National Housing & Rehabilitation (NH&RA) is pleased to offer digital audio recordings of select panel sessions from the 2010 New Markets Tax Credit Symposium (March 10) and the 2010 NH&RA Annual Meeting (March 11-13) in Miami Beach, Florida.
This year’s program included a number of informative sessions on real-world transactional issues. Available sessions, descriptions and participating speakers are listed below.
Session recordings are available individually or together as a package. All orders include a digital copy of the 2010 Annual Meeting & NMTC Symposium conference book and all associated PowerPoint presentations on a CD-ROM designed to play on your personal computer.
Click here for the 2010 Annual Meeting recordings order form.
Click here for the 2010 New Markets Tax Credit Symposium order form.
LIMITED TIME OFFER!
Offer Expires April 9th
Did you miss the 2010 Annual Meeting & NMTC Symposium in Miami Beach? Are you planning to attend an upcoming conference?
For a limited time only, you can get ANY single conference session recording FREE with your registration for one of NH&RA’s and/or NCAHMA’s upcoming events! Simply register for an event using one of the registration codes (below) to receive your free digital recording.
NOTE: Orders received through event registrations will be provided electronically via the free file sharing service provided by YouSendIt.com and include associated PowerPoint Presentations. The complete conference book will not be provided through this special offer.
NOTE: Registration Codes do NOT affect the price of event registrations.
SESSIONS
2010 NH&RA Annual Meeting
Affordable Housing Public Policy Update (Registration Code: AMPolicy)
Housing experts provide an in-depth overview of recent and pending legislative and regulatory changes and how they will affect the affordable housing industry. Topics include HUD preservation legislation, state initiatives concerning at-risk affordable housing, the Capital Magnet Fund and LIHTC legislative efforts. Expert panelists include:
- Peter Bell, National Housing & Rehabilitation Association
- John Gahan, Murtha Cullina LLP
- Vince O’Donnell, Local Initiatives Support Corporation
- Ronne Thielen, Centerline Capital Group
- Jessica Weston, Gallagher Evelius & Jones LLP
Rebuilding the Tax Credit Equity Market (Registration Code: AMEquity)
Leading investors and syndicators discuss on the state of the equity market including pricing, terms, underwriting criteria and more. Panelists include:
- Tom Capp, Gorman & Company
- Rick Davis, Wachovia
- Greg Judge, Boston Financial Investment Management
- Mandy Kozminske, US Bancorp
- Darrick Metz, WNC & Associates, Inc.
- Corine Sheridan, Boston Capital
- Brian Tracey, Bank of America
Affordable Multifamily Housing Debt Financing & HUD Update (Registration Code: AMHUD)
The Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) is proposing many critical changes to the MAP Lending Program that will impact how transactions are underwritten. This panel focuses on key developments at HUD & FHA and provides an overview of the debt market for affordable housing developers. Panelists include:
- Jeff Banker, Lancaster Pollard
- Tim Leonhard, Oak Grove Capital
- David Reznick, Reznick Group
- John Rucker, Merchant Capital
- Monica Sussman, Nixon Peabody LLP
- Shel Schreiberg, Pepper Hamilton LLP
- Chris Tawa, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
New Opportunities for Old Buildings (Registration Code: AMRehab)
This two-part panel features two innovative case studies:
- Boston Healthcare for the Homeless Project: This innovative adaptive reuse of a former morgue was converted into a mixed-use community health center featuring state and federal historic tax credits, New Markets Tax Credits and A.R.R.A. community health facility funds.
- Appleton Mills: This massive adaptive-reuse into affordable artist housing in Lowell, Massachusetts featured an array of financing including state & federal historic tax credits, 4 and 9 percent LIHTCs, tax-exempt bonds, and more.
Speakers include:
- Andrea Daskalakis, Massachusetts Housing Investment Corporation
- Steve Nolan, Nolan Sheehan Patten LLP
- Albert Rex, MacRostie Historic Advisors
- Ben Applegate, Applegate & Thorne-Thomsen
- Jim Keefe, Trinity Financial
- John Mackey, Reznick Group
American Recovery & Reinvestment Act Technical Issues Forum (Registration Code: AMARRA)
Experts discuss programmatic and technical issues relating to the Section 1602/Exchange program and Tax Credit Assistance Program (TCAP), including trends across the states, ideas to improve the effectiveness of the program, tax implications of using A.R.R.A. funds, investor considerations in structuring transactions involving Exchange funds and more. Panelists also discussed opportunities surrounding the New Issue Bond Program and Build America Bond Program. Expert panelists include:
- Anthony Freedman, Holland & Knight LLP
- John Mackey, Reznick Group
- Wade Norris, Eichner & Norris LLP
- Charles Rhuda, Novogradac & Company
- Victor Sostar, First Sterling
2010 New Markets Tax Credit Symposium
NMTC Legislative Update & Technical Issues Roundtable (Registration Code: NMLegis)
Panelists explore an array of issues including the status of NMTC legislative and renewal efforts, the implications of the recent report from the Government Accountability Office (GAO) that describes challenges with the program and proposes controversial efficiency improvements, NMTC tax and structuring issues, and more. Panelists include:
- Jerry Breed, Bryan Cave LLP
- Michael Brostek, U.S. Government Accountability Office
- Alan Kennard, Wildman, Harrold, Allen & Dixon LLP
- Kristin DeKuiper, Holland & Knight LLP
Leveraged Lending & NMTC Debt Roundtable (Registration Code: NMDebt)
Industry experts describe the current state of the leveraged lender marketplace and specific considerations for lenders in today’s distressed markets, including alternative leveraged loan sources and “one-day loan” structures. Panelists include:
- Tim Frens, Plante & Moran, PLLC
- Michael Sanders, Blank Rome LLP
- Miriam Sheehan, Nolan Sheehan Patten LLP
- Michelle Volpe, Boston Community Capital
Using New Markets Tax Credits to Develop Mixed-Use Real Estate (Registration Code: NMMixed)
Professionals address key technical and programmatic issues pertaining to multifamily projects using New Markets Tax Credits, featuring innovative mixed-use case studies. Panelists include:
- John Ducey, Enterprise Community Investment
- Debra Favreau, Massachusetts Housing Investment Corporation
- Steve Nolan, Nolan Sheehan Patten LLP
- Terri Preston-Koenig, Baker Tilly LLP
- Leigh Ann Smith, Bank of America
Twinning NMTCs with State and/or Federal Tax Credits (Registration Code: NMTwin)
Panelists explore technical issues in structuring NMTC transactions featuring multiple tax credits including energy tax credits, federal and state historic tax credits, and/or state NMTCs. Additionally, the panel presents a state-of-the-art mixed-use historic transaction featuring multiple CDEs. Panelists included:
- Jerry Breed, Bryan Cave LLP
- Brad Elphick, Novogradac & Company
- John Leith-Tetrault, National Trust Community Investment Corporation
- Lucie Searle, AS220
- Claudia Robinson, Bank of America
- Laura Vowell, US Bank
