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FEDERAL HOUSING LEGISLATION |
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 The President recently signed H.R. 3221, federal housing legislation, which will help up to 400,000 homeowners refinance into affordable backed loans by FHA, will provide greater oversight and support to Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac (who own and guarantee nearly half of America’s housing debt of $5.2 trillion) and will provide $3.9 billion in neighborhood stabilization funding. To read an op ed article describing how community land trusts can effectively utilize funding from the legislation click here. To learn more about the details of the federal bill click here.
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COMMUNITY LAND TRUST COALITION OF COLORADO |
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The Community Land Trust Coalition of Colorado is an association of community land  trusts located in Colorado. To read the coalition's letter to Colorado's congressional delegation about how our members can help with affordable housing and foreclosures in our state, please click here. To learn more about other members of the coalition, please click on the following links: Thistle Community Housing www.thistlehousing.org Rocky Mountain Community Land Trust, (719) 447-9300 Colorado Community Land Trust www.coloradoclt.org Chaffee Housing Trust www.chaffeehousingtrust.org To learn more about community land trusts across the nation, please go to the National CLT Network at www.cltnetwork.org. |
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Urban Land Conservancy (ULC), in partnership with St. Andrews Church, bought two, 12,500 square foot parking lots at the 2000 block of Glenarm, one block from the transit stop at Welton and Broadway. ULC and St. Andrews envision mixed use redevelopments that will have a large component of affordable housing. |
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ULC's Summer 2008 Newsletter