Join the MAHC Construction Committee for the August Brown Bag Lunch Discussion on Wednesday, August 5, 2015 from 12:00 – 1:30 PM at Humphrey Management, 10220 Old Columbia Rd., Suite M, Columbia, MD, 21046. They will be talking about the various energy codes and what’s working in the field. Join them for a presentation by Pando Alliance followed by a panel discussion with our contractors on how they are dealing with the ever changing energy codes with an emphasis on air sealing, ventilation, and insulation practices. Panelists include:
Lunch will be provided at this month’s session, so just bring your questions and join them for a great discussion. Register today!
BB&T in partnership Virginia Housing Development Authority is bringing the National Development Council (NDC) to Richmond, Virginia to offer their Housing Development Finance Professional (HDFP) Certification Program. The four-course training program explores the development process, financial analysis techniques and structuring and negotiating skills needed to successfully develop and finance affordable home ownership and rental housing development. The Virginia Housing Development Authority is offering scholarships to support individuals completing the four-course HDFP certification. Scholarships will be limited two staff members per organization. Organizations must nominate each staff member for the scholarship. Scholarship awards are designated to cover 100% of the full certification tuition expenses. Individuals must complete the downloadable application and return to Debbie.griner@vhda.com no later than 5:00pm, Friday, July 31, 2015. Recipients of the scholarship will be notified by mid-August.
The District of Columbia Department of Housing and Community Development (DHCD) is requesting proposals for projects that create new units (new construction or substantial rehabilitation of vacant buildings) reserved for households earning no more than 30% of the Area Median Income (AMI) or no more than 50% of the AMI, or projects that preserve occupied affordable housing with units for households no more than 80% of AMI. For new construction and vacant rehabilitation projects, DHCD will require that at least 5% of funded units be reserved as Permanent Supportive Housing (PSH) for individuals and families who were once homeless and continue to be at imminent risk of homelessness.
DHCD’s Development Finance Division (DFD) will lead the project review and selection process. Funds will be available from a variety of federal and local funding sources including the Housing Production Trust Fund (HPTF), the HOME Investment Partnerships program (HOME), the 9% Low Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC) program, the Department of Behavioral Health (DBH) funds administered by DHCD, the District of Columbia Housing Authority (DCHA), Local Rent Supplement Program (LRSP), Housing Choice Voucher Program (HCVP), the Annual Contributions Contract Program (ACC), and the Department of Human Services (DHS) supportive services funds for Permanent Supportive Housing.
An RFP kick-off meeting will be held in the DHCD Housing Resource Center, located at 1800 Martin Luther King Jr. Ave SE, 1st Floor, Washington, DC 20020, on Thursday July 30, 2015, from 10am to 12pm. Please RSVP at dhcd.events@dc.gov.
Please visit the DHCD DFD website for additional information.
Ready to Respond: An Overview of Enterprise’s Disaster Staffing Toolkit
August 14, 2015 from 2:00 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. (ET)
The Ready to Respond: Disaster Staffing Toolkit guides affordable multifamily housing organizations in developing comprehensive disaster plans. The Toolkit is based on the Incident Command System (ICS), a planning framework used by Federal, state and local first-responder agencies to help structure command, control and coordination of disaster response. By modeling their plans on this standard, housing organizations draw on best practices and align their protocols and response timelines with key public agencies, while sharing a common language to describe preparedness efforts.
In utilizing the Toolkit, organizations will achieve the following goals
This Live Online Event is highly recommended for affordable housing owners and operators, housing directors, asset managers and those interested in disaster preparedness planning. Viewers will learn the overall structure of the Toolkit, the importance of the Emergency Preparedness Coordinator (EPC), and how to understand the Disaster Response Roles and the tools to help them succeed.
Creating Permanent Supportive Housing: The Colorado Experience with the Pathways Home Supportive Housing Toolkit
August 13, 2015 from 2:00 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. (ET)
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Created through a unique partnership between the Colorado Governor’s Office, Enterprise Community Partners, the Colorado Division of Housing (CDOH), and the Colorado Housing and Finance Authority (CHFA), the Pathways Home Supportive Housing Toolkit is a series of technical assistance and peer learning sessions designed to help non-profits, housing authorities, and other homeless service providers develop high-quality supportive housing in their respective communities. Over a five-month period, staff from the Governor’s Office, CHFA, and CDOH meet with representatives from selected organizations from the region to provide logistical support and best practices in project development from funding to property management and service provision. The Toolkit has expanded Colorado’s development pipeline to include a dozen projects on the Western Slope and Front Range with the expectation of more than 200 new units in the next three years.
Program funds raised by sponsoring entities cover the costs of a toolkit consultant team with expertise in supportive housing development, housing first/harm reduction service models, and property management. The consultant team works with local partners to recruit and select teams as well as manage implementation of the workshop series. These individuals will also provide individual technical assistance to teams as budgeted.
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