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NH&RA Hosts ICAST IRA & BIL Instant Benefit Estimate Calculator

ICAST’s IRA & BIL Instant Benefit Estimate Calculator is now available on NH&RA’s website under the Resources section.

Breaking Ground: Gilbert Winn, CEO, WinnCompanies

In the fall of 2019, Gilbert Winn, the CEO of Boston-based WinnCompanies, formed a task force to explore new ways to reduce eviction rates within the company’s affordable housing portfolio. Five months later COVID-19 hit, but the task force continued to meet and hash out ideas and best practices that would be refined throughout 2020.

Breaking Ground: Joaquin Altoro, Wisconsin Housing and Economic Development Authority

Exciting things are going on in Wisconsin. There’s a pilot program soon getting underway that will examine opportunities for expanding access to affordable workforce housing.

Breaking Ground: Vincent R. Bennett, President and CEO, McCormack Baron Salazar, Inc.

Asset managing can be challenging in the best of times but add a global pandemic to the equation and companies have had to reevaluate best practices to ensure peak property performance.

Breaking Ground: Larry Kraemer, Chief Operating Officer, Harkins Builders, Inc.

Supply chain delays, rising material costs, labor shortages. Construction companies have encountered these challenges before, but not during a global pandemic.

Breaking Ground: A Conversation with Architect and Urban Planning Pioneer Andrés Duany

Andrés Duany ranks among the world’s most influential urban planners. He is the father of “New Urbanism,” the theory of town planning and architectural design that enables walkability, transit and diverse communities.

Breaking Ground: Debbie Kleban, Managing Partner, Applegate & Thorne-Thomsen, P.C.

Three years out of law school, Debbie Kleban joined four partners in founding the Chicago law firm of Applegate & Thorne-Thomsen, P.C. in 1998. Over the next 23 years, she played an instrumental role in the firm’s successes. In recognition of her leadership and commitment to the firm, her partners unanimously approved her to succeed Ben Applegate as the managing partner in January 2021.

Breaking Ground: Holly Wiedemann, President and Owner, AU Associates

Holly Wiedemann is an award-winning developer based in Lexington, KY and a leading advocate for affordable housing and historic preservation.

Breaking Ground: Daryl Carter, Founder, Chairman and CEO of Avanath Capital Management

Daryl Carter grew up in Detroit, the son of a factory worker and a maid who fled the South after World War II to seek a better life. They instilled a strong work ethic in their son and encouraged him to pursue the best possible education.

Talking Heads: Greg Minott, Managing Principal, DREAM Collaborative

Gregory Minott is an awarding-winning architect and co-founder of DREAM Collaborative, a black-owned design firm in the Boston metro area.

Talking Heads:Brian Tracey Community Development Lending and Investments Executive, Bank of America

One major difference between the current recession and the one that occurred a decade ago is that major depository institutions are financially stable and providing much needed capital to the communities they serve.

Talking Heads: Alex Salazar, AIA and Jennifer Nye, AIA, LEED AP, Salazar Architect

Could bankrupt shopping malls lying dormant throughout the country offer new opportunities for affordable housing?

Talking Heads: Darcy Jameson, Vice President, Development, Beacon Communities Development

Affordable housing developers and property managers have adapted to COVID-19 through innovation, flexibility, patience and open lines of communication. A good example of this is Boston-based Beacon Communities Development.

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