Re: Affordable Cohousing | <– Date –> <– Thread –> |
From: Chris Hansen (itschrishansen![]() |
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Date: Mon, 19 Apr 2021 13:57:06 -0700 (PDT) |
Would love to see your 'goodness of fit' document! With thanks... On Mon, 19 Apr 2021 at 16:54, Diana Stanley <lusty [at] lusty.org> wrote: > Diana, > > The part of what Zev wrote that we are interested in is this: > > >> goodness of fit questionnaire, attend an open house, a meal and a > business > >> meeting so we can meet them and they can see what we are all about. > > As I stated before, we have no interest in denying anyone, and we never > have denied anyone. Our "goodness of fit questionnaire" is more like a > "no-surprises checklist", and all the rest are just so the person can meet > others in the community and find out what co-housing is all about. And we > will not be writing anything into our governing documents without first > getting approval from a real estate attorney who is knowledgeable about > what we can and cannot ask prospective buyers to do. > > Thanks, > Diana > Phoenix Commons, Oakland, CA > > > On Apr 19, 2021, at 1:43 PM, Diana Carroll <dianaecarroll [at] gmail.com> > wrote: > > > > Diana: What Zev describes is *extremely unusual *and would generally be > > illegal. There must be some legal loophole or workaround here related to > > the city's affordability program that allows them to screen potential > > buyers that way. Even if there is some loophole that allows this not be > be > > a violation of the equal housing laws, I would not suggest doing this -- > > for me, on principle, this is a bad thing. Once you start evaluating > people > > for "fit", you are introducing the sort of subjective judgements that > lead > > to racism, ableism, etc. As much as in your heart you may not want to do > > this, or be that person, unconscious bias is a thing. I'm honestly > shocked > > to hear cohousing doing this or endorsing it. :( > > > > diana Carroll > > Mosaic Commons, central MA > > > > > > > > On Mon, Apr 19, 2021 at 4:09 PM Diana Stanley <lusty [at] lusty.org> wrote: > > > >> Zev, > >> > >> Is this process written into your governing documents? Was it vetted by > a > >> real estate attorney? Would you be willing to share the parts of your > >> governing documents that outline this process? Does it only apply > because > >> the applicants are buying below-market-rate properties? > >> > >> My community is currently struggling with what sort of processes we can > >> write into our governing documents to achieve exactly the process you > >> describe for prospective new members of the community. We don't actually > >> deny anyone, however we want to require all of them to go through all > the > >> steps you describe, so they and we are certain they know what they're > >> buying into. > >> > >> Thanks, > >> Diana > >> Phoenix Commons, Oakland, CA > >> > >>> On Apr 19, 2021, at 11:11 AM, Zev Paiss <zevpaiss [at] gmail.com> wrote: > >>> > >>> Dear Ann, > >>> > >>> Buyers pre-qualify with the City affordable housing program and get > >> pre-approved by a lender as part of that process. > >>> > >>> Before COVID our community required that all applicants complete a > >> goodness of fit questionnaire, attend an open house, a meal and a > business > >> meeting so we can meet them and they can see what we are all about. A > small > >> committee of 4-6 people whittle down the pool of qualified applicants > to a > >> small handful and then pass them along to the seller to make the final > >> decision. > >>> > >>> Zev Paiss > >>> Nomad Community Room Coordinator > >>> 1410 Quince Avenue, Boulder CO 80304 > >>> 720-925-5161 > >>> > >>> _________________________________________________________________ > >>> Cohousing-L mailing list -- Unsubscribe, archives and other info at: > >>> http://L.cohousing.org/info > >>> > >>> > >> > >> _________________________________________________________________ > >> Cohousing-L mailing list -- Unsubscribe, archives and other info at: > >> http://L.cohousing.org/info > >> > >> > >> > >> > > _________________________________________________________________ > > Cohousing-L mailing list -- Unsubscribe, archives and other info at: > > http://L.cohousing.org/info > > > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > Cohousing-L mailing list -- Unsubscribe, archives and other info at: > http://L.cohousing.org/info > > > > -- Chris Hansen 32 East Village Drive Burlington Vermont 05401 USA Ph 603 3988730
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Re: Affordable Cohousing Diana Stanley, April 19 2021
- Re: Affordable Cohousing Chris Hansen, April 19 2021
- Re: Affordable Cohousing Diana Carroll, April 19 2021
- Re: Affordable Cohousing Diana Stanley, April 19 2021
- Re: Affordable Cohousing Chris Hansen, April 19 2021
- Re: Affordable Cohousing Hafidha Sofia, April 19 2021
- Re: Affordable Cohousing Maggi, April 19 2021
- Re: Affordable Cohousing Ann Zabaldo, April 19 2021
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Re: Affordable Cohousing Diana Stanley, April 19 2021
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