Annual Policy Symposium 2018
Marriott Washington at Metro Center 775 12th Street, NW, Washington, DC, United StatesOn June 15, housing leaders from around the country attended NHC's 2018 Annual Policy Symposium in Washington, D.C. to discuss innovations in community development strategies and the city of Detroit’s amazing recovery. If you would like to receive email alerts for the 2019 Annual Policy Symposium, click here. View photos 2018 Agenda Keynote Speaker […]
Housing Visionary Award Gala 2018
Andrew W. Mellon Auditorium 1301 Constitution Ave NW, Washington, DC, United StatesJoin NHC for our Annual Housing Visionary Award Gala on Thursday, June 14 at the Andrew W. Mellon Auditorium in Washington, D.C.
June Restoring Neighborhoods Task Force webinar
NHC's June Restoring Neighborhoods Task Force webinar featured a presentation from Sajan Philip, director of the Central Region and Washington D.C. Low Income Investment Fund (LIIF), on LIIFs Community Development Financial Institution lending and early care and education work. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f3gPwuXHYL4 Speakers Sajan Philip, Low Income Investment Fund
Preservation and the role of Tenant Protection Vouchers
NHC's May Restoring Neighborhoods Task Force webinar covered preservation and the role of Tenant Protection Vouchers. Vincent Reina, Ph.D. presented on his recently published paper "Safety Net? The Utility of Vouchers When a Place-Based Rental Subsidy Ends." Ellen Lurie Hoffman and Laura Abernathy from the National Housing Trust then discussed the efforts of the Preservation Working Group to preserve this […]
ConnectHomeUSA
On May 8, NHC held a webinar with ConnectHomeUSA to discuss its movement to bridge the digital divide for HUD-assisted housing residents under the leadership of national nonprofit EveryoneOn. Amber Petty, senior manager for national programs, and Joojo Ocran, special programs associate at EveryoneOn, provided an overview of the program and the application process, and a member […]
AHP briefing with FHFA
On May 7, NHC and the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) held a webinar for members on FHFA's proposed rule on the Federal Home Loan Bank Affordable Housing Program. Speakers included Ted Wartell, Marcea Barringer, Tiffani Moore and Eric Howard from the Office of Housing and Community Investment, Division of Housing Mission and Goals at FHFA. Comments […]
Solutions for Housing Communications 2018
On April 17, close to 150 housing professionals attended Solutions for Housing Communications at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C. for a full day of engaging sessions focused on promising communications strategies and tactics for expanding awareness of the benefits of affordable housing and building support for affordable housing policies and development. Plenary sessions […]
Modernization of the Community Reinvestment Act
On April 5, 2018, NHC's President and CEO David Dworkin was joined by Buzz Roberts, president and CEO of the National Association of Affordable Housing Lenders, Gerron Levi, director of policy and government affairs at the National Community Reinvestment Coalition and James Matthews, senior vice president, CRA Compliance at Capital One to discuss the U.S. Department of […]
Discuss naturally occurring affordable housing
NHC's April Restoring Neighborhoods Task Force webinar covered naturally occurring affordable housing, the importance of preserving this valuable housing stock and how affordable housing developers can engage in this work. Anne McCulloch, president and CEO of the Housing Partnership Equity Trust, Deidre Schmidt, president and CEO of CommonBond Communities and Jane Graf, president and CEO of Mercy […]
Explore economic mobility strategies for HUD-subsidized housing residents
On March 22, Sherry Riva, executive director of Compass Working Capital, discussed her work on the Family Self-Sufficiency program and how public housing agencies and private owners of multifamily assisted housing are seeing significant outcomes from the program, and Adrianne Todman, CEO of the National Association of Housing and Redevelopment Officials, discussed other strategies that public […]