NUTS & BOLTS OF COOPERATIVE HOUSING CONFERENCE
Nuts and Bolts of Cooperative Housing: Creating Sustainable, Affordable Home Ownership
Seminar for Affordable Housing Developers, Funders & Policymakers
Thursday, September 23, 2010 8:30 am – 5:00 pm
Casa Garden Center, 2760 Sutterville Rd, Sacramento, CA
Nuts and Bolts of Cooperative Housing is designed for affordable housing developers, community organizers, policy makers, funders and people interested in learning about innovative home ownership strategies for moderate and lower income households. Cooperative housing is a time-tested model for affordable home ownership that creates a host of positives for homeowners, developers, funders, and communities, including: affordability that passes from initial on to subsequent owners, protections against predatory lending, reduced monitoring costs, and increased community participation.
This full day seminar teaches how to develop home ownership for low and moderate income households with Limited Equity Housing Co-ops and Manufactured Home Co-ops. The training presents how to implement Cooperative Housing models to create permanent, affordable home ownership for low and moderate income households including dual and single-parent families with children, seniors, singles, and special-purpose and specific needs populations.
Education will cover organizing, financing, legal issues and resident governance. The conference features nationally recognized presenters, including experienced housing and cooperative developers, funding experts, a legal expert who specializes in housing, as well as grassroots organizers and residents.
Fees for the conference are $125 for for-profit entities and $95 for non-profits, government, and co-op attendees, which includes refreshments and lunch. Discounts are offered for multiple registrants from the same organization. Reduced fee scholarships are available.
Speakers include:
The conference is made possible from the support of the following sponsors:
Goldfarb & Lipman
Seminar for Affordable Housing Developers, Funders & PolicymakersThursday, September 23, 2010 8:30 am – 5:00 pm
Casa Garden Center, 2760 Sutterville Rd, Sacramento, CA
Nuts and Bolts of Cooperative Housing is designed for affordable housing developers, community organizers, policy makers, funders and people interested in learning about innovative home ownership strategies for moderate and lower income households. Cooperative housing is a time-tested model for affordable home ownership that creates a host of positives for homeowners, developers, funders, and communities, including: affordability that passes from initial on to subsequent owners, protections against predatory lending, reduced monitoring costs, and increased community participation.
This full day seminar teaches how to develop home ownership for low and moderate income households with Limited Equity Housing Co-ops and Manufactured Home Co-ops. The training presents how to implement Cooperative Housing models to create permanent, affordable home ownership for low and moderate income households including dual and single-parent families with children, seniors, singles, and special-purpose and specific needs populations.
Education will cover organizing, financing, legal issues and resident governance. The conference features nationally recognized presenters, including experienced housing and cooperative developers, funding experts, a legal expert who specializes in housing, as well as grassroots organizers and residents.
Fees for the conference are $125 for for-profit entities and $95 for non-profits, government, and co-op attendees, which includes refreshments and lunch. Discounts are offered for multiple registrants from the same organization. Reduced fee scholarships are available.
Speakers include:
- Allan Heskin, Author and professor emeritus of UCLA Department of Urban Planning
- Karen Teidemann, Goldfarb and Lippman, LLP
- Rick Lewis, Bay Area Community Land Trust
- Tracy Parent, San Francisco Land Trust
- Margaret Lund, Private Consultant
- E. Kim Coontz, California Center for Cooperative Development
The conference is made possible from the support of the following sponsors:
Goldfarb & Lipman