Application Process

1. Answer all questions on the application completely.
2. Sign the application.
3. Check the appropriate boxes in the “Preference Section.”
4. Please be aware that both the applicant and the co-applicant will be subject to the full screening process which includes a credit check, criminal check, interview, & home visit.  If both are approved by the Board of Directors of Nassau Gardens for membership, both names will appear on the Stock Certificate.  However, if you want only the applicant’s name on the Stock Certificate but will have one or more other adults (18 years of age or older) residing in the unit, each additional adult must fill out a roommate application, pay a separate fee of seventy-five dollars ($75), and be subject to the full screening process.   The roommate application process applies to spouses, adult children, other relatives, and non-related roommates.   If they are approved to live in the unit with the applicant, they will not be on the Stock Certificate and, therefore, must vacate the unit if the Shareholder should move out.
5. Include your check in the amount of one hundred dollars ($100.00) for a single applicant, ($75.00) with each additional co-applicant and/or roommate along with the completed application. This is a non-refundable application fee and must be mailed with the application. Make the check payable to:  Nassau Gardens Cooperative Housing Association, Inc.
6. Return the completed application and check in the envelope provided with the application. The application must be mailed by first class, regular mail only.  No registered, certified, or express mail will be accepted.  Applications may not be dropped off at the office, or in the “mailbox” on the front of the office building.  To reiterate, the application and check must be returned in the envelope provided, and by first class, regular mail only.  Should the envelope arrive without a post office stamp, it will be rejected.
7. Use only the envelope provided with the application. The application is marked with an identifying mark/number.  Please note the number on the application is a control number for use by the corporation.  It does not reflect your placement on the final waiting list.   
8. Review carefully the “Criteria for Possible Rejection for Membership”.
9. Applications that are complete, signed, and have the application fee enclosed will be date stamped, in the order they are received and marked paid.
10. Applications received that are incomplete, or do not have a check enclosed, or are not signed will not be stamped “received” until the applicant corrects the problem. Every effort will be made to contact the applicant by phone, mail, or email.
11. The waiting list will be compiled using the date indicated. The waiting list is maintained by the chair of the Screening Committee and updated as needed. Once your completed application and check has been reviewed, you will receive a letter confirming your placement on the wait list.

When an applicant(s) has completed the entire screening process, including house visit, and has been approved by the Board of Directors, a unit will be assigned. The subscription/membership fee is due at the time of the closing.