Author Topic: Housing Trust Shared-equity Program  (Read 1532 times)

El Gringo

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Housing Trust Shared-equity Program
« on: February 20, 2015, 01:13:20 PM »
I read about this housing trust shared-equity program today that is supposed to help low and middle-income folks buy a house. Is anyone familiar with this type of program? Are there pitfalls? Living in DC and working for a non-profit, I feel like I will never be able to afford a house here. I'm wondering if this is a viable option (and if it is, why isn't it more popular?)

http://money.cnn.com/2015/02/20/real_estate/vermont-housing-trust/

Goldielocks

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Re: Housing Trust Shared-equity Program
« Reply #1 on: February 22, 2015, 10:25:42 AM »
That is the typical "family plan" around here, with parents instead of the government. :-)

Some states do this, with developers, requiring a percentage to conform/ be available to this funding format.

You end up with one condo building out of five being a bit more cheaply built, with less green space, and not great neighbors due to the concentration ( if only 10% of the persons in this scheme are bad neighbors, and you group 100 units together, you have 10 bad neighbors and 80 who have given up caring for their area so much after living near those 10.). These units also have a maximum that they can be resold for, to keep prices low/ subsidized for the next owners who qualify.

I guess if it not tied to a specific housing project, and home owner and investor alike can win, it can work well.