Over $1 million was recently allocated to fund the Virginia Low Income and Weatherization Program.

The funds provide multifamily properties energy saving measures such as:
– Insulation and air sealing
– Furnace tune-ups
– Low-flow water measures
– About $1,500 per unit in capital improvements, completely funded by Washington Gas

There is NO COST to the property owners or residents to receive these measures. To be eligible:
– A property must be classified as “affordable housing,” or two-thirds of the residents must be considered “income eligible”
– Residents MUST have their own Washington Gas account

For additional information, please visit this website or call Mitch Fischler, Utility Programs Advisor at ZeroDraft to discuss: (410) 980-9774. You may also email info@zerodraftmd.com for further explanation.

Act quickly – funding expires in April!

CohnReznick invites you to join its team for a discussion on affordable housing development. To be discussed are timely topics making national and local industry headlines along with business and tax issues impacting your deals:

Discussion Topics

• How Tax reform will affect your business
• The current legislation for tax credit expansion
• Appropriated Housing changes and RAD
• Healthcare and housing: new partners in development?
• State and local programs and QAP changes impacting your deal
• Strategies for filling the funding gap in your deals

Who Should Attend

Key decision-makers of companies involved in the affordable housing industry—developers, owners, property managers, syndicators, investors, and lenders. It will offer an ideal networking venue that will enable attendees to connect, exchange ideas, and develop relationships.

Local Locations and Dates

Baltimore – January 24, 8:30 a.m. to 10 a.m. ET
Address: 500 East Pratt Street, 3rd Floor, Baltimore, MD

Bethesda – January 25, 8:30 a.m. to 10 a.m. ET
Address: 7501 Wisconsin Avenue, Suite 400E, Bethesda, MD

Register and check out more details here.

Three years ago, HAND launched GenerationHAND, an initiative designed to exclusively support practitioners who are on the rise within the affordable housing and community development industry. The goal of this initiative is to provide needed tools and guidance to our “emerging leaders” as they pursue successful careers in the public and private sector. Through a wide variety of dialogues, panel discussions, volunteer events, and professional development activities, we strive to embolden the individuals who will be doing the hard work of creating and preserving affordable housing in our communities.

On Thursday, November 8, 2018, GenerationHAND will host a SoulCycle Fundraiser. Funds raised will directly support scholarships awarded to graduate students studying real estate, urban planning and other fields within community development.

Application Guidelines & More Details
-Applicants must be enrolled in a graduate program at a university or college in Washington, DC, Maryland or Virginia.
-Applicants must be studying real estate, urban planning or a related field within community development.
-The award will go towards the 2019 Spring Semester.
–All applicants are required to join HAND (at the Student membership level). If you are already a member of HAND via an organizational membership, please email Courtney Battle, HAND’s Membership Manager, at cbattle@handhousing.org before moving forward on the application.
-You can fill out an electronic application here. The deadline for all submissions is 5:00 pm, November 16, 2018.
-All submissions will be reviewed by an independent committee, and winners will be honored at HAND’s Annual Holiday Mixer in early December. Winners will be notified by November 30, 2018.

If you have any questions, please email cbattle@handhousing.org. Good luck!