[dillywho]

Originally Posted by thistrucksforyou

I was there in July looking for a place to buy... I bought a guest pass for my wife and I, and I was told at the center that I could do and go anywhere I want , just like I was a resident there. I did go to Kattie Belles and they did check our ID and we were not questioned at all...

How did you "buy" a guest pass?

[dillywho]

If the 41 year-old buys a house here, that will give him and his wife (assuming she's over 19) resident ID's. Does he then get his kids guest passes for the time they are here visiting?

[coach]

If his children are over 10 they would need a guest ID. Just the same as my kids who are 40 need a guest ID to visit.

[graciegirl]

This beautiful place is so wonderful that EVERYONE would want to live here but then, that would take a lot of the fun away for me if it was just like....any old place.

* Grown up atmosphere meaning....having the right numbers on our drivers license under birthdate but acting like kids!


Edited.....I am typing away forgetting that our daughter Helene lives with us and always will and she was 44 two days ago.

NO place would be as much fun without Helene.

I am sorry for my unthinking post.

[njbchbum]

Originally Posted by bsliny

Boomer You say there is a lot of reasons to allow people under 55 to live in the villages
But you don't say what they are I'm just curious to hear what they are

I'm not Boomer and Boomer has already posted thoughts this morning...but I would like to offer that one reason for allowing a percentage of under 55 yr old owners/residents is because they may have inherited the property from parents who have passed on. To deny them use of that property until they are 55 yrs of age might be a legal battle of a different sort.

Another thought is that the preparation to assume legal responsibility for one's parents might require that those parents place their assets in their children's names so that there are no financial or inheritance issues when those responsibilities are assumed.

Just my thoughts.

[SUNNYMARYANN]

Gracie I have read many of your posts and you are in no way stupid.

[Felix the Cat]

"The 80/20 Rule" you ask about has to do with the general rules for an "Over 55 Communities"' exemptions from certain "anti-discrimination" policies that are established and policed by HUD/FHA.

Unless a Building or "Community" (this term includes Subdivisions, Mobile Home Parks, etc) qualifies as "housing for older persons" it may not discriminate based on familial status.That is it can't discriminate against families in which one or more children under 18 live with a Parent, Legal Guardian or a Designee with the written permission of a Parent or Legal Guardian.Familial status protection is also extended to pregnant women and those seeking legal custody of a child under age 18.

HOUSING FOR OLDER PERSONS IS EXEMPT FROM THE PROVISIONS AGAINST FAMILIAL STATUS DISCRIMINATION IF:

*The HUD Secretary has determined the Building or C community is specifically designed for and occupied by elderly persons under a Federal, State or Local Program. OR

*It is occupied solely by persons 62 years of age or older. OR

*It houses at least one person who is 55 years old or older in 80% OF THE OCCUPIED UNITS with no more than 20% occupierd by/with NO ONE 55 or older!

NOTE:Such an 80/20 exemption must be validated with a documented policy that demonstrates an intent to house persons over 55 years of age.

* Persons living in the Building or Community since Sept 1988, regardless of their ages, are "Grandfathered" in--may continue to live without disturbing the *80/20 rule" or other requirements of the Exemption for "Senior Housing"