Behind-the-Scenes Affordable Housing Visionaries Get the Spotlight
Sheila Dillon, Chief of Housing for the City of Boston, and Bill Machen, a Boston-based tax credit attorney and partner at the law firm Holland & Knight, will each receive a 2015 Vision Award for their contributions to affordable housing and community development.
Read MoreHistoric Preservation Awards Celebrate New Life for Old Buildings
An old school building is keeping seniors in their neighborhood after they sell their homes. An out-of-use factory provides shelter and services to individuals with special needs. A former motor club offers tourists a sustainable place to stay. These innovative historic rehabilitations are among the finalists for J. Timothy Anderson Awards for Excellence in Historic Rehabilitation.
Read MoreNH&RA President Addresses Balance of Historic Rehabilitation and Sustainable Development at Better Buildings Summit
Peter Bell, President and CEO of National Housing & Rehabilitation Association (NH&RA), explored the relationship between the adaptive reuse of historic buildings, energy conservation and the built environment at the U.S. Department of Energy’s 2015 Better Buildings Summit in Washington, DC.
Read MoreNH&RA Launches 11th Annual “Timmy” Awards
For the 11th year in a row, the National Housing & Rehabilitation Association (NH&RA) invites housing professionals from across the country to join them in celebrating exceptional examples of historic rehabilitation. The “Timmys” look for a wide variety of nominees proposed by a wide variety of people interested in American architecture, design and development. If you would like to enter a deserving project, please submit an application by no later than Friday, July 31, 2015.
Read MoreNH&RA Board of Directors Elects New Directors and Officers at Annual Meeting in Key Largo, FL, February 18-21
Jerome “Jerry” Breed, Partner at Bryan Cave in the Washington, DC office, was recently elected Chairman of the Board of Directors of the National Housing & Rehabilitation Association (NH&RA) at its Annual Meeting in Key Largo, Florida.
Read MoreNH&RA’s 2014 Vision Awardees Demonstrate Affordable Housing’s Larger Purpose
Providing housing and its resultant community benefits not just as an occupation, but as the means to sustaining the American dream, was the theme that ran throughout the emotional October 6th ceremony in Boston honoring Andrea Daskalakis and David Abromowitz as winners of National Housing & Rehabilitation Association’s 2014 Affordable Housing Vision Awards for Career Achievement.
Read MoreFormer Schmidt’s Brewery and Reynolds Wrap Factory Win Prestigious Historic Rehabilitation Awards
A distressed YWCA in Cambridge, Massachusetts rehabilitated to 103 SRO units for formerly homeless and disabled women; a former Reynolds Wrap aluminum foil factory converted into 174 luxury apartments on Richmond, Virginia’s Canal District; and the adaptive reuse of the historic Schmidt Brewery into artist lofts in St. Paul, Minnesota are among the nine winning projects for the 10th Annual J. Timothy Anderson Awards for Excellence in Historic Rehabilitation (Timmy Awards).
Read MoreNH&RA Announces Winners and Finalists for 2014 Historic Rehabilitation Awards
A group of former cotton press buildings redeveloped into housing and retail, a distressed Art Deco hotel preserved as permanent supportive housing, and a vinegar warehouse converted to an art gallery are among the innovative projects chosen to receive a 2014 J. Timothy Anderson Award for Excellence in Historic Rehabilitation (“Timmy” Award).
Read MoreTwo Boston-Based Leaders Announced as Recipients of NH&RA’s 11th Annual Affordable Housing Vision Awards
National Housing & Rehabilitation Association (NH&RA) announced today it will honor two housing and community development leaders with its 2014 Affordable Housing Vision Awards for career achievement. David Abromowitz, a Boston-based attorney nationally known for his expertise in affordable housing, economic and community development issues, and Andrea Daskalakis, one of the most creative minds in the New Markets Tax Credit (NMTC) industry, have been named as honorees.
Read MoreNH&RA Celebrates 10th Annual “Timmy” Awards: Call for Entries for Best in Historic Rehabilitation
NH&RA is pleased to announce that we are now accepting applications for the 2014 and 10th Annual J. Timothy Anderson Awards for Excellence in Historic Rehabilitation. The “Timmy” Awards are the only awards to honor and call attention to the preservation and restoration of America’s historic properties and to celebrate innovative redesign and usage of great buildings from our past. Entries are judged on the basis of overall design and quality, interpretation and respect of historic elements, and market success.
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