Re: Affordable Cohousing | <– Date –> <– Thread –> |
From: Maggi (librarymaggigmail.com) | |
Date: Mon, 19 Apr 2021 14:07:27 -0700 (PDT) |
I'm not Zev, but I'll point out that this is a Boulder, Colorado thing, not a Nomad thing. You can read more information about Boulder's affordable housing program here: https://bouldercolorado.gov/homeownership On Mon, Apr 19, 2021 at 4:57 PM Chris Hansen <itschrishansen [at] gmail.com> wrote: > 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 > _________________________________________________________________ > Cohousing-L mailing list -- Unsubscribe, archives and other info at: > http://L.cohousing.org/info > > > >
- Re: Affordable Cohousing, (continued)
- 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
- Re: Affordable CoHousing Sharon Villines, April 19 2021
- Re: Affordable CoHousing Diana Carroll, April 19 2021
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