Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: afffordable

[HeidiNYS (HeidiNYS]

Dear Camela,

I have a tiny bit of experience working with a HUD related program.  Our 
local low income housing Agency runs two programs, one v low income, 200% of 
national Poverty.  I'll send you those numbers.... very very different from 
HUD numbers.  Just to give an idea of what is actually required for many 
services, the poverty guideline for one person is under $9,000.  For a family 
of 4, under $18,000.  Upsetting, crummy.

The housing program for which I do some workshops certifies people in that 
program.  They then have a couple of yeras to actually find & move into a 
home.  Far as I understand it, once they are certified that stands.  will 
double check, but think that future income will not earn them out of home 
they buy.
Ruth Hirsch

Date: Fri, 4 Apr 2003 08:03:07 -0600 (CST)
From: Fred H Olson <fholson [at] cohousing.org>
To: -cohousing-L mailing list <cohousing-l [at] cohousing.org>
Cc: Camela Alexander <camelaha [at] yahoo.com>
Subject: [C-L]_Median income and HUD
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I have found updated information on the HUD website for 2003.  I actually
was surprised at how high the numbers are.  In our area (Portland,
Or/Vancouver, WA) the median income is approximately $65.8K/year (slightly
higher than the nation as a whole).  HU D programs vary in the cutoffs for
assistance; low income is defined as 80% of this number and very low
income is 50%.  However, HUD has some programs that will give assistance
up to 140%.  Further, for a project to get assistance, only a certain
percenta ge of participants need to be low or very low income.  In these
economic times, it's not all that hard for many people to qualify; the
difficulty is that sometimes it takes so long to work through the process,
that by the time you're ready to take advanta ge of it, you may have
ceased to qualify.

Does anyone have experience working with (either successfully or
unsuccessfully) HUD or other public agencies? 

Camela Hicks Alexander
East Portland Cohousing Group
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