Massachusetts Department of Housing and Community Development
Citizens’ Housing and Planning Association
Mass Housing Partnership
American Planning Association of MA
Date: September 30, 2010
Time: 9:00am – 2:00pm
Location: United Church of Christ Conference Center: Framingham, MA
This workshop will highlight different strategies communities have successfully used to foster local support for planning and development activities that promote affordable housing. Topics include:
- Organizational development
- Community outreach and innovative initiatives
- Developing local leadership
- Case study: 89 Oxbow, Wayland
Who should attend: municipal officials, board and commission members, housing partnerships and committees, community development and planning staff, housing advocates, developers, and housing authorities.
For more information contact:
Miryam Bobadilla at Miryam.Bobadilla@state.ma.us
Connie Kruger at CKruger@mhp.net
| September 27, 2010 | | September 28, 2010 | | September 29, 2010 |
Sponsored by NHN Learning Alliance
The NHN Learning Alliance (NHNLA) is currently registering senior counselors and managers for the Housing Counseling Program Management training in Washington, DC. The training will begin on Monday, September 27 at 8:00 a.m. and go through Wednesday, September 29 at 3:00 p.m. Breakfast and Lunch will be provided for participants.
Scholarships are available.
Additional Information and Registration here
Sponsored By the Federal Reserve Board & the Federal Reserve Banks of Boston and Cleveland
Date: September 1-2, 2010
Location: Federal Reserve Board’s Martin Building (Washington D.C)
The aftermath of the foreclosure crisis has left many communities struggling with large swaths of empty homes. The event, co-sponsored by the Federal Reserve Board of Governors and the Federal Reserve Banks of Boston and Cleveland, will help communities and practitioners better understand current barriers, promising practices, and regional differences related to neighborhood stabilization and the disposition of real estate owned (REO) property.
In conjunction with the event, the Federal Reserve will publish a new volume of papers that explores such regional differences and presents perspectives from the various participants involved in REO disposition–sellers, buyers, nonprofits, and municipalities. Finally, the summit will release key findings from a Federal Reserve research project on local uses of Neighborhood Stabilization Program funds.
After the event, PDF, text, and audio podcast versions of the panelists’ presentations will be available for download.
REO and Vacant Property Strategies for Neighborhood Stabilization is a Federal Reserve System initiative under the Mortgage Outreach and Research Efforts (MORE) group.
There are two ways you can attend this summit: 1) attend the summit in person in D.C.; or 2) attend the summit via video streaming at the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston.
1) Attend the summit in D.C.
The summit will be hosted at the Federal Reserve Board’s Martin Building in Washington, D.C. As space is extremely limited for this summit, please register online as soon as possible: http://www.federalreserve.gov/events/conferences/2010/reovpsns/default.htm
2) Attend the summit in Boston via live video streaming
Please email your name and affiliated organization to kai-yan.lee@bos.frb.org with a subject line “conference” to register. You will receive a confirmation email with more details.
Additional Information and Registration
| September 14, 2010 | | September 15, 2010 | | September 16, 2010 |
Training Provided by: The National Development Council
Sponsored by: Citi
Date: September 14-16, 2010
Location: United Church Conference Center (One Badger Rd. Framingham, MA)
Registration Fees:
MACDC Member Organizations- $150
Non-MACDC Member Organizations- $300
Neighborhoods are at their best when “ Main Street ” pulses with the activities that bring a community alive—residential, retail, entertainment, services, public facilities and common areas. Older Main Streets have special opportunities for adaptive reuse—with buildings that are ideally suited to retrofitting multiple uses in one structure. Cities and towns undergoing redevelopment in their downtowns often view mixed-used development as a way to catalyze Main Street, energizing it with shopping, dining, culture and entertainment. There are several financial tools available for Main Street redevelopment and if brought together in the right way, for the right uses, they can do the job. This course explores the following topics:
Mixed-Use Development Challenges
- Commercial real estate revitalization
- Community facilities on Main Street
- The community perspective on revitalization
- Inventory: what do you have to work with?
- Thinking outside the box for adaptive reuse
Mixed Financing: The Right Recipe
- Real estate financing process
- Estimating project costs
- Projecting the developer’s pro forma
- Determining debt capacity
- Measuring equity attracted
- Quantifying the financing gap
- Closing the gap
Taxes and Real Estate Development
- Cash flow after tax
- Depreciation
- Historic Rehabilitation, Low-Income Housing and New Markets Tax Credits
Financing Tools for Mixed-Use Development
- Debt and equity vehicles
- Programs: CDBG, CDBG Float Loan, Section 108 and tax-exempt bond financing
- Other Structuring Tools: tax increment financing, ground leases, tax abatement and payment in lieu of taxes
Registration
| July 14, 2010 | | 8:30 am | to | 10:30 am |
“Vote NO in November”
Date: Wednesday, July 14, 2010
Time: 8:30am – 10:30am
Location: 4100 State Highway, Estham, MA
THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT PARTNERSHIP CONTINUES ITS HART2010 SERIES OF WEDNESDAY MORNING BREAKFAST MEETINGS WITH A
“Vote NO in November”
Training Workshop
Facilitated by key personnel of the
Campaign to Protect the Affordable Housing Law
A 2-hour interactive workshop for local affordable housing professionals and advocates on campaign strategy and how to target and deliver the “Vote NO in November” message consistently across Cape Cod this summer and fall to ensure a strong NO Vote on the November 2nd ballot.
Visit:
http://www.protectaffordablehousing.org/cms
for more information.
| July 19, 2010 | | 9:30 am | to | 11:30 am |
CHAPA Breakfast Forum
Date: Monday, July 19, 2010
Time: 9:30am – 11:30am
Location: Suffolk University Law School (120 Tremont St. Boston, MA)
The Low Income Housing Tax Credit Program remains the most important federal program for the development and preservation of affordable rental housing in Massachusetts and throughout the country. In 2008, the economic recession and turmoil in the financial markets greatly impacted the program, but now more stability is emerging.
Breakfast speakers will address: trends in the current marketplace among investors, lenders, and developers; the kinds of developments that are getting funded; implementation of the Tax Credit Exchange and Tax Credit Assistance Programs; status of Congressional proposals to improve the program; efforts to enhance the state low income housing tax credit program; challenges still facing developers of affordable housing; and what is likely to happen over the next few years.
Moderator: Susan Schlesinger, President, The Life Initiative and President-Elect of CHAPA
Speakers:
Joseph Flatley, President and CEO, Massachusetts Housing Investment Corporation
Jeff Goldstein, Chief Operating Officer and Director of Real Estate, Boston Capital
Laurie Gould, Principal, VIVA Consulting
Kate Racer, Associate Director of Private Housing, Department of Housing and Community Development
Cost:
$15.00 for CHAPA members; $25.00 for non-members (includes continental breakfast). Space is limited and you must register by Wednesday, July 14. No refunds will be provided to those who register but do not attend the forum.
Registration:
You may register online, by phone, fax, or email.
Online: www.chapa.org/calendar; Phone: 617-742-0820; Fax: 617-742-3953
Email: odessaw@chapa.org
| June 14, 2010 | | 9:30 am | to | 12:00 pm |
Date: Monday, June 14, 2010
Time: 9:30am – Noon
Location: St. Matthews Church (695 Soutbridge St. Worcester, MA 01610)
In order to be successful in November, staff, volunteers, and supporters of the Campaign to Protect the Affordable Housing Law will need to discuss the Massachusetts Affordable Housing Law with community leaders, the media, and the public. It will be your voices – the voices of trusted community leaders and organizers – that local residents rely on when making a decision to vote NO to protect affordable housing for working families and seniors.
The June 14th training will be an opportunity to learn more about
- how to accurately and effectively describe the accomplishments of Chapter 40B,
- why the Commonwealth needs to protect it,
- how to respond to common questions and concerns and
- what you can do in your community over the summer to build a base of support for the fall Campaign.
While the discussion will be geared towards efforts over the coming months to defeat the initiative petition to repeal Chapter 40B, many of the lessons learned will be broadly applicable to the work of local housing and civic organizations.
A light breakfast will be served.
The event is free but an RSVP is required.
Please email info@protectaffordablehousing.org if you plan to attend.
Sponsored by the Urban Land Institute
Date: June 4, 2010
Time: 1:30 pm Eastern
Brush up on the basics of real estate finance and strengthen your technical skills with ULI’s Basics of Real Estate Finance: Part II webinar June 4th.
You will review foundational concepts such as time value of money and discounted cash flow and move on to mortgage payment calculation, residual land valuation technique, and future net operating income – skills that are essential to succeeding in the real estate industry.
Gain practical experience as you work along in Excel with the instructor in real time. You will be able to ask questions have them answered on a rolling basis.
Your instructor, Bruce Kirsch, is the founder and principal of Real Estate Financial Modeling, LLC and is a recognized expert in and top instructor of Microsoft Excel-based financial modeling.
Register today as space is limited!
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