Experience with UHAB HDFC Co-op application?

I have a friend that is waiting to hear back from the co-op board at 110th Street. The only advice I can provide you is the process was far longer than 4 weeks for UHAB (I think it was a few months if I am not mistaken), and the coop board itself was delayed due to the holidays.

UHAB is bullshit, don't bother wasting your time with them. I went through the whole process and am currently typing this in a UHAB-sponsored co-op in Hamilton Heights that I bought in September. I had the indignity of being a rent-stabilzed tenant in my own unit for 3 months as the co-op fought with UHAB about who would be responsible for the huge amounts of repairs necessary because of shoddy/corrupt contracting work arranged by UHAB. They are incompetent above all, without consideration for anything other than the most basic interpretation of their role as a social-service non-profit and corrupt at worst. It took about two years to get from info session to co-op ownership. Some did it faster but I had applied to some of the smaller buildings first, at which point they ran into serious trouble with the state AG regarding the conversion plan. The buildings on 113th and 116th have taken more than 4 to 5 years to process...

actually most uhab staff are very friendly

is this coop facing the runway of central park? then the problem is the board

there are 7 board members, 2 of them wanna cash out and started selling their units. i heard the other 5 members gave these 2 former board members a hard time and already denied one transaction. (they are going to elect a new board that's why i say former board members )

the listing broker working for the board is also very ignorant, so you need to wait if you don't personally know them

@caonima
The unit with a listing broker has nothing to do with UHAB. There are several other units in the bldg. that are being sold through UHAB, though.

SunnyD, including you, at least 3 of you wanna buy into this coop?

are you directly talking to uhab officers or you said so only because you saw the uhab title on the application? are you sure there's no broker involved at all???

@Caonima

I have not made an offer/applied for this co-op. What I was saying (assuming that we are talking about the same bldg.) is that there is a unit that was listed by an outside broker who will be forwarding offers to the board. Yes, I have spoken to her. And, this particular unit has nothing to do with UHAB. There are, however, other units in the building whose sales will be overseen by UHAB. I hope that this is more clear.

"actually most uhab staff are very friendly"

many times friendly = incompetent or simply ignorant..

when asked about some of the ballooning "construction loans," and how it would affect future increased maintenance, you barely get a word..

also, i get a sense that UHAB serves the construction companies based on relationships by taking huge loans without care to cost/service, based mostly on relationships, and possibly sticking the new owner with maintenance increase time bomb, considering the old tenants are paying much lower maint.

don't worry about the maintenance, that's what emergency section 8 vouchers are for! never mind the new tenants who get shafted with the maintenance levels... their planning is so ungodly abysmal, some one ought to just put them out of their misery. how ANY of this stuff gets by the AG i truly wonder.

SunnyD, none of the sales are overseen by UHAB. there are 4 units for sale in this building, 2 owned by former board members, other 2 owned by the building (board)

the broker working for the board is ignorant, am i clear?

all 4 sales will be forwarded to the board for approval, but none of them would be sent to uhab.

Caonima, do you know what the story is with the 1 bedroom in this building?

semerun, have you googled "Caonima" to understand what it means?

semerun, sorry i don't have much info about this building

@Caonima

You don't seem to be understanding what I am saying. Oh, well.

SunnyD, i know what u trying to say. you thought uhab is involved in the board-owned units' sales, i'm telling you that you are wrong.

and i know one of the reasons u thought uhab is involved may be because you saw the 'uhab' word in the application, or the former board member's broker told you so. i can tell you she's wrong too. the broker working for the board may tell you more correct info, but he does not want to spend time at all

@Avaris
Can you get in touch with me to talk further about the shoddy construction practices via UHAB? I have people from a number of buildings with similar complaints and I would like to get more information.
info@justice4homeowners.org
www.justice4homeowners.org
Thanks

UHAB got involved in my building and when we showed them proof including the Director of UHAB also aware that a shareholder once President self managing has withdrew 25k in cash from the buildings bank account and did nothing about it , The Coordinator then convinced 2 shareholders to make this shareholder the Treasurer unbelievable ,I guess she knows that she works well with the money in addition to that she also convinced a lady who never had a job in her life never particpated in anything and does not even know how to take minutes or use a computer to become the President of the building wow~!!!!!1 The remaining 2 shareholders had no choice but to continue giving this lady our rent money once again to withdraw funds or get taken to court I wish someone can tell me how do I stop this

UHAB is a joke and as an organization it no longer has a mission. There are no more city housing stock to convert so they look to insinuation themselves in situations and building issues where they are unwanted. As HDFC coops mature through board experience and new shareholders they have learned to run themselves and succeed. That scares them as they no longer have a mission. UHAB is just a bunch of puppets for HPD. The only advise I ever heard from a UHAB rep to our coop is that we should have regular board meeting... thanks for that invaluable advice, I hope the sarcasm is coming through.