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9:30 am - 11:00am The American Reinvestment & Recovery Act (ARRA) - One Year On Come hear an update on the 2009 American Recovery & Reinvestment Act (ARRA), the multifamily projects underway, and important issues related to further implementation of ARRA funds including Section 1602 and TCAP resource allocations. Audience Level: Intermediate Moderator: Chris Nielsen - MSHDA Panelist: Chris LaGrand - MSHDA, Steve Lathom - MSHDA, Andy Martin - MSHDA
1:15 pm - 2:45 pmPoverty Simulation - Part 1 *Please register in advance for this session and plan to attend both part I and part II. We need a minimum number of participants in order to conduct the session and participants are required to attend both parts. Audience Level: Beginner Moderator: Ross Yednock - CEDAM Panelist: Kelcie Douglas - Poverty Reduction Initiative
How Do I Get a Rent Increase on a Regulated Property? Hear from HUD, MSHDA and Michigan Multifamily Asset Managers about applying for rent increases at Section 8, 236 and LIHTC Properties. Gain a better understanding of market studies, utility allowance, contract renewals, OCAFs and AAFs and how these factor into rents at these regulated properties. Audience Level: Intermediate Moderator: Donna McMillan - MSHDA Panelist: Frank Rompel - U.S. Department of HUD, Andy Uzzle - MSHDA, Greg Wicklund - Michigan Multifamily Asset Managers, Mark Dominick - U.S. Department of HUD
Multifamily Finance Agencies’ Overview Come join MSHDA, HUD, and RD as they discuss the direction of the state’s multifamily housing market. Panelists will give their views on what the future of affordable housing holds as well as a general overview of current underwriting policies and practices. Remember to participate in the follow-up breakout sessions where each agency will discuss its particular programs and outlook in more depth. Audience Level: Beginner Moderator: Peter Hughes - MSHDA Panelist: John Hundt - MSDHA, Susie Sapilewski - HUD, Ghulam Sumbal - USDA RD
The Real Estate Development Process: Achieving Success Back by popular demand, this is an informative and entertaining workshop that provides a comprehensive overview of the real estate development process. You’ll learn about the sequence of activities and the roles played by development team members as you move through the various stages: planning & design, finance & government approvals, construction, lease-up, and operations. Audience Level: Beginner Moderator: Tom Edmiston - Great Lakes Capital Fund Panelist: Mark McDaniel - Great Lakes Capital Fund
Hot Compliance Topics for Section 24 and Related Housing Programs - Part I Compliance Very, Very Hot Topics: Don’t get burned! Learn how to properly implement 2010 income limits and utility allowances to avoid the pitfalls of noncompliance. What you don’tt know can hurt, especially this year. Latest updates on the revised 8823 Guide revisionsrent rules, student rules, recert rules, processing confusing retirement asset accounts. Get answers to the most challenging compliance questions from a tax credit compliance industry expert. Audience Level: Intermediate Moderator: Sherri Davio MSHDA Panelist: Ruth Theobald-Probst The TheoPro Group
Providing Housing Based Case Management in a Scattered Site Supportive Housing Model This presentation will highlight and explore strategies to provide effective housing based case management in a scattered site supportive housing model to assist tenants in accessing services and maintaining their housing. Audience Level: Beginner Moderator: Lindsey Bishop - CSH Panelist: Andrea White - Housing Innovations, LLC
Making Recreation Accessible for Everyone Through Universal Design The W.K. Kellogg Foundation initiative, Access to Recreation,t built more than 40 recreation projects throughout Michigan that incorporated the principles of Universal Design into the planning process. This session will include before and after photos of project elements that demonstrate how Universal Design makes recreation more accessible for everyone, not just those with disabilities. Audience Level: Beginner Moderator: Salli Christenson - Michigan Disability Rights Coalition Panelist: Dan Lord - Department of Natural Resources and Environment
When Lawmakers “Get It:” Making Community Development Programs a Priority in Lansing We all know and believe in the importance of community development. From housing for working families, to revitalizing our communities, to helping people build long-term financial sustainability, our work is vital to our communities. So why aren’t these the priorities for all public officials, especially our State Legislature?! Successful advocacy for our work depends not just on our enthusiasm for what we do or the quality of our programs, but also on how well we communicate with and educate our state senators and state representatives. In this “Basics of Advocacy” session, learn from experts in the field about the reality of political decision making and how you can maximize the attention and support your organization receives through effective advocacy. Audience Level: Beginner Moderator: Brian McGrain - CEDAM Panelist: Jean Doss - J. Doss Consulting
MSHDA’s Family Self-Sufficiency & Key to Own Homeownership Programs Learn how MSHDA has been successful in leading Housing Choice Voucher participants to economic self-sufficiency and homeownership through their nationally recognized programs: Family Self-Sufficiency and the Key to Own Homeownership. These two programs are leading the nation in changing the lives of our citizens here in Michigan. Audience Level: Intermediate Moderator: Chris Collette - MSHDA Panelist: Lisa Lehman - MSHDA, Dawn Hengesbach - MSHDA *This session is approved for Real Estate Continuing Education Credits.
A Collaborative Effort: Regional and Local Responses to This session features presenters from five regional and local foreclosure collaborative efforts to discuss how communities across Michigan are working together to fight foreclosure. From making home visits to homeowners facing foreclosure, to raising funds to support counseling agencies, to sponsoring foreclosure prevention town hall meetings, regional and local partners have deployed a wide array of strategies in response to the community threat of foreclosure. Audience Level: Beginner Moderator: Lisa Nuszkowski – CEDAM Panelist: Jana Nichol - Greater Lansing Housing Coalition/Homeowner Education and Resource Organization (HERO) of Greater Lansing, Dona Ponepinto - United Way of Southeast Michigan Foreclosure Collaborative, Kym Spring - Foreclosure Response of Kent County, Neeta Delaney - Community Foreclosure Coalition: From Crisis to Opportunity (Jackson, Lenawee and Hillsdale Counties), Diane McCloskey - Detroit Office of Foreclosure Prevention and Response *This session is approved for Real Estate Continuing Education Credits.
Language of Leadership Designed to encourage leadership at all levels of an organization, this interactive workshop helps people identify and best apply their leadership skills, providing participants with executive leadership, management, and coaching lessons. All participants will be asked to engage in lively discussion and inquiry to add value to their experience. Each participant will leave the workshop with practical lessons and action plans that they can apply immediately in their work lives (and in their personal lives, too!). Audience Level: Beginner Moderator: Sarida Scott - Community Legal Resources Panelist: Denise Stein - Great Lakes Capital Fund
3:15 pm - 4:45 pmPoverty Simulation - Part II *Please register in advance for this session and plan to attend both part I and part II. We need a minimum number of participants in order to conduct the session and participants are required to attend both parts.
This interactive session will educate participants about the day to day realities of life with a shortage of money and abundance of stress faced by individuals in deep poverty. During the simulation, participants will role-play the lives of low-income families, from single parents trying to care for their children to senior citizens trying to maintain self-sufficiency on Social Security. The task of each family is to provide food, shelter, and other basic necessities during the simulation while interacting with various community resources staffed by low-income volunteers. The purpose of the simulation is to enable participants to view poverty from different angles in an experiential setting. Participants will leave with a better understanding of the perspective and plight of the people they serve.The simulation will be run by AmeriCorps members statewide. Audience Level: Beginner Moderator: Ross Yednock - CEDAM Panelist: Kelcie Douglas - Poverty Reduction Initiative
Multifamily Housing Breakout - Session I (MSHDA) MSHDA senior staff will discuss the past year in multifamily housing and what they have to offer that other lenders may not. Topics include case studies and successes, program changes and guidelines, new and old funding sources, and other topics relevant to the multifamily industry. Audience Level: Beginner Moderator: JT Johnston - MSHDA Panelist: Sally Harrison - MSHDA, John Hundt - MSHDA, Steve Lathom - MSHDA
Multifamily Housing Breakout -Session II (HUD) Senior staff from HUD will discuss the past year in multifamily housing and what they have to offer that other lenders may not. Topics include case studies and successes, program changes and guidelines, new and old funding sources, and other topics relevant to the multifamily industry. Audience Level: Beginner Moderator: Chris Nielsen - MSHDA Panelist: Sharon Seaborn - HUD, Mike Polsinelli - HUD, John Straatsma - HUD
Multifamily Housing Breakout -Session III (RD) Senior staff from Rural Development will discuss the past year in multifamily housing and what they have to offer that other lenders may not. Topics include case studies and successes, program changes and guidelines, new and old funding sources, and other topics relevant to the multifamily industry. Audience Level: Beginner Moderator: Michele Wildman - MSHDA Panelist: Ghulam Sumbal - RD, Julie Putnam - RD
Top Ten Tax Issues in Structuring Low-Income Housing Credit Transactions The presentation will cover the tax issues most often confronted in structuring low-income housing tax credit transactions, including the application of the so-called “anti-churning” rules and the effect of related-party debt on the allocation of the credits. Audience Level: Intermediate Moderator: Keeli Baker - Michigan Housing Council Panelist: Alexander G. Domenicucci - Honigman Miller Schwartz and Cohn LLP
Hot Compliance Topics for Section 24 and Related Housing Programs - Part II The sizzle continues with updates on how to successfully manage compliance challenges when compliance rules conflict for properties with multiple funding sources (S.8/236, Bond and HOMEwhich student rules to follow, which income and rent limits to use, recertification issues and much more). If you think this isnt changing, think again! Receive a free copy of TheoPROs Advanced Chart to help you implement the right rules for the right units. Audience Level: Intermediate Moderator: Sherri Davio - MSHDA Panelist: Ruth Theobald-Probst - The TheoPro Group
Providing Housing Based Case Management in a Scattered Site Supportive Housing Model repeat of session from 1:15pm-2:45pm
Moving Your Continuum of Care Forward With the Reauthorization of McKinney Vento, the legislation guiding HUD’s homeless funding, it is possible that the look and feel of your local Continuum of Care will change in the coming years. This session will discuss how these changes could impact your community; the importance of collaboration, strategic planning, and prioritization; and to evaluate your planning efforts. Audience Level: Beginner Moderator: John Peterson - CSH Panelist: Beverley Ebersold - CSH
Supportive Housing Toolbox Creating Partnerships with Landlords This session will cover best practices for creating partnerships between landlords and service providers. A number of service providers in Michigan communities have experienced great success working with their local landlord associations and individual landlords to house their clients. These partnerships are viewed as beneficial from both the landlord’s perspective and the service provider’s perspective. Learn from this session how to create similar partnerships in your own community. Audience Level: Beginner Moderator: Michelle Schneider - LISC
Vacant Properties and Urban Innovation: The Cleveland Experience In 2007, Cleveland’s Slavic Village was at the epicenter of the beginning of the national foreclosure crisis. As the city was becoming awash in vacant properties, many innovative solutions were being proposed. In early 2009, Cleveland established the first land bank in Ohio, which could effectively turn the city into the nation’s largest laboratory for dealing with urban and economic development issues. Come hear how Cleveland is working with this innovative new program and what the city’s plans are for transforming itself into the future. Audience Level: Beginner Moderator: Brian McGrain - CEDAM Panelist: Jim Rokakis - Cuyahoga County Treasurer *This session is approved for Real Estate Continuing Education Credits.
Legal Resources for Community-Based Organizations to Help Improve Their Neighborhoods This session will provide an overview and case study of legal and technical assistance available to community-based organizations involved in affordable housing and community or economic development initiatives. Audience Level: Beginner Moderator: Sue Peters - MI LISC Statewide Panelist: Alicia Alvarez - Urban Communities Clinic, University of Michigan Law School, Leor Barak - Community Legal Resources (CLR)
Small Changes BIG DIFFERENCES Join us for a dynamic, interactive session to learn how affordable, low-tech assistive technology (AT) can help people with disabilities, including seniors, maintain their independence in the community. Learn about the effectiveness of AT in helping people decrease their nursing home and hospital stays. Try out dozens of low-cost AT devices for community living. Discuss AT you have found useful and brainstorm difficult situations. Audience Level: Beginner Moderator: Salli Christenson - The Arc of Livingston Panelist: Aimee Sterk - MSW Michigan Disability Rights Coalition
Best Practices in Foreclosure Counseling and Outreach This session will feature best practices in foreclosure prevention, counseling and outreach from certified, nonprofit foreclosure counseling organizations with proven records of success. Presenters will cover topics such as running a post-purchase counseling program in urban, suburban and rural communities; providing examples of successful prevention and outreach efforts; and discussing techniques for organizing and empowering homeowners; and building a successful, sustainable volunteer program. Audience Level: Beginner Moderator: Lisa Nuszkowski - Michigan Foreclosure Task Force Panelist: Tracie Coffman - Home Repair Services of Kent County, Tina Ellis - Southwest Housing Solutions, Mark Siefert - Empowering and Strengthening Ohio’s People (ESOP), Latitia (Tish) Garthe-Shiner - AmeriCorps, Lisa Nuszkowski - Michigan Foreclosure Task Force
Building a Culture of Quality in Your Organization A value for quality work is part of a successful organization’s operations. This presentation will focus on what strategies organizations can use to help staff incorporate this value into their everyday work and interactions. Audience Level: Beginner Moderator: Brandon Ivory - LISC Panelist: Colleen Graber - Public Policy Associates
Nonprofit Health Insurance Workshop Healthy nonprofits need healthy people. According to a recent survey of the Michigan Nonprofit Association, nine out of every ten responding nonprofits indicated that they are oncerned or very concerned about their ability to continue providing health care benefits due to rising insurance costs. Join in this discussion with MNA’s endorsed nonprofit insurance providers to learn more about the changing health care environment, and take away cost savings strategies that your organization can implement to continue to provide health insurance opportunities to your employees. Audience Level: Beginner Moderator: Wendy Landes Hatem - Michigan Interfaith Trust Fund Panelist: Michael Harp - Papazian, Smalley & Harp LLC, James Papazian - Papazian, Smalley & Harp LLC, Brandon Seng - MNA
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