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opportunities below the $100,000 mark.
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CITY OF FORT COLLINS 1715 West Mountain, Ft. Collins, Colorado 80521 Telephone (303) 221-5484
HMING AUTHORITY FAX 221.0821
October 21, 1994
Planning and Zoning Board
City of Fort Collins
Dear Board Members:
This is to reiterate the comments I provided at the March 7, 1994 meeting. Please
use this letter in lieu of my presence. I will be out of town on October 24, 1994.
Our mission at the Fort Collins Housing Authority is to attend to housing
opportunities for low and very low income families, senior citizens and physically
and mentally challenged persons. Our programs are, for the most part, geared to
providing assisted rental opportunities with federal, state and local grant funding
and conventional bank financing.
Currently, any new funding allocations from the U.S. Department of Housing and
Urban Development focus on Family Self -Sufficiency strategies. Our mission now
includes a holistic approach. We assess required education and vocational needs
and fill-in gaps necessary to enhance skills in order for them to evolve from
dependency on public programs to independence and self-sufficiency.
Many of our Fort Collins Housing Authority assisted families have reached the
upper end of rent contribution levels. Yet the transition from rent payments to
homeownership mortgage payments in Fort Collins is stymied because of stark
economic reality. There is a huge gap between rent payments and the possibility
of home purchase mortgage payments. Our local conventional lenders have
created- minimum down payment mortgage products specifically targeted for
eligible income borrowers at 80% of median. If we use $44,200 as median income
for a family of four, a family with a $35,360 annua; income (80% of median),
cannot hope to access a below $100,000 homeownership opportunity.
The Waterglen's proposed development offers responsible working families an
opportunity to opt for home equity through home ownership. The benefit to the
rental market is such that rental unit occupiers could move up to home ownership
and then free up rental units for individuals and families who require subsidized and
non -subsidized units.
My support and endorsement is for the Waterglen's development concept, as