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Upcoming Events

SEPTEMBER 1, 2010 - 9:00 AM EST - 9:00 AM EST

REO and Vacant Properties – Strategies for Neighborhood Stabilization

Training will cover REO markets and how they operative, the impacts of foreclosed and vacant properties on communities, ways to keep properties occupied and how to stabilize neighborhoods hit by foreclosure.  Read more

URL: http://hudnsphelp.info/index.cfm

SEPTEMBER 13, 2010 - 9:00 AM EST - 5:00 PM EST

Greenspace NCR and National Center for Healthy Housing

Course will help property owners and managers reduce energy, water and contaminants in their property thereby improving resident health and supporting healthier environments. 
URL: http://greenpropertymanagement.eventbrite.com/

SEPTEMBER 14, 2010 - 9:00 AM EST - 5:00 PM EST

Mid South Delta LISC – 13th Annual Delta Community Development Conference

Focus on building community in the Delta through affordable housing partnerships, energy efficient housing development, building sustainable communities, financial literacy and more.

URL: http://lisc.org/content/calendar/detail/18550/

SEPTEMBER 14, 2010 - 9:00 AM EST - 5:00 PM EST

Mid South Delta LISC – 13th Annual Delta Community Development Conference

Affordable Housing Conference will focus on partnership-building, energy efficient housing, housing development options, financial literacy, asset-building, and much more.

URL: http://lisc.org/content/calendar/detail/18550/

SEPTEMBER 27, 2010 - 8:00 AM EST

Partners in Innovation: Including Affordable and Workforce Housing within Transit-Oriented Development

Examine sustainable Transit-Oriented Development that includes affordable housing opportunities for low- and moderate-income families

URL: http://www.nhc.org/index/partners-in-innovation-national

SEPTEMBER 27, 2010 - 8:00 AM EST - 7:00 PM EST

Partners in Innovation – Including Affordable and Workforce Housing within Transit-Oriented Development

Examine challenges and opportunities for developing transit-oriented development which includes affordable housing options for working families and low- to moderate-income households.

URL: http://www.nhc.org/events/NHC-and-Center-for-Housing-Policy-Symposium.html

OCTOBER 2, 2010 - 8:30 AM EST - 12:00 PM EST

4th Annual Connecting the Dots: The Neighborhood Celebration of the Year

Celebration of revitalization accomplishments in Minnesota communities.

URL: http://lisc.org/content/calendar/detail/18612/

SEPTEMBER 9, 2010 - 9:00 AM EST - 9:00 AM EST

Keeping Kids Moving: How Equitable Transportation Policy Can Reverse Childhood Obesity

Webinar series will explore how healthy children and healthy families impact healthy neighborhoods.

URL: http://www.reversechildhoodobesity.org/webinars/

OCTOBER 26, 2010 - 9:00 AM EST - 5:00 PM EST

Small Business, Entrepreneurship, and Economic Recovery: A Focus on Job Creation and Economic Stabilization

Conference will focus on research and its implications for policy and practice.

URL: http://www.frbatlanta.org/news/conferences/10smallbusiness.cfm

NOVEMBER 3, 2010 - 8:00 AM EST - 5:00 PM EST

2010 National Inclusionary Housing Conference

Learn about local and state policies and practices that promote inclusionary housing programs and access to opportunity.

URL: http://www.nhc.org/index/events-inclusionary-zoning

NOVEMBER 3, 2010 - 8:30 AM EST - 5:00 PM EST

The 2010 National Inclusionary Housing Conference

Learn best practices and responses to challenges related to inclusionary housing programs as well as forge connections related to policy options and the affordable housing crisis.

URL: http://www.nhc.org/events/National-Inclusionary-Housing-Conference.html

Past Events

DECEMBER 7, 2009 - 5:30 PM EST - 7:00 PM EST

Rising to the Challenge: Using HUD's Neighborhood Stabilization Program

This workshop is a companion to Wednesday's symposium, Rising to the Challenge: Stabilizing Communities in the Wake of Foreclosure. It is designed for organizations looking for a deeper dive into HUD's Neighborhood Stabilization Program (NSP). The workshop will present what NSP grantees consider when approving their partners. Special attention will be paid to the issues and challenges with NSP, and how organizations are overcoming these challenges. Examples of regional collaboration and branding and marketing the NSP effort will be discussed.

DECEMBER 8, 2009 - 2:00 PM EST - 4:00 PM EST

Live at the Forum: Frank Alexander on Land Banking as a Foreclosure Mitigation Strategy

Join HousingPolicy.org on Tuesday, December 8 from 1 - 3:00 p.m. EST (10:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. PST) to learn more about land banking as a foreclosure mitigation strategy and get answers to your questions from Frank Alexander of the Emory University Law School. This "Live at the Forum" event is offered in partnership with the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta's Foreclosure Response podcast series.

URL: http://forum.housingpolicy.org/group/neighborhoodstabilization/forum/topics/live-at-the-forum-frank

DECEMBER 8, 2009 - 5:30 PM EST - 7:00 PM EST

Responsible & Sustainable Redevelopment: The Green & Healthy Homes Initiative in Baltimore

The dramatic increase in Weatherization Assistance Program resources provided by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) has caused significant challenges on the ground as programs struggle to ramp up way beyond their previous capacity. At the same time, it presents an opportunity to leverage this investment to make real improvements in housing for low income families that go beyond weatherization as well as providing job and economic opportunities.

DECEMBER 8, 2009 - 5:30 PM EST - 7:00 PM EST

Rising to the Challenge: A Streamlined Approach to Evaluating Your Community Stabilization Program

In this workshop you will learn about the use of a new “ready to go” set of outcome indicators and measurement tools for community stabilization programs developed through Success Measures at NeighborWorks® America.

JANUARY 6, 2010 - 10:30 AM EST - 5:30 PM EST

Greening the Multifamily Housing Stock: What's next for California?

The recent American Recovery and Reinvestment Act provides billions of dollars for weatherization and green retrofits for public housing, HUD-assisted, and other affordable housing. This Symposium will bring together experts and practitioners involved in affordable housing in California to discuss how these and other relatively new financing resources are being used throughout the State to green existing affordable homes.

URL: http://liscgreeningmultifamily.eventbrite.com/

JANUARY 13, 2010 - 3:00 PM EST - 4:30 PM EST

Experts Online: Smart Growth revisited: What does Smart Growth look like in 2010?

Hosted by Local Initiatives Support Corporation this online event explores the future of Smart Growth.
URL: http://www.lisc.org/content/calendar/detail/17867/

JANUARY 20, 2010 - 2:00 PM EST - 5:00 PM EST

Asset Management for Affordable Housing

The asset manager performs a vital role in preserving quality affordable housing developments. Good asset - or risk management - is critical to all involved parties, from investors to lenders to the low-income families this housing serves. Participants gain an understanding of the goals of asset management, their role in achieving those goals, and the tools needed to manage risk effectively.

Cost: $250

URL: http://nationaldevelopmentcouncil.org/index.php/site/training/category/online_training/

JANUARY 22, 2010 - 5:25 PM EST

NSP 2 Conference (invitation only)

This intensive 1 day event will provide grantees an overview of the NSP2 grant agreement and key program implementation tasks. Workshops will cover topics such as: how to set up and draw from DRGR; conducting environmental reviews; complying with other federal requirements such as Lead-Based Paint or URA; financial management; and record keeping and reporting as well as monitoring the work of subrecipients, partners and consortia members.

URL: http://www.cpdtraininginstitute.com/NSPConferenceRegistrationInfo.cfm

JANUARY 26, 2010 - 9:30 AM EST - 5:30 PM EST

Neighborhood Stabilization Program (HD200)

HUD established the Neighborhood Stabilization Program (NSP) with the goal of stabilizing communities and neighborhoods that have been devastated by home foreclosures and abandonment. NDC?s NSP Fundamentals course builds participants? ability to effectively use NSP funds to formulate and implement neighborhood stabilization strategies and develop compliance skills and systems that are an essential part of ongoing neighborhood stabilization.

URL: http://nationaldevelopmentcouncil.org/index.php/site/training/category/registration/

FEBRUARY 2, 2010 - 9:00 AM EST - 6:00 PM EST

NSP Problem-Solving Clinic (Detroit, MI)

HUD is offering a series of locally-based Neighborhood Stabilization Program (NSP) Problem Solving Clinics on implementing the NSP program. The clinics are targeted to the needs of individual housing markets and thus are open to grantees and their nonprofit, developer and financial institution/ lender partners from each local market area.

URL: http://guest.cvent.com/i.aspx

FEBRUARY 3, 2010 - 9:00 AM EST - 5:00 PM EST

10th Annual New Partners for Smart Growth: Building Safe, Healthy and Livable Communities

Conference topics will cover strategies for addressing weak economies and the impact that’s having on communities. This includes reducing infrastructure and service costs, ideas for financing smart growth, and ways to use smart growth for community and economic vitality.

URL: http://www.newpartners.org/

MARCH 19, 2010 - 11:30 AM EST - 12:30 PM EST

Home Star Update & Program Operation

Heard about Home Star but need more information to know how your business can really be involved? Then join us for our webinar to discuss the details of the draft Home Star legislation and specifically how the program operates – how the money flows, the role of the contractor, the Quality Assurance system, the role of the rebate aggregator, and more. Industry experts will present our webinar and answer your questions.

URL: https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/878967291

MAY 3, 2010 - 8:00 AM EST - 2:30 PM EST

Affordable Housing Conference of Montgomery County's 2010 Summit

Save the Date! Affordable Housing Conference of Montgomery County, MD annual summit will take place in Bethesda, MD. 

Early Bird Pricing = $70.00

This registration fee is all-inclusive and covers conference materials and access to all panels and the exhibit gallery, and free parking.


URL: http://www.affordablehousingconference.org/annual_conference.html

MAY 27, 2010 - 2:00 PM EST - 3:30 PM EST

Successful Approaches to Greening NSP Rehabilitation

Sponsored by E*Trade Financial and presented by Enterprise’s Foreclosure Response Initiative, this event is the first in a 4-part series focusing on comprehensive neighborhood stabilization. The first event explores two programs that are using the Neighborhood Stabilization Program (NSP) as an opportunity to incorporate a comprehensive green strategy into rehabilitation of acquired foreclosed homes, and describes how other local programs can implement similar green strategies into their acquisition/rehabilitation programs

URL: http://www.enterprisecommunity.org/training_and_events/live_online_events/

JULY 6, 2010 - 8:00 AM EST

Community Stabilization: An Introduction to REO Acquisition, Rehab, Disposition and Management

Participants can access this online course at any time to learn strategies for addressing the vacant housing issue caused by the foreclosure crisis.

URL: http://www.nw.org/network/training/courses/default.asp

JULY 14, 2010 - 2:00 PM EST - 3:00 PM EST

Experts Online: Organizing for Safety

Learn how to organize community members to work with public safety departments to increase neighborhood safety and address persistent crime.

URL: http://lisc.org/content/calendar/detail/18461/

JULY 27, 2010 - 8:00 AM EST

The Convergence Partnership’s Healthy People Healthy Places Webinar Series

This five-part webinar series covers various topics and systems that are shaping communities and affecting overall neighborhood health. The series will inform participants of strategies and resources for creating healthy and safe neighborhoods. Next events are July 27 and September 21.

URL: https://www.kintera.org/site/apps/ka/rg/ecreg.asp

JULY 27, 2010 - 2:00 PM EST - 3:30 PM EST

Multifamily Weatherization: Working with Your Local Provider

Learn how to tap into the $5 billion ARRA Weatherization Assistance Program funds through the U.S. Department of Energy.  Register here

URL: https://enterprisecommunity.webex.com/mw0306lb/mywebex/default.do

JULY 27, 2010 - 9:00 AM EST - 5:00 PM EST

Sustainable Communities Grant program: Making Equity Drive Your Region’s

Discussion on aligning Federal programs with State and local programs to support coordination of housing, economic development, transportation and environmental policies.  

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URL: https://cc.readytalk.com/cc/playback/Playback.do

JULY 28, 2010 - 2:00 PM EST - 3:30 PM EST

Strategies for Comprehensive Neighborhood Stabilization

Join this session to learn about strategies for implementing comprehensive neighborhood stabilization activities as well as the successes and challenges of doing this work.  Register here

URL: https://enterprisecommunity.webex.com/mw0306lb/mywebex/default.do

JULY 29, 2010 - 9:00 AM EST

Understanding Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac HAFA Short-Sale Rules-20100729 1859-1

One hour training on recent rules by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac for processing short sales that are in agreement with federal HAFA guidelines.

URL: https://realtors.webex.com/ec0605l/eventcenter/recording/recordAction.do;jsessionid=2F9sMpQDxKmqypcXJhsJnvTpdJQfhhLvkpgGTNpLTr5X9Vc10x2h!-20731354

JULY 29, 2010 - 9:00 PM EST - 5:00 PM EST

The Definitive National Conference on Green Affordable Housing and Community Development

Learn how to improve over community health through energy efficiency, water conservation and improved air quality. Renewable energy is a priority for the Obama administration, which includes sustainable community development.

URL: http://www.ipedinc.net/Conferences/Fifth_Annual_IPED_Green_Homes_and_Sustainable_Communities_Conference.aspx

JULY 27, 2010 - 9:00 AM EST - 5:00 PM EST

Assets for Independence: 2010 Conference and Learning Academies

Learn ways to combat poverty and promote self-sufficiency through asset-building strategies.

URL: http://afi.force.com/afi2010

AUGUST 12, 2010 - 9:30 AM EST - 5:00 PM EST

Bring Workers Home – 2010 Regional Forum on Workforce Housing

Learn about the importance of workforce housing programs and how to create and sustain one in your community.

URL: http://www.nhc.org/events/Bring-Workers-Home----2010-Regional-Forum-on-Workforce-Housing---Austin.html

AUGUST 16, 2010 - 4:30 PM EST - 6:00 PM EST

Developing a Mission-Oriented Real Estate Brokerage

Free workshop for NeighborWorks Training Institute participants with information on starting up a nonprofit real estate brokerage, including benefits, how-to’s and challenges to success.

AUGUST 16, 2010 - 8:30 AM EST - 4:00 PM EST

AH291 REO Solutions: Property Assessment, Acquisitions and Financing

The REO challenge has dropped tens of thousands of foreclosed affordable properties into our communities. Many sites are vacant and are being damaged by vandalism and the elements. This course discusses how nonprofit housing developers can assess the feasibility of rehabbing and selling or leasing a foreclosed and abandoned property, acquire it from the bank or other owner and how to arrange financing for carrying the property and funding the rehab work.

AUGUST 6, 2010 - 9:00 AM EST - 5:00 PM EST

Agencies Announce Public Hearings on CRA Regulations

Public hearings on changing CRA regulations will be held on the following dates: August 6 in Atlanta, GA; August 12 in Chicago and August 17 in Los Angeles.

URL: http://www.safeguardproperties.com/News_and_Events/All_Client_Alerts/2010/06/Agencies_Announce_Public_Hearings_on_CRA_Regulations.aspx

AUGUST 20, 2010 - 9:00 AM EST - 12:00 PM EST

Turning Around Vacant Property in Greater Richmond

Discussion with regional leaders and national experts on ways to address vacant properties in Richmond neighborhoods.  Read more

URL: http://hudnsphelp.info/index.cfm

AUGUST 19, 2010 - 8:30 AM EST - 2:30 PM EST

NR231 Stabilizing Neighborhoods in a Post-Foreclosure Environment

With fundamental shifts in mortgage markets and the evolution of the foreclosure epidemic, fallout for neighborhoods ranges from increased vacancies to diminished property values, challenges to property maintenance, and the need to rethink homeownership options for low- to moderate-income buyers. This course includes timely information on five distinct types of foreclosed homeowners, each of which has different implications for restoring neighborhoods of choice.

AUGUST 16, 2010 - 8:00 AM EST - 5:00 PM EST

NeighborWorks Training Institute

Housing-related courses plus a special symposium, A New Era in Affordable Housing: Investing for Impact in Sustainable Communities, will be available at this NTI in Philadelphia, PA.

URL: http://www.nw.org/network/training/upcoming/PHIL_NTI10.asp

AUGUST 24, 2010 - 8:30 AM EST - 5:00 PM EST

HUD and FHA Loss Mitigation Training

Online training regarding HUD’s loss mitigation program is for HUD-approved housing counselors/mortgagees and nonprofit counselors.  

Read more

URL: http://hudnsphelp.info/index.cfm

AUGUST 31, 2010 - 2:00 PM EST - 4:00 PM EST

18 Month Deadline and Beyond: HUD’s Corrective Action Plan

Webinar for NSP1 grantees will go over corrective actions related to the 18-month deadline.

MAY 12, 2010 - 8:30 AM EST - 4:00 PM EST

Rethink. Recover. Rebuild: Reinventing Older Communities

Fifty-eight nationally recognized practitioners, researchers, and plenary speakers, such as former Atlanta Mayor Shirley Franklin, will be featured at the Rethink. Recover. Rebuild: Reinventing Older Communities conference, which will be held Wednesday, May 12, to Friday, May 14, 2010, at the Hyatt Regency Philadelphia at Penn's Landing.  

URL: http://www.philadelphiafed.org/community-development/events/reinventing-2010/

JUNE 17, 2010 - 10:30 AM EST - 1:00 PM EST

Getting NSP Funds Moving

The Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond, the Federal Reserve Board, the Council of State Community Development Agencies and NeighborWorks America invite you to a Webinar discussion about

URL: http://www.coscda.org/nspwebinar