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