Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: Cohousing and Economic Hardships

[Jessie Kome (jehako]

Hi-

The past week, around the US, HUD has been launching a Neighborhood  
Stabilization Program (NSP) to help states and local governments  
purchase and rehab or redevelop residential properties that have  
already been abandoned or foreclosed.  The program won't help prevent  
foreclosure, but in the hardest hit markets, communities are making  
plans that may be of interest to forming groups that don't have a site  
yet and know of a subdivision or a condo building that has been  
foreclosed.  Maybe even most of a city block in some areas.

For more info, see the HUD website at www.hud.gov.

And, of course, this is me speaking in my personal, not my  
professional capacity.

-Jessie Handforth Kome
Eastern Village Cohousing
Silver Spring, Maryland
"Where, for health reasons, we've decided to homeschool our high  
school age son and neighbors are coming out of the woodwork to support  
him."