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Archive for month: September, 2013

Call for Entries: HAND Features Members in New Spotlight Program

September 24, 2013
September 24, 2013

The HAND membership spotlight program highlights the accomplishments and aspirations of our members based on the guiding principles of collaboration, innovation and transformation. On a regular basis, we will share compelling  member spotlights with the region’s affordable housing and community development industry through our e-blast, News & Notes (delivered to 6,000 in-boxes weekly) and on www.HANDHousing.org.

If you are a….

Collaborator:  Have you worked with another organization or partner to develop a stellar affordable housing community? A dynamic afterschool or adult daycare program?

Innovator: Have you used a cutting-edge financing tool to create affordable housing for seniors? Instituted a green resident services program with resounding results?

Transformer: Have you completely redesigned a community by implementing all three of the principles? Helped turn a neighborhood into a transit-oriented community?

Or have you done something that we haven’t even thought of?

We want to hear from you!

Please complete the instructions on the simple HAND Membership Spotlight form and send as an attachment to Communications@HANDhousing.org.

If you have any questions, please feel free to contact TeAnne Coleman Chennault on 213.399.6467 or by email.

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Victory Housing Grand Opening

September 24, 2013
September 24, 2013

Victory Housing invites you to join them at the dedication of Victory Court on October 24, 2013 at 10 AM. Please click here to view the flyer with additional information.

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Prince George’s Department of Housing and Community Development COMMUNITY PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT Notice of Funding Availability (NoFA) AND Program Year 40 CDBG Application and Proposal Workshop

September 13, 2013
September 13, 2013

Please click here for flyer with additional information.

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Join APAH for their Annual Fundraiser

September 12, 2013
September 12, 2013

Please click here to view the flyer with additional information.

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Rebuilding Together Montgomery County to Host Golf Classic

September 10, 2013
September 10, 2013

Rebuilding Together Montgomery County will be holding their 2013 RTMC Golf Classic on Monday, October 7, 2013 at Whiskey Creek Golf Club, 4804 Whiskey Court, Ijamsville, MD 21754. Please click here for additional information.

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Justice Park Apartments Groundbreaking

September 6, 2013
September 6, 2013
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Commentary: Understanding the renter of today

September 5, 2013
September 5, 2013

By Tom Bozzuto, chief executive and chairman of  Bozzuto Group, from the Capital Business Section of The Washington Post.

For many of us who are active in the business of developing, building or maintaining apartments, and even for those of us at companies like mine where we also build and sell homes, it seems obvious that what we do not only fulfills an important need, it is of value to the American public. Whether we create and run high-end rental housing or apartments for people of more limited means, we know that what we do has great value. We know that there is demand for what we do. We know that we are providing the homes of Americans just as much as we are when we build homes for ownership. At our company, and in our industry, we are proud of what we do.

Furthermore, between 35 and 40 percent of Americans rent. Yet, in my experience, most of our public officials still think of these people as those who cannot afford home ownership. In this view, Americans are divided into two camps: those who own homes and those who want to. There seems to be a belief that if you rent, it is because you either lack the funds to buy a home or you are too young to do so. And in either case, the politicians seem to believe that you are unimportant if you rent because, they believe, if you rent, you don’t vote.

The historical reasons for this mind-set would require a book to explain. So I won’t even try here. But the fallacy of this belief – this conviction that everyone should own a home – should have been demonstrated clearly by the recent housing collapse where public policy, excess liquidity in the marketplace and rampant greed (on the part of not just the lending and realty industries, but also those who bought more home than they could afford) combined to put many Americans into serious, and in many cases, devastating financial trouble.

But many public officials, and certainly a lot of the public, still don’t understand. They still live under the old paradigm. Somebody needs to tell them: This is no longer the ’50s. Many people rent in America as a matter of choice, not necessity. Many of these people love the flexibility renting provides. Many like that renting allows them to live in places where they couldn’t afford to buy. These people, these renters, are contributing members of the community who hold full-time jobs, spend money, volunteer and vote.

Now, let there be no confusion about my personal perspective. I am not against home ownership. Far from it. I have owned a home for 30-some years. My company builds beautiful homes for sale and I’m very proud of that. But I have always believed that the decision whether to buy or rent is not an economic choice, or at least not primarily so.

Lots of arguments and examples can be used to show that owning a home is either a better or worse economic investment over time than is renting and investing what would have been a down payment. I’m not going to get into that economic debate here. No, the decision to rent or buy should be a lifestyle choice. If you value your flexibility, you should rent. If you are at a point in your life where you have a level of social stability – you are not likely to change jobs, change communities, change mates – and you can afford the maintenance that comes with home ownership – then perhaps owning makes more sense. But the decision should be made, like every other, with a clear understanding of the trade-offs.

So yes, the public and public officials largely don’t know much about the apartment business, and they clearly don’t understand who the renter of today is. Anything any of us who work in the rental industry can do to increase the awareness of who rents today and why, we should do. The National Multi Housing Council and the National Apartment Association, in an effort to address this issue, have created a Website that does a great job of this. I call your attention to www.weareapartments.org .

And through their political action efforts, these associations are working to inform our elected officials. But, this effort can’t be purely left to the associations. We each must use our contacts and influence to make the public aware that renters deserve to be treated with the same respect and dignity as are those of us who own homes.

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Confronting Suburban Poverty at Woolly Mammoth Theatre

September 5, 2013
September 5, 2013

Please join Elizabeth Kneebone and Alan Berube for a special discussion about their book “Confronting Suburban Poverty in America” following the Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company’s performance of “Detroit” on Saturday, September 21. Kneebone, a fellow at the Brookings Institution’s Metropolitan Policy Program, and Berube, a senior fellow and deputy director of the program, released the book in May.

Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company’s production of “Detroit,” by Lisa D’Amour, will run from September 9 through October 6. The dark comedy, which is directed by John Vreeke, captures our economic moment and the realities of suburban poverty on a human scale.

Following the 3:00 p.m. performance on Saturday, September 21, Kneebone and Berube will participate in a post-show discussion about the changing geography of poverty and ways to alleviate poverty in our community.

For more information on the performance and to purchase tickets, visit http://www.woollymammoth.net/performance/detroit.  For a discounted ticket rate of $25, select the 3:00 p.m. performance on September 21 and enter the code “BROOKINGS” on the ticketing page. The code can also be redeemed over the phone at 202-393-3939, or in person at the box office.

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