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To keep updated on HAC's training and conference
plans, subscribe to the HAC News.
- HAC sponsors periodic intensive training
workshops in different parts of the country, emphasizing housing
development, financing, construction, and nonprofit management.
If you are having difficulty downloading the files, please contact
Janice Clark at janice@ruralhome.org
and request that they be sent to you via email.
2009 Upcoming Trainings
- August 12-13, McAllen, Texas - Building
Rural Communities through CHDOs - Single Family Housing Development
- August 12-13, Milwaukee, WI - Building
Rural Communities through CHDOs - Building HOME for CHDOs
and Nonprofits and Fitting the "Pieces Together
- August 5-6, Boise,
ID - Building Rural Communities through CHDOs - Single Family
Housing Development and Advanced Financial Management
- July 29-30, Burlington, VT -
Building Rural Communities through CHDOs - Single Family Housing
Development and Advanced Financial Management
- July 15-16, Orlando, FL- Building Rural
Communities through CHDOs - Building HOME for CHDOs and
Nonprofits and Fitting the "Pieces Together
- July 7-9, Kansas City, MO - On Solid
Ground: Tools and Tactics for Managing your Construction Program
- June 25, Colorado Springs, CO - Becoming
a High Performing CHDO
- June 23, Robinsonville, MS - Determining
Income and Allowances for the HOME Program
Past Trainings
2009
May 19-20, 2009
- CHDO Skills Workshop: The Tools You Need For Success,
held in Columbia, South Carolina. This CHDO Skills Workshop
provided valuable information to improve performance in the HOME
program. Topics included:
- Ensuring Long-Term Project and CHDO Survival
- Contracts and Financial Management for CHDOs
- Determining Income and Allowances for the HOME Program
- Understanding the CHDO-PJ Relationship
May 7, 2009 - APPLYING FOR
HUD RURAL HOUSING AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT (RHED) IN 2009
held as an online web training.
HAC hosted this audio-web conference call to provide local practitioners
with the information they need to successfully apply for RHED
program funds. HAC presented information on:
- Application Criteria;
- Eligible Applicants and Activities;
- Rating Factors;
- Leveragin
March 31 - April
2, 2009: Tax Credit Compliance Systems and Managing Compliance
in LIHTC Properties with HOME Funding will be held
in Macon, Georgia.
The Housing Assistance Council and the US Department of Housing
and Urban Development, Atlanta Regional Office invite you to participate
in the workshop Tax Credit Compliance Systems
and Managing Compliance in LIHTC Properties with HOME Funding.
This training will assist CHDOs meet the compliance requirements
of LIHTC and HOME funded rental housing projects in the State
of Georgia.
December 2008
December 3-5, 2008: National Rural Housing
Conference 2008 was held in Washington,
D.C.
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2009 Upcoming Trainings
(Details)
August 12-13 - Building
Rural Communities through CHDOs - Building HOME for CHDOs and
Nonprofits and Fitting the "Pieces Together
will be held in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
Building HOME for CHDOs and Nonprofits
Building HOME provides an overview and a comprehensive introduction
to the HOME Program, including changes made since publication
of the HOME final rule in 1996. Participants will learn the HOME
Program requirements and eligible CHDO activities, including homebuyer
and rental housing activities. Participants will learn that HOME
funds may provide CHDOs with money to develop affordable housing,
loans for predevelopment costs, and to provide operating money
to cover costs associated with developing affordable housing.
Through short lectures, exercises, and discussions within the
group and with instructors, participants will learn how to use
the HOME Program to fund eligible affordable housing activities.
Participants will also learn the differences between a subrecipient
and a CHDO, and the requirements to become a CHDO.
Fitting the Pieces Together
Effective homebuyer programs providing direct assistance to homebuyers
can be designed as win-win partnerships with the private sector,
in order to best meet the needs of the HOME-assisted buyer. This
seminar will review how lending is conducted in the private sector,
including loan origination, loan underwriting, the secondary mortgage
market, and loan servicing. It will examine HOME program requirements
and identify ways to build effective working relationships with
lenders.
Meeting Location: Doubletree Milwaukee
City Center, 611 W. Wisconsin Ave, Milwaukee, WI 53203
For information, contact: Dan Stern,
202-842-8600, Fax: 202-347-3441, registration@ruralhome.org
August 12-13: Building
Rural Communities through CHDOs - Single Family Housing Development,
will be held in McAllen, Texas.
Single-Family Housing Development
This workshop will provide participants with important information
on financing and developing affordable single-family housing.
Participants will examine the overall assumptions, risks, procedures,
financial considerations, site planning, construction, and development
issues inherent to affordable single-family housing development.
Equally important to a successfully designed and implemented program
is the homebuyer preparation process. This program will cover
the issues related to designing and marketing a product that leads
to eligible and pre-qualified homebuyer pools.
Meeting Location: Holiday Inn Express
Hotel & Suites
1921 S 10th St, McAllen, TX 78501
For information, contact: Dan Stern,
202-842-8600, Fax: 202-347-3441, registration@ruralhome.org
August 5-6: Building Rural
Communities through CHDOs - Single Family Housing Development
and Advanced Financial Management, will be held in Boise,
ID.
Single-Family Housing Development
This workshop will provide participants with important information
on financing and developing affordable single-family housing.
Participants will examine the overall assumptions, risks, procedures,
financial considerations, site planning, construction, and development
issues inherent to affordable single-family housing development.
Equally important to a successfully designed and implemented program
is the homebuyer preparation process. This program will cover
the issues related to designing and marketing a product that leads
to eligible and pre-qualified homebuyer pools.
Advanced Financial Management
This workshop is specially designed for experienced staff - typically
those who have successfully completed some form of introductory
financial management training - with accounting and financial
management responsibilities for rural Community Housing Development
Organizations (CHDOs) and other housing development agencies.
Participants will gain a greater understanding of financial policies
and procedures, cost allocation, cash flow management, ratio analysis,
and financial management strategy. The training builds upon HAC's
Sharpening Your Skills: Financial Management for Rural CHDOs training.
Meeting Location: Doubletree Hotel
Riverside, 2900 Chinden Blvd, Boise, ID 83714
For information, contact: Dan Stern,
202-842-8600, Fax: 202-347-3441, registration@ruralhome.org
July 29 -
30: Building Rural Communities through CHDOs - Single Family Housing
Development and Advanced Financial Management, will be
held in Burlington, Vermont.
Single-Family Housing Development
This workshop will provide participants with important information
on financing and developing affordable single-family housing.
Participants will examine the overall assumptions, risks, procedures,
financial considerations, site planning, construction, and development
issues inherent to affordable single-family housing development.
Equally important to a successfully designed and implemented program
is the homebuyer preparation process. This program will cover
the issues related to designing and marketing a product that leads
to eligible and pre-qualified homebuyer pools.
Advanced Financial Management
This workshop is specially designed for experienced staff - typically
those who have successfully completed some form of introductory
financial management training - with accounting and financial
management responsibilities for rural Community Housing Development
Organizations (CHDOs) and other housing development agencies.
Participants will gain a greater understanding of financial policies
and procedures, cost allocation, cash flow management, ratio analysis,
and financial management strategy. The training builds upon HAC's
Sharpening Your Skills: Financial Management for Rural CHDOs training.
Meeting Location: Doubletree Hotel
Burlington, 1117 Williston Road, Burlington, VT 05403
For information, contact: Dan Stern,
202-842-8600, Fax: 202-347-3441, registration@ruralhome.org
July 15-16- Building Rural
Communities through CHDOs - Building HOME for CHDOs and Nonprofits
and Fitting the "Pieces Together will be held
in Orlando, Florida.
Building HOME for CHDOs and Nonprofits
Building HOME provides an overview and a comprehensive introduction
to the HOME Program, including changes made since publication
of the HOME final rule in 1996. Participants will learn the HOME
Program requirements and eligible CHDO activities, including homebuyer
and rental housing activities. Participants will learn that HOME
funds may provide CHDOs with money to develop affordable housing,
loans for predevelopment costs, and to provide operating money
to cover costs associated with developing affordable housing.
Through short lectures, exercises, and discussions within the
group and with instructors, participants will learn how to use
the HOME Program to fund eligible affordable housing activities.
Participants will also learn the differences between a subrecipient
and a CHDO, and the requirements to become a CHDO.
Fitting the Pieces Together
Effective homebuyer programs providing direct assistance to homebuyers
can be designed as win-win partnerships with the private sector,
in order to best meet the needs of the HOME-assisted buyer. This
seminar will review how lending is conducted in the private sector,
including loan origination, loan underwriting, the secondary mortgage
market, and loan servicing. It will examine HOME program requirements
and identify ways to build effective working relationships with
lenders.
Meeting Location: Sheraton Orlando
- Downtown, 60 South Ivanhoe Blvd, Orlando, FL 32804
For Information, contact: Dan Stern,
202-842-8600, Fax: 202-347-3441,registration@ruralhome.org
July 7-9,
2009 - On Solid Ground: Tools and Tactics for Managing your Construction
Program will be held in Kansas City, Missouri.
**This training is only available for CHDOs and Potential
CHDOs in Kansas or Missouri.
This three-day construction management course combines general
management topics, with technical aspects of construction to help
administrators of construction programs meet the varied demands
of their jobs. This course is particularly relevant to managers
of housing development programs funded with federal HOME grant
dollars.
Meeting Location: Residence Inn
by Marriott - Kansas City Airport, 10300 N. Ambassador Dr, Kansas
City, MO 64153
For information, contact: Dan Stern,
202-842-8600, Fax: 202-347-3441, registration@ruralhome.org
June 25,
2009 - Building Rural Communities through CHDOs - Becoming a High
Performing CHDO will be held in Colorado Springs, Colorado.
This training will help CHDO staff navigate their way to success
in a changing environment that is placing increasing pressure
to perform in the HOME program. It will also assist potential
CHDOs to understand the environment in which they will be operating
and the expectations that accompany the CHDO designation.
Meeting Location: Colorado Springs
Marriott, 5580 Tech Center Dr, Colorado Springs, CO 80919
For information, contact: Dan Stern,
202-842-8600, Fax: 202-347-3441, registration@ruralhome.org
June 23,
2009 - Building Rural Communities through CHDOs - Determining
Income and Allowances for the HOME Program will be held
in Robinsonville, Mississippi.
A fundamental component of using HOME funds effectively is ensuring
that they are targeted to households that are eligible for assistance.
HOME Program rules require using one of three definitions for
annual income to determine applicants' eligibility. This seminar
will review the three definitions of income and provide guidance
on how to ensure eligible households are being targeted.
Meeting Location: Harrah's Tunica
Hotel & Casino, 1100 CAsino Strip Blvd, Robinsonville, MS
38664
For information, contact: Dan Stern,
202-842-8600, Fax: 202-347-3441, registration@ruralhome.org
June 9-10,
2009 - Housing Rehabilitation for Homeownership will be
held in Forrest City, Arkansas.
The Housing Assistance Council and the US Department of Housing
and Urban Development, Little Rock Field Office invite you to
participate in Housing Rehabilitation for Homeownership.
This workshop is designed to increase the capacity of CHDOs and
potential CHDOs to acquire and rehabilitate home buyer housing
using the HOME program. This training will focus on the key
aspects of Housing Rehabilitation for Homeownership, including;
- Assessing the capacity of your organization to undertake these
types of activities
- Designing an effective housing rehabilitation for homeownership
program in rural communities
- Using the HOME program to finance your acquisition and rehabilitation
activities
- Tailoring marketing strategies to qualified populations
- Assisting families to acquire permanent mortgages
**Due to funding restrictions, participants are required to
register in advance for this training.
Meeting Location: Forrest City Civic
Center, 1335 North Washington, Forrest City, AR 72335
For information, contact: Dan Stern,
202-842-8600, Fax: 202-347-3441, registration@ruralhome.org
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