“WNC, a leading provider of investment, asset management and development services in the affordable housing industry, announced today that Founder and Chairman of the Board Will Cooper Sr. has been named the 2019 recipient of the prestigious Carl A.S. Coan Sr. Award, presented by the National Housing Conference.”
“We have the first treasury secretary in American history who has professional experience running portions of the mortgage markets. He appreciates their value and is highly committed to not leaving Treasury with the GSEs still in conservatorship.” -David M. Dworkin
“We have the best job market for millennials since the Korean War. And yet 1 in 6 millennials in that age range live with mom and dad.” – David M. Dworkin
“I am especially appreciative that the House and Senate leadership were able to come together after very difficult negotiations to reach a bipartisan compromise. Washington works best when it is working together on building our country. It’s gratifying that reconciliation and compromise are not the lost arts of political discourse.” – David M. Dworkin
David Dworkin, president and CEO of the National Housing Conference, ran through a litany of similarly dodgy long-term solutions, from safe lots to micro-apartments, and sounding frustrated, blurted out: “The alternative, of course, is actual affordable housing.”
“When he spoke before the committee and he was clear about not doing anything that would disrupt the housing economy or these funds, I took him at his word. I think it’s a product of his evolving understanding of the complexities of the market and the importance of these policies.” – David M. Dworkin
“Antoinette Sykes has joined the National Housing Conference (NHC) as its communications director. She brings to NHC over 13 years of extensive communications experience. Most recently, she served as a senior program and project manager at the Department of Justice (DOJ), where she oversaw payment communications for the 9/11 Victims Compensation Fund.”
“We also need to do a much better job of understanding the current drivers of the homeownership gap and the most impactful strategies to close it. To do this, we are also going to have to let go of some popular myths about what happened during the housing disaster of 2004-2014.”
“Our new slogan is HR-1 in 2021,” he says. “We want the top priority of the next Congress and administration to be housing, and there’s a lot of work ahead to get us there.” – David M. Dworkin
“In addition to the NAR, MBA and NAAHL, the letter was signed by the Asian Real Estate Association of America; the Consumer Federation of America; the Consumer Mortgage Coalition; Enterprise Community Partners, Inc.; Habitat for Humanity International; the Leading Builders of America; the Local Initiatives Support Corporation; Make Room, Inc.; the Manufactured Housing Institute; Mercy Housing; Nareit; the National Apartment Association; the National Association of Hispanic Real Estate Professionals; the National Association of Home Builders; the National Association of Real Estate Brokers; the National Community Stabilization Trust; the National Council of State Housing Agencies; the National Housing Conference…”
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