Former Housing and Urban Development Secretary Henry Cisneros, a leading authority on expanding affordable housing opportunities for both renters and homebuyers during and after his service as President Clinton’s housing chief, will be the keynote speaker at the 13th annual Governor’s Housing Conference at the Baltimore Hilton on Friday, Sept. 27.
The theme of the conference, Building for the Future: Investing in People, Places and Communities, reflects the focus of the day-long workshops and forums, said Kelly Vaughn, director of DHCD’s Office of Community Outreach, during an interview broadcast Tuesday on WEAA’s The Deborah Owens Show.
The annual Governor’s Housing Conference is the largest and most comprehensive affordable housing forum in the state, convening housing advocates, community development leaders, housing authorities, homebuilders, developers, lenders and legislators to discuss solutions and opportunities for affordable homeownership and rental housing in Maryland. DHCD hosts the conference in partnership with the Homebuilders Association of Maryland.
During the conference, DHCD will announce winners of its annual Commitment to Excellence Awards. The annual roundtable discussion with some of the region’s top lawmakers is one of the popular conference events.
Secretary Cisneros is executive chairman of the CityView companies, which work with urban homebuilders to create homes priced within the range of average families. CityView is a partner in building more than 60 communities in 13 states, incorporating more than 7,000 homes with a home value of over $2 billion.
His community-building career began at the local level. After serving three terms as a city council member, in 1981, he became mayor of San Antonio, Texas, the first Hispanic-American mayor of a major U.S. city.
During his four terms as mayor, Secretary Cisneros helped rebuild the city’s economic base and spurred the creation of jobs through massive infrastructure and downtown improvements. In 1984, he was interviewed by the Democratic presidential nominee as a possible candidate for vice president of the United States and in 1986 was selected as the “Outstanding Mayor” in the nation by City and State Magazine.
As a member of President Clinton’s cabinet beginning in 1992, Secretary Cisneros has been credited with initiating the revitalization of many of the nation’s public housing developments and with formulating policies which contributed to achieving the nation’s highest ever homeownership rate.
After leaving HUD in 1997, he was president and chief operating officer of Univision Communications, the Spanish-language broadcaster. He currently serves on Univision’s board of directors.
With sustainability issues continuing to emerge at the forefront of multifamily housing development, HUD is redoubling its efforts to ameliorate the 30% bite that energy takes out of its subsidy budget. How can sustainability efforts bring cost benefits that will outweigh the expense of implementation? Find out how you can capture opportunities for enhanced cash flow that you may be leaving on the table.
In this webinar session, you will learn:
Date: Tuesday, May 21, 2013
Time: 12:30–1:30 p.m. (Eastern)
Location: Online webinar (access instructions e-mailed upon registration)
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Contact: For more information, please contact Christina Mitchell at 202-585-8175 or cmitchell@nixonpeabody.com
MARYLAND ABCD NETWORK ACTION ALERT
$5 Million in Rental Housing Works Funds at Risk-Action Needed Now!
The Governor’s 2014 budget request for the Rental Housing Works Initiative is $25 million. The Department of Legislative Services (DLS) has recommended a cut of $5 million dollars. We all need to take action in the next few days to stress to the legislators who serve on the House and Senate Capital Budget Subcommittees how important it is to preserve full funding for RHW. When we were faced with a similar cut last year we were incredibly effective in preserving RHW funding by reaching out to key legislators by email. Your email can be a relatively simple and short message. One example is:
Please fully fund the $25 million requested by the Governor for the Rental Housing Works Initiative. The existing funds appropriated in FY 2013 have been fully utilized and there is already a pipeline of projects in excess of $5.5 million. There is a strong demand for these funds that create jobs, affordable rental units, increase state and local revenues and other substantial investments to Maryland.
If you want to prepare a more detailed message, you can personalize it referring to a specific project or you can use the data below on what would be lost to Maryland if a $5 million cut is enacted.
We urge you to send an individual message to each of the following members of the Capital Budget Subcommittees. If for some reason you cannot email each subcommittee member, please focus on the subcommittee chairs and legislators where you do business or with whom you have a relationship.
Please do this right away- our goal is to have all emails sent by 12:00 noon on Friday, March 8th.
Senate Capital Budget Subcommittee:
James E. DeGrange, Sr. (Chair)
james.degrange@senate.state.md.us
Douglass J.J. Peters (Vice Chair)
douglas.peters@senate.state.md.us
Richard R. Colburn
richard.colburn@senate.state.md.us
Ulysses Currie
ulysses.currie@senate.state.md.us
George C. Edwards
george.edwards@senate.state.md.us
Nancy J. King
nancy.king@senate.state.md.us
Nathanial J. McFadden
nathaniel.mcfadden@senate.state.md.us
House Capital Budget Subcommittee:
Adrienne A. Jones (Chair)
adrienne.jones@house.state.md.us
Melony G. Griffith (Vice Chair)
melony.griffith@house.state.md.us
Wendell R. Beitzel
wendell.beitzel@house.state.md.us
John L. Bohanan, Jr.
john.bohanan@house.state.md.us
Steven J. DeBoy, Sr.
steven.deboy@house.state.md.us
Adelaide C. Eckardt
adelaide.eckardt@house.state.md.us
Tawanna P. Gaines
tawanna.gaines@house.state.md.us
Guy Guzzone
guy.guzzone@house.state.md.us
Keith E. Haynes
keith.haynes@house.state.md.us
Mary-Dulany James
mary.dulany.james@house.state.md.us
James E. Proctor, Jr.
james.proctor@house.state.md.us
Craig J. Zucker
craig.zucker@house.state.md.us
Potential RHW Cuts Would Really Matter – Funding Decrease Impact
Funding at
$25 million |
Funding at
$20 million |
||
Jobs | 1,900 | 1,520 | 380 fewer jobs |
Units | 1,100 | 880 | 220 fewer units |
Private & Public Investment | $180,000,000 | $144,000,000 | $36 million less investment |
State & Local Revenue
(over 15 years) |
$ 39,000,000 | $ 31,200,000 | $7.8 million less revenue |
Tax Exempt Bonds | $137,000,000 | $109,600,000 | $27.4 million in lost bond authority |
Your participation is vital and we appreciate your taking action today to help secure $25 million in RHW funding!
The National Council of Housing Market Analysts (NCHMA), a professional association of real estate market analysts and appraisers, has announced a new version of the organization’s Model Content Standards for Rental Housing Market Studies and Market Study Index. These documents contain recommended guidelines for the content of market studies prepared by market analysts on proposed new construction or substantial rehabilitation of multifamily housing projects.
Click here for full details on the updated model.
FHLBank Atlanta is pleased to announce the availability of grant funds of up to $500,000 per awarded project for the 2013 Affordable Housing Program (AHP) Competitive offering. The applications for the 2013 offering will be available beginning March 11, 2013, with a submission deadline of April 8, 2013. The final decision and notice on the awarded projects will be made in late July 2013. Read the AHP Competitive Offering Announcement in its entirety here.
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