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Vision
Changing lives with hope and possibility
Mission
Newtown helps people improve their financial well-
being while strengthening communities through
education, counseling, coaching and the development
and stewardship of permanently affordable homes.
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• Arizona’s Oldest & Largest Community
Land Trust
• Affordable Home Ownership
• Homebuyer Education and
Homeownership Counseling (HUD-
Certified)
• Down Payment Assistance
• $5,900,000 in investment in Tempe
homeownership Community Land Trust Homes
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• Buy improvements, lease land
• 99-year renewable lease
• Restricted sale price
• Owner occupancy required
• Land is held by CLT in
perpetuity
• Subsidy used to create
affordability protected by
restrictions
• Buyer pays taxes
Community Land Trust
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Shared Appreciation Model
Appraisal-based formula
- Based on value of improvements & land
Appreciation = new appraisal - initial
appraisal x 25%
Resale price = appreciation + initial price
20 resales – average equity = over
$28,000
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Leasehold Appraisal
All homes are appraised using a
“Leasehold Appraisal”
Acknowledges that while you don’t own
the land, you have an exclusive 99-year
(renewable) right to use it
Typically about $15,000 below a typical
appraisal
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Pre-Purchase Counseling
A certified housing counselor will provide support and encouragement throughout
your home buying process; help you feel empowered and confident with your
decisions:
• Analyze your current situation and help you create an individualized
homebuyer action plan
• Help you become credit ready and qualify for the best possible home loan
• Help you access down payment and closing cost assistance programs
• Provide advice and coaching while you work with lenders, Realtors, title
companies and others involved in your home purchase transaction
• Help you review and understand the documents connected to your home
purchase; loan documents, purchase contracts, closing documents, etc.
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Individual Development Accounts
Save $5,500 – get 4:1 match - $22,000 (IDEA) or $4,000
to get $16,000 matched (WISH)
IDEA program, you must have your account open for 10
months
Can use with CLT
Must be first time homebuyer
Must meet income eligibility < 78% AMI
NewtownCDC.org/programs/IDA/
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Income Limits
Area Median Income. FY 2019 Maricopa County-Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale MSA. Source: HUDUser.org
Effective April 24, 2019
AMI % Number of Persons in the Household
1 2 3 4 5
80% 40,850 46,650 52,500 58,300 63,000
120% 61,250 70,000 78,750 87,500 94,400
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Project Overview & History
• First of its Kind
• For Sale
• Small-Scale Development “inspired
by tiny homes”
• City-owned land, studied by ASU
students
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City Request For Proposals
• Model for small-scale affordable and sustainable housing
• At least 51% of homes affordable to 80% AMI
• 900 square foot community center
• Adequate space for a community garden and/or
“agriscaping”
• Use sustainable building practices
• Minimal parking
• Homes must be no larger than 600sf, and predominantly
detached
• Must be on their own lot, with permanent foundation
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Disclaimer
• Some details may change
– Final pricing
– Building permits
– Construction process
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Project Philosophy
Tempe Micro Estates is designed as an
‘intentional neighborhood,’ where residents
share the desire to interact with their
neighbors. Each home is small and private, but
the sense of community that surrounds it is
intended to be big.
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Maximizing Benefits, Minimizing Risks
• Units will appraise & be able to be resold
• Eligible for a conventional mortgage
• Ground lease
• Shared amenities as appropriate
• Permanent foundation, sewer, water, electric
• Private spaces, full-sized furniture & appliances
• Known market, pushed and refined
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Who Lives Here?
People who want to:
• Live small and simply
• Live with less impact on the earth
• Live in an ‘intentional neighborhood’
• Work together with others to build community
• Buy a brand-new, energy efficient home
• Live in Tempe, near light rail, streetcar, and more
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RitaLane
Site Plan
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Landscape
Parking
Parking
Trash
RitaLane
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Landscape
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Home Owner’s Association & CC&Rs
• HOA & CC&Rs required
• Operated by home owners, supported by Newtown
• Currently in draft form, available on our website
• Comments welcome
• HOA is operated by home owners
• Landscape and common areas maintained by HOA
• Encourage community feel
• Learn from national partners
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Purchase Requirements
Everyone:
• Complete and submit the Newtown Intake Application
• Be able to be pre-approved for a mortgage from an
approved CLT lender and be otherwise creditworthy
• Be able to contribute at least $3,000 of your own funds
towards closing costs (typically from $6,000 to $8,000)
• Attend the one-hour mandatory Community Land Trust
Informational Meeting
• Must be primary residence
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For Households Earning 80% of the Area Median
Income (AMI):
• Meet income eligibility requirements
• Complete an approved Homebuyer Education Class
• Attend one-on-one counseling with a Newtown counselor
• Be a First-Time Homebuyer (Not owned in 3-years)
• Submit all proof of eligibility documents
Purchase Requirements
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• 80-120% AMI homes (6) will be sold at their appraised
leasehold value, with minimal subsidy.
• 80% AMI and below homes (7) will be sold at a more
subsidized rate, which will be a value below the appraised
market value final sale price dependent on the
household’s income, down payment, subsidy available,
and other factors.
Purchase Requirements
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Pricing & Subsidy Available
80% AMI Limit 80% - 120% AMI
Potential Sales Price Range:
$160,000 - $185,000
Depending on final construction
costs, appraised leasehold value,
subsidy available, and other factors.
Potential Sales Price Range:
$195,000 - $215,000
Depending on appraised leasehold
value and final construction costs.
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Preference
• If you currently reside in Tempe and receive housing
support from the City of Tempe or from a non-profit
agency affiliated with the City of Tempe, please note so on
your application.
• This preference will bring your application to the front of
the eligibility list, but applicants must still meet all
purchase requirements.
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Timeline
Interest
Meeting
Applications
Accepted
Pre-Sales
Begin
Construction
Begins
Purchase
Contracts
Construction
Complete
Today Fall 2019
Winter 2019/20 Spring 2020 Summer 2020
September, 2019
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Application Process
• Newtown will not pay Buyer’s Broker Fee
Applications
Accepted
Eligibility
Review
Waitlist
Created
Document
Review &
Counseling
Pre-Sale
Agreement
Purchase
Contract
Sale Complete
$400
$40
$1,000
Newtown is the Valley’s ONLY Community Land Trust. 501c3 Nonprofit founded in 1994 we now have 142 properties in Tempe, Chandler, Scottsdale, Glendale. HUD-certified homeownership counseling agency. We focus on affordable home ownership – both in preparing buyers and in preparing homes. We’ve brought more than $5.9 million in funds to Tempe homeowners and properties.
Our job is to help low income families achieve their dream of owning a home. Our team helps with pre-purchase counseling, financial coaching, down payment assistance, and more. We have close to 100 clients working to save for their home at this moment. Most of our clients are in the medical fields, service jobs, or working in education and have extremely limited homeownership opportunities in the valley – and especially in Tempe.
Proven model for creating permanently affordable homes
Tempe Micro Estates is a first of its kind project in the valley – for sale homes “inspired by tiny homes”
City issued RFP had a number of requirements
Located in the Jen Tilly Terrace Neighborhood, near Rural and Apache Boulevard. Convenient to two grocery stores within a ¾ of a mile. Near local and national coffee shops, award-winning restaurants, light rail, street-car, bike routes, orbit circulator, and more. Tucked away in a fairly quiet neighborhood.
Designed to be a intentional neighborhood – 13 small homes share a courtyard and common room. Cars are left on the edge of the property to allow for a courtyard with gardening, fruit trees, and more. The common room allows for extra space outside of each small home, perhaps to share a meal, a board game, or another community activity.
Tiny homes on wheels are not eligible for conventional mortgages, instead are treated as a personal property loan, like a car.
Tiny homes on wheels are not eligible for conventional mortgages, instead are treated as a personal property loan, like a car.
Each home is designed sit back into the landscape. Over time, the homes are meant to blend in with the site landscape by encouraging vine growth. The vines occupying the homes meld the building and site together. East-facing patios allow residents to people watch along Rita Lane and the central gardens. As the landscaping matures, the vines, shrubs, and trees will become the predominant feature on the site, allowing the homes to recede in prominence and become features in the landscape.
The property will be planted with native trees and plants, as well as fruit-bearing orchard trees. Along Rita Lane, Arizona Ash trees line the street. At the back of the parking lot are Sonoran desert native Ironwoods, which will show a pop of purple in the spring. As you walk into the property, you pass a native mesquite, with edible pods.
In front of the common room are densely planted fruit trees. As you enter the courtyard, there is a citrus orchard on the east side, with stone fruit trees on the east side, along with garden beds for residents at the center of the courtyard. The courtyard also features a rainwater harvesting tank and other water harvesting landscape features to “plant the rain.” Each homeowner is responsible for weeding and maintaining the landscape adjacent to their home, and for working together to maintain the landscape of the property overall. While care has been taken to pick low-maintenance plants, they still need care and upkeep. Some of the landscape plants support a Monarch Butterfly Waystation and other habitat, which will need to be cared for in order to keep the designation.
900 sf community room, with a community kitchen, mailboxes, storage area, and the central laundry with two washers and two dryers, as well as an outdoor area specified for line drying. This space can be used by any resident and is ideal for common dinners, gatherings, and more. This could hold a common book or game library, or other community. The goal is to reduce the duplication of equipment and systems, allow for extra space for homeowners, encourage community gatherings, and to use the laundry-to-landscape system to irrigate the trees and landscaping in front of the common room.
The home at 1450 South Rita Lane is a 600sf, one-bedroom, single-story, and includes 5-foot turning radii in the bathroom, and other places, along with additional backing in the bathroom walls for grab bars, as well as convenient access to its own parking space. Furniture is shown for scale.
The 12 other homes on site are all 600sf, lofted, one-bedroom homes. The kitchen and bathroom are on the first floor, with windows looking out onto the private patio, and into the courtyard. A window at the stairs allows extra light in. All of the windows are shaded either with the patio awning or metal fins to reduce direct summer sun – and solar heat gain. All homes are designed with the environment in mind.
Each home is on its own lot, with a landscaped front area with Sonoran native plants and Coral Vine. There is a private patio, and an area behind the patio for personalized landscaping. Homes have an accent Lilac Vine on their west side, and the perimeter walls feature Arizona Grape Ivy, Primrose Jasmine, Lilac Vine, or Passion Vine, depending on the orientation.
There are only 16 parking spaces, including two spaces reserved for drivers with a disability placard or plate. Private vehicle parking is extremely limited. Street parking will not be allowed on Rita Lane. One car per home, max.
That would be an income range of about above $36,000 a year to around $46,000 for a household of two for the 80% homes.