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Resident urges College Place to halt approvals until Hayden Homes covenants are removed after AG action
Summary
Steve Schulman, a Walla Walla County broker, told the council the Washington Attorney General concluded an investigation and required Hayden Homes to remove thousands of charitable covenants and pay restitution; Hayden Homes' vice president said the company signed an AOD and will remove covenants when homeowners request it.
Steve Schulman, a real estate broker and resident, used the public-comment period to deliver documents he said came from the Washington Attorney General's office and to urge the City of College Place to require removal of charitable covenants before approving further plans in Homestead and other Hayden developments. "They required the, Hayden Homes to remove 7,627 charitable covenants, pay 1,600,000 plus 12% interest for all the homeowners that bought these these houses, and pay $346,000 for the investigation," Schulman said, summarizing what he described as the AG's settlement terms.
Deb Flagan, vice president of Hayden Homes, replied that the company had signed an Assurance of Discontinuance and said homeowners who request removal will have covenants removed. "We are removing them. That is part of the mandate," Flagan said, and she asked council and residents to read the AOD and the company's published facts. Council took no immediate formal action in response to the public comment; the exchange will likely prompt follow-up from staff or council members seeking the underlying AG documents for verification.
