MISSION: To increase the supply of decent affordable housing provided by nonprofit organizations to low and very low income families through coordination among nonprofits to enhance capabilities, expand funding opportunities, maximize training, and develop new partnerships.

Time (Min)					Agenda Item	
8:00-8:30		Networking between members and guests 	
8:30-8:35		Introduction of members/guests (Katie Porta)
8:35-8:40		Approval of minutes
8:40-8:55		Sponsor -- 
8:55-9:20		Speaker -- 
9:15-9:25		Counseling Collaborative Update 
9:25-9:35		Other Items:  
     County HAC Report 
     City of Orlando HAC Report
     Counseling Collaborative
   New Business:
     Review correspondence
Next membership meeting -- Wednesday, February 23, 2000 @ 8:30 am 
Adjourn	(TOTAL MEETING TIME -- 1 HOUR AND 5 MINUTES)

Future Meeting Schedule: No meeting in December.
For the year 2000, meetings are as follows: February 23, March 29, April 26, May 31, June 28, July 26, August 30, September 27, October 25, and November 29.

THE NONPROFIT HOUSING ROUNDTABLE OF CENTRAL FLORIDA - ACTION PLAN

Goal 1.	To educate the entire community on the role of the nonprofit sector as an important partner in the housing delivery process.
   a.	Communicate housing and nonprofit needs to local area government
   b.	Develop quantifiable goals for the Roundtable to allow for evaluation of this organization's effectiveness.
   c.	Invite guest speakers to speak monthly.  Pick out topic relevant to nonprofit housing providers (i.e. management,
development, underwriting) and have speaker make 30 minute presentation.

Goal 2.	To pool skills and resources of nonprofit housing producers and housing support agencies
   a.	To use the nonprofit Roundtable to gain organizational and functional strength to achieve our mission by
convening regular meetings to share information, and to plan and coordinate activities of the participating
nonprofits

   b.	To evaluate and prepare an annual plan that quantifies projects and funding needs of the participating nonprofits
and prepare joint funding support request to the various funding entities
   c.	To promote and support emerging nonprofit housing organizations.

Goal 3.	To pursue various partnership opportunities and linkages with for-profit developers and builders.
   a.	Strengthen relationships between nonprofits and private sector
   b.	To become active participants in the Homebuilder's association to cultivate support of for-profit developers and
builders and to seek out opportunities for joint-ventures, other business relationships and mentoring.

Goal 4.	To pursue activities that would increase the availability of low cost funds to nonprofits.
   a.	Subscribe to legislative, funding resource.  Monitor and report on upcoming funding programs.
   b.	Develop calendar of funding source with contact, deadline and summary information.

Goal 5.	To pursue activities that would encourage governments to provide grants and loans to nonprofits for technical assistance
and housing production.

Nonprofit Housing Roundtable
Meeting Minutes from January 26, 2000 Meeting

Present: Barbara Morton, Gloria Oliver, Ed Nasser, Richard Garzon, Jerrie G. Magruder, Fred L. Maxwell, Frantz Dutes, Scott Zimmerman, Victor M. Alvardo, John Huguenard, Rich Enright, Dawkins Hodges, Linda Williams, Fran James, Adrienne deSouza, Mike Julian, Rolando Cintrow, E. Stewart Forrester, Karen Rogers, Lucy Voyik, Regina Williams, Mike Smith, Kathy Phillips, Louis Laubscher, Rosanna Jacobsen, Gaile Moody Plowden, Ginnette Ellin, Kathy Bryant, Charlene Rose, Paul Whitwam, George Reed, Barbara Conover, Roger Verghese, Kevin O'Rawe, Linda Larkin, Jacqueline Taylor, Steve Chitwood, Judith Kovisars, Katie Porta

Agenda Item 1 -- Approval of Minutes

Motion made by Bob Ansley and seconded by Katie Porta to approve the minutes. Approved unanimously.

Agenda Item 2 -- Barb Morton from Consumer Credit Counseling Services

Barb was on-hand to talk about her agency and some of the efforts that they do throughout the State of Florida. The following were some key points of her talk:

• CCCS provides credit counseling in both pre-purchase and post-purchase counseling.
• They were founding members of the Collaborative and have been very active in the Collaborative since its inception.
• They have 35 different locations throughout the State of Florida and are funded primarily by The United Way, HUD, and in other cases, such as the Continuum of Care Grant in Polk County. Consumer Credit Counseling recently merged with the facility in St. Petersburg.
• Barb mentioned that with the increase in default and delinquency rates, counseling is becoming more and more an important element in buying a home. CCCS works independently and/or works with other agencies to help do credit repair. Although many other agencies and organizations boast that they do credit repair, this is often at a cost, and is not ultimately beneficial for the consumer.

Agenda Item 3 -- Counseling Collaborative of Central Florida (Gloria Oliver)

Gloria joined the Collaborative as the new Director on January 18th. She was present at the meeting to talk about some of her items which she hopes to accomplish this coming year.

• The first is trying bolster the membership. She hopes to broaden the membership to include such people as mortgage bankers, realtors and builders.
• Gloria wants to standardize the curriculum so that all people receiving federal funds have a standardized curriculum.
• She will also look for fund raising opportunities and fee opportunities so that the Collaborative can be self-supportive and continue to provide services to all of its members.

Agenda Item 4 -- Miscellaneous Items

• Frantz Dutes was at the meeting and talked about the upcoming task force at Orange County. The task force has been meeting now for five months and they will be bringing in recommendations to the Commissioners. One of the more controversial recommendations is to increase assistance in target areas to individuals with median income over the 80 percent over medial income. In general, housing appears to be taking a backseat and now the emphasis is more toward a holistic neighborhood approach, such as in Holden Heights and Ivey Lane.
• Victor from HUD was on-hand and indicated that the City of Port St. Lucie is also trying to develop a roundtable. This group will be in touch with the Roundtable of Central Florida. He expressed enthusiasm for the two organizations helping and assisting each other, and possibly merging in the future. He also indicated that Brevard and Daytona Beach has expressed interest in a similar type organization.
• Mike Smith was on-hand from the Orange County Housing finance Authority. He indicated that on January 7th, they had a $23 million bond issue and a $2.5 million bond issue for Orange County and a $2.5 million bond issue for Seminole. The interest rate for this program for first-time homebuyers is 6.7 percent. Participants in this program include Countrywide Mortgage, NVR Mortgage, Home Bank Mortgage, Home Funding Corporation, North American Corporation, MFC Mortgage Inc, Pinnacle Financial Corporation, and Sunbelt National Mortgage. For more information, call 407-894-0014.
• John Hazelroth mentioned that with respect to the parking at the City Hall, should individuals park at the structure across the street, they are allowed one hour free. In future meeting, John encouraged members and nonmembers to bring their parking stickers to the meeting and they will be validated. There is a charge for anything over an hour.

This concludes the end of the minutes. The next meeting will be on February 23, 2000, at 8:30 am, at Orlando City Hall.