MHC Conference Evaluation

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MHC Conference Evaluation

2009 MISSISSIPPI'S ANNUAL AFFORDABLE HOUSING CONFERENCE SURVEY

Mississippi's Annual Affordable Housing Conference is scheduled for January 28-30, 2009 at the exciting Beau Rivage in Biloxi. Our goal every year is to provide you the best networking arena and workshop topics that will help you and your community respond to affordable housing opportunities. We are working hard to put together an agenda that will do just that! We value your input and want to build this conference for you. Please take a few minutes to complete a short survey regarding the possible topics we have so far. The topics with the most interest will be ones that end up on the agenda. If there is a hot topic we've overlooked, please add it in the appropriate box below.

What area of work do you consider as your main business?
	Multi Family Development
	Housing Tax Credit Development
	Single Family Development
	Construction Lending
	Non Profit
	Mortgage Financing
	Real Estate Professional
	Homebuyer Counseling
	Tax Credit Compliance
	Syndicator or Investor
	Planner

Do you plan on attending the Conference in January, 2009?
	Yes
	No
	Undecided

Please check the topics of GREATEST interest to you or your business partners(Check all that apply).
Housing Counseling:
	Housing Counseling: Best Practices
	Foreclosure Prevention: Working through Client Barriers
	Making the Most of your online client management systems
	Counseling Time Management
	Fair Housing
	Effective Marketing Tools
	NeighborWorks Credit Counseling
	Helping Your Clients get a loan: What do Lenders look for?

Housing Development: Multi Family or Single Family
	ABC's of Housing Tax Credits (Beginner Session)
	Got Questions??? We've Got Answers (QAP Q&A Session)
	Discussion of Housing and Economic Recovery Act of 2008 (H.R. 3221)
	Syndicator and Developer Roundtable
	Keep It Moving: Insight on Dealing with Development Delays
	PHAs and HTCs: Establishing your development corporate structure
	Project Based Vouchers: Tapping a viable resource
	Leveraging Tax Credit Dollars (with HOME, FHLB, or CDBG funds)
	Going Green with your Developments
	Project Feasibility: Is it Worth Your Time
	Marketing Your Development from Start to Finish
	Specil Needs Housing: Making it Work
	Structuring Development and Construction Financing

Housing Tax Credit Compliance:
	Compliance & the NEW Recertification Waiver
	2009 HTC Compliance Updates
	Physical Condition Oohs and Aahs
	Long-term Compliance: Staying the Course
	Selecting the RIGHT Resident
	HTC: Let's Make A Deal
	Verifying Income: Ten Proven Ways of Getting What you Want
	Compliance Fundamentals
	Compliance and Asset Management Strategies

Single Family Programs/Financing:
	Loss Mitigation
	Overview of the different types of Down Payment Assistance
	How to work with your local governments to promote Homeownership
	Bridging the Gap between Lenders and Realtors
	MHC Program Updates
	Financial Meltdown: Responding in a New Direction with HERA & Others

Technical Assistance:
	Effectively Developing and Deploying Strategic Plans
	How Does the Community Reinvestment Act Benefit your Organization?
	Identifying your Market and Targeting your Products and Services
	Financial Accounting Principles for Nonprofits
	Recruiting Committed Board Members
	Building Cooperative Housing
	Establishing and Managing Community Land Trusts
	Funding Opportunities for Nonprofits
	Grant Writing and Administration
	DIY Grants: Do you Really Need a Consultant
	The Low-Income Housing Tax Credit Set-A-Side for Nonprofits
	Managing HOME/ADDI Funds
	Maximizing Energy Efficiency in Housing Construction
	Using HOME Funds for Tenant-Based and Project-Based Rental Assistance

Planning(New topics built in conjunction with APA of MS for CE credits)
	Downtown Housing
	Mixed-Use Projects
	Complex Financing Structures
	What Public & Private Resources Exist
	Examples of good projects and successful New Developments for larger cities Land Banking
	Community Land Trusts
	Housing Redevelopment
	Neighborhood Stabilization

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Thank you!