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- HAC sponsors periodic intensive training
workshops in different parts of the country, emphasizing housing
development, financing, construction, and nonprofit management.
Past Trainings
(these conferences have passed)
2008
January 16-18, 2008: Building Rural Communities
Through CHDOs was held at the Hotel Monaco in downtown
Seattle, Washington. This training conference offered attendees
the choice of two tracks: Building HOME for CHDOs
and Nonprofits or Single Family Housing
Development.
Supplemental Training: Registrants
to Building Rural Communities through CHDOs
in Seattle had an opportunity to attend pre-training seminars
on Post-Purchase Housing Counseling
or Downpayment Assistance on January
15. Click
here for more information.
January
29-30, 2008: Building Rural Communities Through CHDOs held at the Sheraton Hotel Birmingham in Birmingham, Alabama. Building HOME is a comprehensive introduction to
the HOME Program, as well as an important refresher on the basic
elements of the program. Participants become familiar with
program activities, including homeowner rehabilitation, homebuyer,
rental housing, tenant-based rental assistance, and CHDO activities.
February 7-8, 2008: Building
Rural Communities Through CHDOs held at the Holiday
Inn in Lafayette, LA. This Single Family Housing Development workshop is designed to provide participants with important information
on financing and developing affordable single-family housing.
Participants examine the overall assumptions, risks, procedures,
financial considerations, site planning, construction and development
issues inherent in affordable single-family housing development.
February 12-13, 2008: Building Rural Communities
Through CHDOs held at theResidence Inn by Marriott-
Kansas City Airport in Kansas City, MO. See Single Family Housing Development workshop description above.
March 25-27, 2008: Building Rural Communities
Through CHDOs held at the Wyndham Riverwalk Hotel in Jacksonville,
Florida. This training conference offered attendees the choice
of two tracks: Advanced Financial Management or
Single Family Housing Development.
April 29-30, 2008: Building Rural Communities
Through CHDOs held in Little Rock, Arkansas this training
provide participants with important information on financing and
developing affordable single-family housing. See Single
Family Housing Development workshop description
above.
May 12, 2008: Applying for HUD Rural
Housing and Economic Development in 2008 from 3:00 - 4:00
pm EST audioweb conference. The conference provided local practitioners with the
information they need to successfully apply for RHED program funds.
This training was sponsored by the Department of Health and Human
Services Compassion Capital Fund as part of the Rural Homelessness
Capacity Building Project.
June 4-5, 2008: Building Rural Communities
Through CHDOs held at the Holiday Inn Express in Charleston,
WV. This course, Housing Rehabilitation for Homeownership,
provided information to participants on conducting a market analysis,
finding your development partners, assessing project feasibility,
acquisition, qualifying homebuyers, the financing and design of
a project (including "green" practices), the rehabilitation
and repair process, and project close out.
June 21, 2008: Building Rural Communities
Through CHDOs, was held in Macon, Georgia.
Sponsored by the US Department of Housing and Urban Development
and the Housing Assistance Council, this workshop, Building
Rural Communities through CHDOs: Nonprofit Board
of Directors' Workshop, provided participants with information
about how nonprofit boards of directors can work more effectively
and efficiently. Workshop topics included Board member roles
& responsibilities, Conflicts of interest and board ethics,
How and why nonprofit boards change over time, Financial responsibilities
of board members, and Dealing with difficult situations
June 24-25, 2008: Building Rural Communities
Through CHDOs: Appalachia
was held in Greenup, Kentucky. Sponsored by the US Department
of Housing and Urban Development and the Housing Assistance Council,
this workshop, Building Rural Communities through CHDOs
: Advanced Financial Management provided training
on accounting and financial management responsibilities for rural
CHDOs and other housing development agencies.
June 24-25, 2008: Building Rural Communities
Through CHDOs was held in Buffalo, NY. Sponsored by The
US Department of Housing and Urban Development and the Housing
Assistance Council, this workshop, Housing Rehabilitation
for Homeownership, increased the capacity of affordable
housing developers to acquire and rehabilitate single family housing
using the HOME Program. This two-day course provided information
to participants on conducting a market analysis, finding development
partners, assessing project feasibility, acquisition, qualifying
homebuyers, the financing and design of a project (including "green"
practices), the rehabilitation and repair process, and project
close out.
July 8-9, 2008: Building Rural Communities
Through CHDOs was held in Albuquerque, NM. Sponsored by
The US Department of Housing and Urban Development and the Housing
Assistance Council, this workshop, Building Rural Communities
through CHDOs : Single Family Housing Development.
workshop description above.
July 9-10 , 2008: Building Rural Communities
Through CHDOs: Delta was
held in Robinsonville, Mississippi. Sponsored by the US Department
of Housing and Urban Development and the Housing Assistance Council,
this workshop, Advanced Financial Management.
July 15-17 , 2008: Building Rural Communities
Through CHDOs: Colonias was
held in San Antonio, Texas. Sponsored by the US Department of
Housing and Urban Development and the Housing Assistance Council,
this workshop, Building Rural Communities through CHDOs
: Advanced Financial Management. workshop description
above
July 16-18, 2008: Building Rural Communities
Through CHDOs was held in Los Angeles, California. Sponsored
by the US Department of Housing and Urban Development and the
Housing Assistance Council, Building Rural Communities through
CHDOs training conference offered attendees the choice of
two tracks: Single Family Housing Development and Building
HOME for CHDOs and Nonprofits.
July 22-23, 2008: Building Rural Communities
Through CHDOs was held in Syracuse, NY. Sponsored by The
US Department of Housing and Urban Development and the Housing
Assistance Council, this workshop, Advanced Housing Rehabilitation
for Homeownership, was designed for affordable housing developers
who have experience with acquisition and rehabilitation of single
family housing for homeownership using the HOME Program.
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.
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2008 Upcoming Trainings
July 30-31, 2008: Building Rural Communities
Through CHDOs will be held in Macon, Georgia
**Participation in this training is limited to
CHDOs and potential CHDOs operating under the jurisdiction of
the US Department of HUD Atlanta field office.
Sponsored by The US Department of Housing and Urban Development
and the Housing Assistance Council, this workshop, Building
Rural Communities through CHDOs : Single Family Housing
Development will provide participants with important information
on financing and developing affordable single family housing using
the HOME Program. Participants will examine the overall assumptions,
risks, procedures, financial considerations, site planning, construction
and development issues inherent in 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: Georgia
Sports Hall of Fame, 301 Cherry Street, Macon, GA 31201
Contact
Johanna de Graffenreid
registration@ruralhome.org
August 11-12, 2008: Building Green in Rural
Communities will be held in Holyoke, MA.
Join the Housing Assistance Council for the one and ½
day "Green Building for Rural Communities" training
session. Participants will hear from regional experts, as they
discuss the overall impacts of implementing green building practices
into affordable rural housing development, obtain first hand information
from rural housing practitioners who have successfully gone Green,
benefit from a site-visit to an innovative and award-winning green
development in Western Massachusetts, and take part in a funders
roundtable discussion.
August 12-13, 2008: Building Rural Communities
Through CHDOs will be held in:Birmingham, AL.
*Participation in this event is limited to organizations
which fall under the jurisdiction of the Birmingham HUD Community
Planning and Development Office.
Sponsored by The US Department of Housing and Urban Development
and the Housing Assistance Council, this two-day workshop for
CHDOs and potential CHDOs, Tax Credit Compliance - Focusing
on Managing Compliance in LIHTC Properties with HOME Funding,
will help ensure that you and your staff have the tools you need
to understand LIHTC program compliance. Compliance with Low Income
Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC) and HOME program rules for tenant and
unit eligibility are essential to a property's tax credit status
and long-term success.
This workshop will be beneficial for, Front-line staff, Managers,
and Owners of low income tax credit properties and will cover
all critical compliance areas, including Applicant/tenant eligibility,
Income determination and verification, LIHTC and HOME Program
differences, The next available unit rule, and Other Important
Topics.
Participants will receive two valuable course books and benefit
from the forms and monitoring tools included and used during the
course.
Meeting Location: Sheraton Birmingham
Hotel, 2101 Richard Arrington Jr. Blvd. N, Birmingham, AL 35203,
(205) 324-5000.
Contact
Johanna de Graffenreid
registration@ruralhome.org
August 13-14, 2008: Building Rural Communities
Through CHDOs will be held in Holyoke, MA.
Sponsored by The US Department of Housing and Urban Development
and the Housing Assistance Council, this workshop, Single Family
Housing Development, will provide participants with important
information on financing and developing affordable single family
housing using the HOME program. Participants will examine the
overall assumptions, risks, procedures, financial considerations,
site planning, construction, and development issues inherent in
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 Holyoke,
245 Whiting Farms Road, Holyoke, MA 01040
Contact
Johanna de Graffenreid
registration@ruralhome.org
August 18, 2008: Building Rural Communities
Through CHDOs will be held in Kansas City, MO.
**Participation in this event is limited to organizations
which fall under the jurisdiction of the Missouri HUD Community
Planning and Development Office.
Sponsored by The US Department of Housing and Urban Development
and the Housing Assistance Council, this seminar, Building
Rural Communities through CHDOs : Determining Income,
will review the three definitions of income used in the HOME Program
and provide guidance on how CHDOs can ensure they are targeting
eligible households. Determining Income is a fundamental
component of using HOME funds effectively and ensuring that they
are targeted to households that are eligible for assistance. HOME
Program rules require the use of one of three definitions for
annual income to determine the eligibility of applicants.
Meeting Location: Residence Inn
by Marriott, 10300 North Ambassador Drive, Kansas City, MO 64153
Contact
Johanna de Graffenreid
registration@ruralhome.org
December 3-5, 2008: National Rural Housing
Conference 2008 will be held in Washington,
D.C. Save the date! Preconference meetings on December 2.
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