and turn it into an opportunity to educate policy makers about >>> cohousing. Rather than hiding our light under a bushel, we need to be >>> showing financiers, government agencies, developers, et al what a good, >>> solid investment they can have in cohousing. >>> >>> ³Lots of people insisted this petition was futile,² said Raines. >>> However, Raines and others kept on pushing doing it in a way that helped >>> allies step up, prompting the change. At the celebration last night >>> Raines said, ³It¹s important to know when NOT to listen to people who >>> say Œit can¹t be done¹.² >>> >>> Congratulations, Alice, Raines, Katie and CohoUS volunteers who made >>> this milestone possible. >>> >>> Want to know more about the campaign? Visit: >>> >>> http://www.AgingInCommunity.com/help-alice/ >>> >>> Best -- >>> >>> Ann Zabaldo >>> Takoma Village Cohousing >>> Washington, DC >>> Principal, Cohousing Collaborative, LLC >>> Falls Church VA >>> 703-688-2646 >>> >>> _________________________________________________________________ >>> Cohousing-L mailing list -- Unsubscribe, archives and other info at: >>> http://www.cohousing.org/cohousing-L/ >> >> _________________________________________________________________ >> Cohousing-L mailing list -- Unsubscribe, archives and other info at: >> http://www.cohousing.org/cohousing-L/ > > > _________________________________________________________________ > Cohousing-L mailing list -- Unsubscribe, archives and other info at: > http://www.cohousing.org/cohousing-L/ > >
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Re: Something Magical Happened at Takoma Village Last Night ... R Philip Dowds, June 11 2014
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Re: Something Magical Happened at Takoma Village Last Night ... Kathryn McCamant, June 11 2014
- Re: Something Magical Happened at Takoma Village Last Night ... Don Benson, June 11 2014
- Re: Something Magical Happened at Takoma Village Last Night ... R Philip Dowds, June 11 2014
- Re: Something Magical Happened at Takoma Village Last Night ... Ann Zabaldo, June 11 2014
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Re: Something Magical Happened at Takoma Village Last Night ... Kathryn McCamant, June 11 2014
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Re: Something Magical Happened at Takoma Village Last Night ... R Philip Dowds, June 11 2014
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