Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: Low cost housing

[Marganne (marganne]

At 12:56 PM -0700 5/18/08, John Faust wrote:
> For the low-income cases, it would seem that an institution whose primary
> focus is on cohousing, low income in particular, would also acquire the
> expertise needed to locate (and even promote) and incorporate all of the
> government programs at various levels that support low income housing.

Has anyone here ever spoken to people at HUD or Fannie Mae, etc. 
about cohousing? Is Habitat for Humanity all done by donation? Or 
have they set up a financial institution or work with one?

Cheers!
Marganne