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OF MOUSING U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development CNR 1999 Broadway, Suite 3390, Box 90 Denver, Colorado 80202 OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY NATIONAL OFFICE OF NATIVE FOR PUBLIC AND INDIAN HOUSING AMERICAN PROGRAMS February 12, 1999 MEMORANDUM FOR: All Partners in the One-Stop Mortgage Center Initiative FROM: for Jacqueline Johnson, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Native American Programs, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development for Michael Barr, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Community Development Policy, U.S. Department of the Treasury SUBJECT: One-Stop Mortgage Center Initiative: March 29, 1999 Meeting at Chicago, Illinois This is to announce the next meeting for all partners (tribal, federal agency and private industry) in the One-Stop Mortgage Center Initiative. It will be held on Monday, March 29, in Chicago, Illinois at the Hyatt Regency Riverwalk Hotel, Ballroom B, from 12:00 noon to 5:00 p.m. This meeting is open to anyone who is interested in lending in Indian country, even if they have not been a previous participant in this initiative. A significant amount of work has been completed by the five work groups that were established in November at the meeting at the Navajo Nation. Numerous meetings and conference calls were held in order to further define barriers to lending as well as to propose and in some cases, resolve those barriers. The four "national" work groups covered the following topics: <> Consistency and Coordination of Federal Mortgage Loan Programs <> Land Issues <> Creditworthiness of Homebuyers <> Lack of Private Participants Additionally, since the Navajo Nation is the site of the first One-Stop Mortgage Center, a local work group was established there to address that reservation's need. Prior to the March 29 meeting, participants from our One-Stop Mortgage mailing list will receive a draft report which represents work completed by each of the five work groups. The purpose of this meeting will be to discuss and revise the report as the participants feel is necessary. For more information on HUD's Native American Programs, visit our Home Page on the World Wide Web at http://www.codetalk.fed.us