Return to List

Font size:AAA Print this Page

Conference Agenda

NH&RA is pleased to present the agenda for our 2008 Fall Forum, October 27-28 at the Langham Hotel in Boston. This year's meeting is built arounda core of Council Meetings including our Developers Council (Participation is restricted to Develoepers Only), Historic Preservation Development Council and HOPE VI Council. We will also have our usual assortment of cutting-edge informational sessions and case-studies and several unique networking opportunities, including our 2008 Affordable Housing Vision Awards Luncheon (Awardees will be announced next week) and 2008 J. Timothy Anderson Awards for Excellence in Historic Rehabilitation Awards Reception. Online registration and hotel reservations are now open so don't delay--visit our website www.housingonline.com and register today!

Schedule of Events

Monday, October 27

9:00 am
to
10:30 am

Historic Preservation Development Council Session
(Session Complimentary to all Fall Forum attendees.  There is a $75 fee if you do not register for the Fall Forum.  RSVP Required for all participants)

Discussion Topics:

-Amending Historic Districts to Create New Opportunities for Historic Tax Credit Development

-New Historic Rehabilitation Opportunities Provided by the Recent Passage of HR 3221 and Where We Go Next

10:30 am
to
1:00 pm

NH&RA Developers Council Meeting & Lunch (Developers Only)
(Session Complimentary to all Developers attending the Fall Forum.  There is a $75 fee if you do not register for the Fall Forum.  RSVP Required for all participants)

Discussion Topics:

-Deal Points: Negotiating With Limited Partners to Acquire Partnership Interests

-Educating Your Investors: Creating New Local Tax Credit Investors Through Education

1:30 pm
to
2:45 pm

New Policy Means New Opportunities: Development and Financing Opportunities Emerging from the Economic Recovery Act of 2008 (HR 3221)

Nick Ratti, Reznick Group, Boston, MA

Ronne Thielen, Centerline Capital Group, Irvine, CA

Jim Keefe, Trinity Financial, Boston, MA

Steve Nolan, DLA Piper LLP, Boston, MA

Armand Tiberio, National Tax Credit Property Advisors, Seattle, WA

2:45 pm
to
3:00 pm
Coffee Break

3:00 pm
to
4:00 pm

Developing Green and Sustainable Affordable Housing

-Combining and Structuring Energy Tax Credits, New Markets Tax Credits and Other Incentives into New deals and Existing real estate developments

-Applying New IRS Guidance to Calculate and Streamline Utility Allowances

-State-of-the-Art Green and Energy Design Case Studies

David Abromowitz, Goulston & Storrs, LLP, Boston, MA

Heather Clark, Winn Development, Boston, MA

Colin Rowan, United Fund Advisors, Portland, OR

4:00 pm
to
4:15 pm

Coffee Break

4:15 pm
to
5:30 pm

Financing Affordable Housing In Today's Uncertain Credit Markets: Developers, Syndicators and Investors Discuss the Impact of Key Equity Financing Issues

Bernie Husser, MMA Financial, Boston, MA

Rob Maulden , John Hancock Realty Advisors, Inc., Boston, MA

Kim McLaughlin , Bank of America, Boston, MA

Mandy Kozminske, US Bancorp CDC, St. Louis, MO

Michael Moses, Credit Suisse, Cleveland, OH

Tom Capp, Gorman & Company, Inc., Oregon, WI

5:30 pm
to
7:00 pm

2008 J. Timothy Anderson Awards for Excellence in Historic Rehabilitation Reception and Awards Presentation
Reception Complimentary for All Fall Forum Registrants. There is a $55 fee if you do not register for the Fall Forum.

Sponsored By:

NTCIC

 

Tuesday, October 28

9:00 am
to
10:15 am

State Allocators Roundtable Update

Wendy Cohen , Massachusetts Department of Housing & Community Development, Boston, MA

Brian Lawlor, New York State Division of Housing & Community Renewal, Albany, NY

Chris Miller, New Hampshire Housing, Manchester, NH

Mark Sween, The Richman Group, Columbus, OH, Moderator

10:15 am
to
10:30 am

Coffee Break

10:30 am
to
11:30 am

Disposition & Acquisition Opportunities: A Buyer's and Seller's Perspective

-Portfolio Acquistion and Dispostions

-LP and GP Partnership Transactions

-Year-15 Opportunities

Chris Collins, First Atlantic Capital, LLC, Boston, MA

Steven Roger, Centerline Capital Group, Boston, MA

Doug Koch, Ernst & Young, LLP, Boston, MA

11:30 am
to
12:30 pm

UPDATED SESSION: Turning Around Bad Assets

-Opportunities to Acquire and Convert Busted Condo Deals

-Working Out Troubled HUD and LIHTC Deals

-Acquiring Foreclosed Properties with New Federal Foreclosures Grants

Larry Curtis, Winn Development, Boston, MA

Mary Grace Folwell, Ballard Spahr Andrews & Ingersoll, LLP, Washington, DC

David Reznick, Reznick Group, Bethesday, MD

Monica Sussman, Nixon Peabody, LLP, Washington, DC

12:30 pm
to
2:00 pm

Networking Luncheon and Keynote Address and Presentation of the 2008 NH&RA Vision Awards

2:00 pm
to
4:00 pm

HOPE VI Working Group Session
(Session Complimentary to all Fall Forum attendees.  There is a $75 fee if you do not register for the Fall Forum.  RSVP Required for all participants)

Discussion Topics

-Transition Paper on HOPE VI

-Green Policy Challenges

-Transformation Policy

Event Sponsors