Cooperative Homeowners Association of California

<body topmargin="0" background="../_themes/blueprnt/blutextb.gif" bgcolor="#FFFFCC" text="#003366" link="#9900FF" vlink="#3366FF" alink="#99CCFF"><font face="Century Gothic, Arial, Helvetica"></font><table border="0" width="100%" height="100%"> <tr> <td width="20%" colspan="3" height="359" valign="top"><font face="Century Gothic, Arial, Helvetica"> <p align="center"><b><span style="background-color: #0000FF"><font color="#FFFFFF"><u><font size="4">98% of Los Angeles Residents are priced out of the housing market</font></u><font size="4"><u> - Are you</u>?</font></font></span></b></p> <div align="center"> <center> </font><pre align="center"><font face="Verdana" color="#0000FF" size="3"><span style="letter-spacing: 1pt; text-transform: uppercase">If you are like the majority of Californians who work for a living, OR ARE TRYING TO FIND A COMFORTABLE RETIREMENT ON A MODERATE INCOME, until now you could not afford A home.</span></font></pre><font face="Century Gothic, Arial, Helvetica"> </center> </div> <h2 align="center"><font color="#3366FF"><b><span style="letter-spacing: 1pt"><font face="Book Antiqua" color="#0000FF" size="3"><span style="font-variant: small-caps; letter-spacing: 1pt">"</span><i>You can watch the news or you can initiate events the news should cover</i><span style="font-variant: small-caps; letter-spacing: 1pt">"</span></font></span></b></font></h2> <p align="center"><img border="0" src="images/PHA_Logo_Sm.gif" alt="Prospective Homeowners Mutual Benefit Society Homes for the Working Middle Class & Retirees" width="150" height="150"></p> <p align="center"><b> <font face="Arial Black" color="#9900CC"><strong><u> <font size="5"> <a href="http://www.cooperativehomeowners.com"> Prospective Homeowners Association</a></font></u></strong></font></b><i><br> <font color="#0000FF">Building Limited & Market Equity Housing Cooperatives</font></i><b> <font face="Arial Black" color="#9900CC"><strong><u> <font size="4"> <br> </font></u></strong></font> <font color="#9900CC"> <i> <u><font size="2">Providing Opportunities for the "Upwardly Mobile" to attain<br> the Home of their Dreams through Affordable Housing Solutions</font> <font size="3"><br> </font> </u><br> </i><font size="2"><a href="files/social_enterprise.htm">Prospective Homeowners is a Mutual Benefit Society, Home Buyers Club & Grouping of Home Builders<br> (It is owned by the stakeholders, including the members, who are home buyers, workers & service providers)</a><br> </font></font><i><u><a href="#View Part 1"><font size="2" color="#0000FF"><br> Click here to view our PowerPoint or Adobe PDF presentation below</font></a></u></i></b></p> <p align="center"> </p> </font></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="20%" height="357" valign="top"><font face="Century Gothic, Arial, Helvetica"> <p style="margin-bottom: 6" align="left"><b><font size="3" color="#9900CC"><a href="files/details-prospective.htm" name="First time homebuyer">First time homebuyer?</a></font></b> <p><img border="0" src="images/family_sold.gif" width="240" height="261"> <p><a href="../HUM/housing/mem/membership.htm"><b>Consider Membership!</b></a></font></td> <td width="5%" height="357"><font face="Century Gothic, Arial, Helvetica"></font></td> <td width="77%" height="357" valign="top"><font face="Century Gothic, Arial, Helvetica"> <blockquote> <p style="margin-bottom: 6" align="left"><b><font color="#0000FF" size="3"><a href="files/details-prospective.htm">Would you like to buy your first home, but don't have a large down payment, don't have good credit standing that others require, or you cannot afford to purchase at today's market with high home prices?</a></font></b></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 6" align="left"><b><font color="#0000FF" size="3">In some areas, it take four incomes to buy a home, using the standard methods available to buyers ... so if you really want a home, you should know that ...</font></b></p> </blockquote> </font><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"> <tr><td valign="baseline" width="42"><img src="../_themes/blueprnt/blubul1a.gif" width="15" height="15" hspace="13" alt="bullet"></td><td valign="top" width="100%"><font face="Century Gothic, Arial, Helvetica"><p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 6" align="left"><font size="2">Whether you have good or not-so-good credit standing, have or don't have a down payment, don't want a mortgage ...</font> </font><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"> <tr><td valign="baseline" width="42"><img src="../_themes/blueprnt/blubul2a.gif" width="12" height="12" hspace="15" alt="bullet"></td><td valign="top" width="100%"><font face="Century Gothic, Arial, Helvetica"> <p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 6" align="left"><font size="2">These points are of no importance when it comes to buying a home through our cooperative homeowners business plan.</font></font></td></tr> <tr><td valign="baseline" width="42"><img src="../_themes/blueprnt/blubul2a.gif" width="12" height="12" hspace="15" alt="bullet"></td><td valign="top" width="100%"><font face="Century Gothic, Arial, Helvetica"><p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 6" align="left"><font size="2">It is the co-operative homeownership corporation which actually owns the property, and therefore pays a single corporate mortgage/loan. </font></font></td></tr> <tr><td valign="baseline" width="42"><img src="../_themes/blueprnt/blubul2a.gif" width="12" height="12" hspace="15" alt="bullet"></td><td valign="top" width="100%"><font face="Century Gothic, Arial, Helvetica"><p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 6" align="left"><font size="2">It is through your shares, you gain the right of occupancy for your individual home unit. The obligation you have is a monthly payment. </font></font></td></tr> <tr><td valign="baseline" width="42"><img src="../_themes/blueprnt/blubul2a.gif" width="12" height="12" hspace="15" alt="bullet"></td><td valign="top" width="100%"><font face="Century Gothic, Arial, Helvetica"><p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 6" align="left"><font size="2">It is the amount of liquid assets you have for purchasing shares, that will determine which of the two cooperatives you will become a part of: <u><a href="http://www.ticlawyers.com/2006/10/definition-of-limited-equity-housing.html"> A Limited or a Market Equity Co-op</a></u>. </font></font></td></tr> </table><font face="Century Gothic, Arial, Helvetica"> </font></td></tr> </table><font face="Century Gothic, Arial, Helvetica"> </font></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="20%" height="23" valign="top"><font face="Century Gothic, Arial, Helvetica"></font></td> <td width="5%" height="23"><font face="Century Gothic, Arial, Helvetica"></font></td> <td width="77%" height="23"><font face="Century Gothic, Arial, Helvetica"></font></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="20%" height="287" valign="top"><font face="Century Gothic, Arial, Helvetica"><font size="3" color="#9900CC"><b><a name="Existing Homeowner?" href="files/Existing_Owner.htm">Existing Homeowner?</a></b></font> <p><img border="0" src="images/middle-age.jpg" width="242" height="162"></p> <p align="left"><a href="../HUM/housing/mem/membership.htm"><b>Consider Membership!</b></a></p> </font></td> <td width="5%" height="287"><font face="Century Gothic, Arial, Helvetica"></font></td> <td width="77%" height="287" valign="top"><font face="Century Gothic, Arial, Helvetica"> <blockquote> <p style="margin-bottom: 6" align="left"><b><font color="#0000FF" size="3"><a href="files/e-homeowner_options.htm">There are alternatives to keep you in your home & allow you to remodel with no payments!</a></font></b> </blockquote> </font><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"> <tr><td valign="baseline" width="42"><img src="../_themes/blueprnt/blubul1a.gif" width="15" height="15" hspace="13" alt="bullet"></td><td valign="top" width="100%"><font face="Century Gothic, Arial, Helvetica"> <p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 6" align="left"><font size="2">If you already own a home, like many other Californians you may not be able to afford a move to a different home, without leaving the city you live in, the Southern California Region, or the entire State of California!</font></font></td></tr> <tr><td valign="baseline" width="42"><img src="../_themes/blueprnt/blubul1a.gif" width="15" height="15" hspace="13" alt="bullet"></td><td valign="top" width="100%"><font face="Century Gothic, Arial, Helvetica"> <p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 6" align="left"><font size="2">Do you own a home, but don't want or are unable to afford to move to a better neighborhood, or a bigger home, or even down-size?</font></font></td></tr> <tr><td valign="baseline" width="42"><img src="../_themes/blueprnt/blubul1a.gif" width="15" height="15" hspace="13" alt="bullet"></td><td valign="top" width="100%"><font face="Century Gothic, Arial, Helvetica"> <p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 6" align="left"><font size="2">Want to remodel your home, but don't want to make payments on the loan, since your home is already paid off, but you're now on a fixed income?</font></font></td></tr> <tr><td valign="baseline" width="42"><img src="../_themes/blueprnt/blubul1a.gif" width="15" height="15" hspace="13" alt="bullet"></td><td valign="top" width="100%"><font face="Century Gothic, Arial, Helvetica"><p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 6" align="left"><font size="2">We may be able to increase the value of your property, while getting your home remodeled and reducing if not eliminating your monthly payments. </font></font></td></tr> </table><font face="Century Gothic, Arial, Helvetica"> </font></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="20%" height="23" valign="top"><font face="Century Gothic, Arial, Helvetica"></font></td> <td width="5%" height="23"><font face="Century Gothic, Arial, Helvetica"></font></td> <td width="77%" height="23"><font face="Century Gothic, Arial, Helvetica"></font></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="20%" height="418" valign="top"><font face="Century Gothic, Arial, Helvetica"><font size="3" color="#9900CC"><b><a name="Existing Homeowner?">Looking to Retire?</a></b></font> <p><img border="0" src="images/retirees.gif" width="235" height="340"> <p><a href="../HUM/housing/mem/membership.htm"><b>Consider Membership!</b></a></font></td> <td width="5%" height="418" valign="top"><font face="Century Gothic, Arial, Helvetica"></font></td> <td width="77%" height="418" valign="top"><font face="Century Gothic, Arial, Helvetica"> <blockquote> <p style="margin-bottom: 6" align="left"><font color="#0000FF"><b>Are you looking forward to retirement, but you</b></font> </blockquote> </font><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"> <tr><td valign="baseline" width="42"><img src="../_themes/blueprnt/blubul1a.gif" width="15" height="15" hspace="13" alt="bullet"></td><td valign="top" width="100%"><font face="Century Gothic, Arial, Helvetica"> <p style="margin-bottom: 6" align="left"><font size="3">Feel that if you "downsize" your existing lifestyle, you won't be able to keep the "home of your dreams"?</font></font></td></tr> <tr><td valign="baseline" width="42"><img src="../_themes/blueprnt/blubul1a.gif" width="15" height="15" hspace="13" alt="bullet"></td><td valign="top" width="100%"><font face="Century Gothic, Arial, Helvetica"> <p style="margin-bottom: 6" align="left"><font size="3">Want to take charge of your lives and design a new home/community to live in?</font></font></td></tr> <tr><td valign="baseline" width="42"><img src="../_themes/blueprnt/blubul1a.gif" width="15" height="15" hspace="13" alt="bullet"></td><td valign="top" width="100%"><font face="Century Gothic, Arial, Helvetica"> <p style="margin-bottom: 6" align="left"><font size="3">Are interested in an alternative to institutions, where you can live in a mixed-age community?</font></font></td></tr> <tr><td valign="baseline" width="42"><img src="../_themes/blueprnt/blubul1a.gif" width="15" height="15" hspace="13" alt="bullet"></td><td valign="top" width="100%"><font face="Century Gothic, Arial, Helvetica"> <p style="margin-bottom: 6" align="left">Want to maintain your financial and physical independence in retirement?</font></td></tr> <tr><td valign="baseline" width="42"><img src="../_themes/blueprnt/blubul1a.gif" width="15" height="15" hspace="13" alt="bullet"></td><td valign="top" width="100%"><font face="Century Gothic, Arial, Helvetica"> <p style="margin-bottom: 6" align="left"><font size="3">You value family and friends above all else, you look forward to sharing your experience with younger generations.</font></font></td></tr> </table><font face="Century Gothic, Arial, Helvetica"> <p style="margin-bottom: 6" align="left"><font size="3">Americans view retirement as a gradual transition into another lifestyle.</font> <p align="left" style="margin-bottom: 6"><font size="3"><a href="files/older_adults.htm">Cooperatively Owned Housing is for Older Adults</a></font><p align="left" style="margin-bottom: 6"><font size="3"><a href="files/seminars.htm">Attend our seminars</a>, or <a href="#View Part 1">download Part 1 of 2 of the presentation about our group, and learn more now</a></font></font></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="20%" height="23" valign="top"><font face="Century Gothic, Arial, Helvetica"></font></td> <td width="5%" height="23" valign="top"><font face="Century Gothic, Arial, Helvetica"></font></td> <td width="77%" height="23" valign="top"><font face="Century Gothic, Arial, Helvetica"></font></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="20%" height="407" valign="top"><font face="Century Gothic, Arial, Helvetica"><b><font color="#9900CC"><a name="Problem Mortgage Holder?">Problem Mortgage Holder?</a></font></b> <p><img border="0" src="images/shock.gif" width="222" height="320"> <p align="center"><a href="../HUM/housing/mem/membership.htm"><b>Consider Membership!</b></a> </font></td> <td width="5%" height="407" valign="top"><font face="Century Gothic, Arial, Helvetica"></font></td> <td width="77%" height="407" valign="top"><font face="Century Gothic, Arial, Helvetica"> <blockquote> <p style="margin-bottom: 12" align="left"><b><font color="#0000FF" size="3">Do you already own a home, but cannot afford the payments, since your variable rate mortgage has gone or will be going through the roof? (For example, due to the Sub-prime mortgage fiasco?)</font></b> </blockquote> </font><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"> <tr><td valign="baseline" width="42"><img src="../_themes/blueprnt/blubul1a.gif" width="15" height="15" hspace="13" alt="bullet"></td><td valign="top" width="100%"><font face="Century Gothic, Arial, Helvetica"> <p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 12" align="left"><font size="2">Do you want to keep your home, but have no alternative being offered by your finance company that will help you to keep it?</font></font></td></tr> <tr><td valign="baseline" width="42"><img src="../_themes/blueprnt/blubul1a.gif" width="15" height="15" hspace="13" alt="bullet"></td><td valign="top" width="100%"><font face="Century Gothic, Arial, Helvetica"><p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 12" align="left"><font size="2">We may be able to stop foreclosure, once our mutual benefit co-operative corporation is formed.</font></font></td></tr> <tr><td valign="baseline" width="42"><img src="../_themes/blueprnt/blubul1a.gif" width="15" height="15" hspace="13" alt="bullet"></td><td valign="top" width="100%"><font face="Century Gothic, Arial, Helvetica"><p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 12" align="left"><font size="2">Our cooperative may be able to assume responsibility for your loan and your interest payments will stop.  </font></font></td></tr> <tr><td valign="baseline" width="42"><img src="../_themes/blueprnt/blubul1a.gif" width="15" height="15" hspace="13" alt="bullet"></td><td valign="top" width="100%"><font face="Century Gothic, Arial, Helvetica"><p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 12" align="left"><font size="2">Your property may be incorporated into the assets of the cooperative corporation, as it pays off your debt.</font></font></td></tr> <tr><td valign="baseline" width="42"><img src="../_themes/blueprnt/blubul1a.gif" width="15" height="15" hspace="13" alt="bullet"></td><td valign="top" width="100%"><font face="Century Gothic, Arial, Helvetica"><p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 12" align="left"><font size="2">You will still "own" the right to occupy your own home, by virtue of the shares of stock you will receive in the cooperative corporation and the contract to maintain the right to benefit your heirs with a Limited or Market Equity position while never having to move out, as long as your payments continue to be made at new rates you can afford.</font></font></td></tr> </table><font face="Century Gothic, Arial, Helvetica"> </font></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="20%" height="181" valign="middle"><font face="Century Gothic, Arial, Helvetica"> <p align="center"><strong>Worried about foreclosure?</strong><br> <font size="2">Get help. Contact your lender.<br> Talk to a counselor. ACT NOW! </font> </p> <p align="center"> <font size="2"><br> (50% of those nearing foreclosure <br> do not even ask for help!)</font> </font></td> <td width="5%" height="181" valign="middle"><font face="Century Gothic, Arial, Helvetica"></font></td> <td width="77%" height="181" valign="middle"><font face="Century Gothic, Arial, Helvetica">  <div align="center"> <center></font><table class="hgvlist" cellSpacing="4" cellPadding="0" border="0" height="145"> <tbody> <tr vAlign="top"> <td noWrap width="15" height="18"><font face="Century Gothic, Arial, Helvetica"><font face="Verdana,Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif" color="#990000" size="1"><img alt=" - " src="images/hgv-icn-pointer-red.gif" align="baseline" width="10" height="10"> </font></font></td> <td height="18" valign="middle"><font face="Century Gothic, Arial, Helvetica"><a class href="http://www.hud.gov/foreclosure/index.cfm" target><font face="Verdana,Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif" size="2"><b>Tips for avoiding foreclosure</b></font></a> <tr vAlign="top"> <td noWrap width="15" height="18"><font face="Century Gothic, Arial, Helvetica"><font face="Verdana,Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif" color="#990000" size="1"><img alt=" - " src="images/hgv-icn-pointer-red.gif" align="baseline" width="10" height="10"> </font></font></td> <td height="18"><font face="Century Gothic, Arial, Helvetica"><a class href="http://www.hud.gov/local/ca/homeownership/hsgcounseling.cfm" target><font face="Verdana,Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif" size="2"><b>Contact a housing counselor before it's too late</b></font></a> <tr vAlign="top"> <td noWrap width="15" height="18"><font face="Century Gothic, Arial, Helvetica"><font face="Verdana,Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif" color="#990000" size="1"><img alt=" - " src="images/hgv-icn-pointer-red.gif" align="baseline" width="10" height="10"> </font></font></td> <td height="18"><font face="Century Gothic, Arial, Helvetica"><a class href="http://www.hud.gov/local/ca/homeownership/foreclosure.cfm" target><font face="Verdana,Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif" size="2"><b>Local help</b></font></a></font></td> </tr> <tr vAlign="top"> <td noWrap width="15" height="18"><font face="Century Gothic, Arial, Helvetica"><font face="Verdana,Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif" color="#990000" size="1"><img alt=" - " src="images/hgv-icn-pointer-red.gif" align="baseline" width="10" height="10"></font></font></td> <td height="18"><font face="Century Gothic, Arial, Helvetica"><font face="Tahoma" size="2"><b><a href="http://www.corp.ca.gov/Education_Outreach/pdf/resources/mortwork.pdf">Mortgage Shopping Worksheet</a></b></font></font></td> </tr> </tbody> </table><font face="Century Gothic, Arial, Helvetica"></center> </div> <p> </font></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="20%" height="181" valign="top" style="border-style: solid"><font face="Century Gothic, Arial, Helvetica"> <p align="center"><img border="0" src="images/COHO-m1.gif" width="175" height="163"></font></td> <td width="5%" height="181" valign="top"><font face="Century Gothic, Arial, Helvetica"></font></td> <td width="77%" height="181" valign="top" style="border-style: solid"><font face="Century Gothic, Arial, Helvetica"> <p align="center"><br> <span style="background-color: #FFFF00"><font size="2">On a separate note, <a href="http://www.GaryRCook.com"> Gary Cook</a> the founder of this organization,<br> works part-time as a loan officer with<br> WSB Mortgage Services, Inc. License CFL#6072621 </font></span></p> <p align="center"><span style="background-color: #FFFF00"><font size="2">"I'd be happy to provide information about a new loan program that allows people who have a current mortgage balance that is higher <br> than their home's current market value to refinance." <br> For information, call (</font></span><font size="2"><span style="background-color: #FFFF00">626) 940-7422</span></font></font></td> </tr> </table><font face="Century Gothic, Arial, Helvetica"><p align="center"><i><span style="background-color: #FFFFFF"><font color="#008000" size="2"><b><a href="files/HUM_Part_1_of_2_080813.ppt" name="View Part 1">View Part 1 of 2 of our PowerPoint Presentation, which is given live at our seminars for <br> existing or Prospective Homeowners, Community Stakeholders and Qualified Investors</a>.  <a href="files/HUM_Part_1_of_2_080813.pdf"><br> Or Click Here to download a PDF file with 1/2 of the presentation in it.</a></b></font></span></i></p> <p align="center"><i><u><font size="2">Note: This is not an offer to purchase homes, shares, nor an offer to invest.<br> This is an invitation to review our business plan, attend meetings and ask questions, and to discuss working together.<br> You can help by either becoming a member, or directly sponsor this effort and donate to assist with predevelopment funding, or work with us in development of building and remodeling opportunities we identify.<br> Please read the business plan for details, or request an in-person meeting.</font></u></i><p align="center"><b><font size="4"><a name="Housing Co-ops">Housing Co-ops</a></font></b><br> <a href="http://www.realestate.com/tipsandtools/Condos--Townhomes/Housing-co-ops.aspx">Cooperative housing can provide an affordable alternative, plus the chance to build up equity.<br> <font size="2">Formal housing cooperatives, or co-ops, have become a vital component of urban housing in the U.S., particularly since the 1960s. Today, more than 1.5 million American families live in co-ops ranging from low-income apartment buildings to luxury town homes to entire housing communities. When you buy into a housing co-op, you buy much more than four walls and a roof -- you buy into a way of living and a ready-made neighborhood.</font></a></p> <p align="center"><b>Resources</b></p> <p align="center"><b><font size="2"><a href="http://www.lanhs.org">Los Angeles Neighborhood Housing Services</a> / </font><a href="http://www.automatedbuilder.com"><font size="2">Automated Builder Magazine</font></a><font size="2"> / <a href="http://www.ases.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=29&Itemid=16">Green-Collar Jobs: The New Cash Crop</a></font></b></p> <p align="center"><b><font face="Tahoma" size="2"><a class="resultsLink" id="icePage_SearchResults_ResultsRepeaterByRelevance_ResultRepeater_ctl05_WebResult_ResultLink" onmouseover="window.status='http://democracy.mwcc.edu/pages/177.html';return true" onmouseout="window.status='';return true;" href="http://ws.copernic.com/clickserver/_iceUrlFlag=1?rawURL=http%3A%2F%2Fdemocracy.mwcc.edu%2Fpages%2F177.html&0=&1=0&4=75.83.0.8&5=75.83.0.8&9=e0af4f7b33c749f1b2eefe42eccdc801&10=1&11=copern.main&13=search&14=867530&15=main-title&17=6&18=1&19=0&20=3&21=3&22=Pyl1rxb8qvA%3D&23=0&40=lUQWeQ8vT08ia%2BPCsavc3w%3D%3D&_IceUrl=true">Social "Entrepreneurism" and the Power of New Ideas</a>  / <i><u><a href="http://www.nw.org/network/comstrat/commEcoDev/default.asp">Community Economic Development Starts with You</a></u></i></font></b></p> <p align="center"><b><font face="Tahoma" size="2"><u><a href="http://www.coophousing.org/buying_in.shtml">Informational Resources on "buying co-op homes"</a></u>  / <u><a href="http://cooperator.com/">The Co-operator Condo & Co-op Monthly Magazine</a></u></font></b></p> <p align="center"><font face="Tahoma" size="2"><u><a href="http://www.chc.coop/chc/chcinfo.nsf/guideoutline.htm?OpenPage"><b>The Cooperative Housing Development Process</b></a></u>  <b>/ </b><u><a href="http://www.enterprisecommunity.com/products_and_services/workforce_housing.asp"><b>Workforce Housing</b></a></u><b>  / <a href="http://www.ncb.com/default.aspx?id=1250">Top 100 Cooperatives</a></b></font></p> <p align="center"><font face="Tahoma" size="2"><b><a href="http://www.cnyc.com/">Council of New York Cooperatives</a>   /  <a href="http://www.greencommunitiesonline.org/">Green Communities Online</a> / </b></font><font size="2"><a href="http://www.cccd.coop/info/types_of_coops/housing"><b>California Center for Cooperative Development</b></a></font></p> <p align="center"><font face="Tahoma" size="2"><b><a href="http://www.coophousing.org/50plus_ways.shtml">Financing Cooperative Housing</a> / <a href="http://www.policylink.org/EDTK/LEHC/default.html">Equitable Development Toolkit: Limited Equity Housing Cooperatives</a></b></font></p> <p align="center"><b><font face="Tahoma" size="2"><a href="http://images.google.com/images?gbv=2&hl=en&q=affordable+green+cooperative+housing">See photos of other cooperatives'</a>  </font><a href="images.google.com/images?gbv=2&hl=en&q=affordable+green+cooperative+housing"><img border="0" src="images/j0437693.gif" width="81" height="77" align="middle" alt="affordable green construction cooperative housing developments"></a>  <font face="Tahoma" size="2"><a href="http://images.google.com/images?gbv=2&hl=en&q=affordable+green+cooperative+housing">affordable green housing developments</a></font></b></p> <p align="center"><a href="http://frontierassoc.net/greenaffordablehousing/Organizations/GreenBldgPrograms.shtml"><font size="2"><b>Green Affordable Housing Coalition</b></font></a>   <font size="2"><b> /    <a href="http://www.nfte.com/">National Foundation for Teaching Entrepreneurship</a></b></font></p> <p align="center"><a href="http://www.shelterforce.org/"><b><font size="2">The journal of affordable housing and community building</font></b></a><b><font size="2"> / <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Building_cooperative">Building Cooperatives</a></font></b></p> <p align="center"><b><font size="2"><a href="http://www.enterprisecommunity.org/local_work/southern_california/housing_summit.asp">HUD's Western Regional Housing Summit (conference white papers & downloads) held Aug. 25 & 26, 2008</a></font></b></p> <p align="center"><b><font size="2"><a href="http://www.coopsontario.com/">Searchable Database of Canadian Cooperatives</a></font></b></p> <p align="center"><i><font face="Times New Roman" color="#0000FF"><b>Neighborhoods we are looking for properties in, to convert into cooperative assets:</b></font></i><font face="Tahoma" size="2"><br> <b>East Los Angeles, Mt. Washington, El Sereno, Happy Valley, South Central Los Angeles, North Hollywood, Los Angeles City & County,<br> Eastern San Fernando Valley, San Gabriel Valley, Pasadena, Altadena, South Pasadena, Northwest Pasadena</b></font></p> <p align="center"><a title="Back to the homepage" href="http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=2hqRQbKPRwTj5iOSLTnYd8dtmL8%2FgX%2Fe"><img src="http://www.democracyinaction.org/dia/organizationsORG/HCA_CA/images/OCNmain.gif" border="0" alt="OneCareNow.org: Healthcare for All" width="361" height="64" align="absmiddle"></a>    </p> <p><a href="COHO-TofC.htm">Go to Table of Contents</a></p> </font></body>