Cottages and Gardens at Chesapeake Selected as 2013 Charles L. Edson Tax Credit Excellence Award Winner in the Rural Housing Category
Cottages and Gardens at Chesapeake in Elkton, MD, has been selected by the panel of judges as a Tax Credit Excellence Award winner in the Rural Housing category for this year’s Charles L. Edson Tax Credit Excellence Awards competition. The development will be presented with a commemorative plaque at this year’s Capitol Hill luncheon ceremony Wednesday, May 22, 2013 from 12:00 p.m. to 2:30 p.m.
It is worth noting, the judging committee felt the all the entries received for this year’s awards program were outstanding developments making their job that much harder.
FCRHA Authorizes Partnership with Office to Prevent and End Homelessness
The Fairfax County Redevelopment and Housing Authority (FCRHA) recently authorized a new partnership with the Fairfax County Office to Prevent and End Homelessness (OPEH). The partnership calls for the leasing of 15 units at Wedgewood Apartments to persons who are homeless or at risk of being homeless. These units will be used to provide residents with stable housing as they work with OPEH to develop and maintain skills enabling them to become more self-sufficient and remain in permanent housing. Click here to read the full article.
Congratulations to Our 2013 Children’s Art Contest Winners
Thank you to all of the HAND members who participated in the 2013 Children’s Art Contest. We certainly enjoyed seeing all of your artistic interpretations of “Homes Across the Region.” HAND Members, please join us in congratulating our Grand Prize Winner, Brittany Thomas, Somerset Development Company and the runners-up (below). As grand prize winner, Brittany will receive a $250 cash prize and Somerset Development Company will also receive a $250 cash prize to support its resident services programming. The runners-ups will each receive a $25 gift certificate. A special thanks to the HAND Board of Directors who judged this year’s artwork.
Runners-Up:
Stashia Jones, National Housing Trust/Enterprise
Nicole Mariona, Montgomery Housing Partnership
Maleah Meadows, Humphrey Management
Shahad Abdalla, Quantum Real Estate Management LLC
Trinity Williams, Victory Housing
Bate Kahsay, AHC, Inc.
Bryce Blair, Homes for America
Congratulations to Our 2013 HAND Housing Achievement Award Winners!
HAND’s Housing Achievement awards recognize the most outstanding and innovative housing developments, programs and solutions across the metropolitan region. On behalf of our Awards Committee, we are pleased to announce the 2013 HAND Housing Achievement Award Winners below. This was an extremely competitive round, so well-deserved kudos to all of this year’s award winners. We look forward to presenting you with this honor during the Annual Meeting Luncheon on June 11th. Many thanks to HAND’s Awards Committee for overseeing the Housing Achievement Awards Program and a tremendous thank you to the 2013 judges who were tasked with making very difficult decisions regarding this year’s applicants: Conrad Egan, Senior Advisor, Affordable Housing Institute; Lisa A. Sturtevant, PhD, Deputy Director, George Mason University Center for Regional Analysis; and Rosie Allen Herring, Managing Director, Community Investment and Engagement, Fannie Mae Corporation.
Developer of the Year:
AHC, Inc.
Best Large Affordable Housing Project:
Monarch Mills, Howard County Housing
Best Small Affordable Housing Project:
1415 Girard Street Cooperative, City First Homes
Best Community Life Program:
FACETS Education and Community Development Program
Best Government Housing Initiative:
My HOME Program, Prince George’s County DHCD
Innovation:
vPoint Apartments, The Views at Clarendon Corporation
Virginia Peters Nonprofit Friend of the Year:
Mosi Harrington
Best Housing Partner:
Michael Wiencek, Wiencek + Associates Architects + Planners
AHOME Housing Hall of Fame Fundraising Reception
AHOME will host its Annual Event on May 8 from 6-8 PM at the National Rural Electric Cooperative Conference Center in Arlington, VA. This year’s event will honor Tom Davis, Former Member of Congress & Fairfax County Board Chair; Kate Hanley, Former Secretary of the Commonwealth & Fairfax County Board Chair; and Jerry Hopkins, Former Fairfax County Redevelopment and Housing Authority Chair and tireless community advocate. Jonathan Smoke, Chief Economist, Hanley Wood will serve as the featured speaker. For more information or to register, visit the event page here: http://www.webharmony.com/AHOME/
New Members
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