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UrbanTurf Reader Asks: What is HPAP's Definition of Livable?

  • September 29th 2009

by Mark Wellborn

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In this installment of UrbanTurf Reader Asks, a reader inquires about what is meant by a "livable" home by HPAP standards. HPAP is the DC initiative that gives up to $40,000 in financial assistance to low and moderate-income individuals to purchase single-family homes, condominiums and apartments. We wrote a piece back in March about a young man who purchased a home using HPAP, and he noted that the program goes to great lengths to make sure that you aren't "walking into a house that is falling apart or one that you don’t know how to repair." Here is our reader's question:

When you purchase a home under HPAP guidelines, my only understanding is that it be "livable." In pragmatic terms, what is and isn't considered "livable" by the program's standards?

Post your thoughts in the comments section. If you would like to submit a question for UrbanTurf Reader Asks, send an email to editor@urbanturf.com.

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This article originally published at https://dc.urbanturf.com/articles/blog/urbanturf_reader_asks_what_is_hpaps_definition_of_livable/1357.

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