This webinar is designed to provide a high-level overview of California’s, as well as Bay Area specific, policies and programs towards building decarbonization for your portfolio of existing multifamily affordable housing properties. This will also look at how Bay Area developers and organizations are utilizing these policies and programs, as well as design considerations.
Read More »ELPN is tuning into the SF Urban Film Fest! Grab your popcorn and join ELPN on Thursday, February 18 at 5:30pm PST for a virtual watch party of Rebuilding Paradise. We'll watch the film together and have a mini discussion right after. About Rebuilding Paradise: On the morning of Nov. 8, 2018, a spark from a transmission line in Northern California, coupled with climate-impacted conditions, quickly grew into a devastating firestorm that engulfed the picturesque city of Paradise, California. By the time…
Read More »Join ELPN for an intimate roundtable with an inspiring Bay Area affordable housing leader to discuss their career and take on our industry.
Read More »Join us as Dioni Rey from Mithun, David Mar from Mar Structural Design and Kristen Belt from Mithun de-mystify the art of selecting construction types.
Read More »Come tour an affordable housing construction site without having to take off your WFH slippers! Join ELPN for a virtual tour of Resources for Community Development's Coliseum Place, hosted by David Baker Architects. How do buildings evolve during construction? How can I shepherd our team's intent all the way through to a completed building? With a combination of live onsite video conferencing and remote presentation, we will introduce the project, including it's core goals of providing deep affordability and sustainability…
Read More »Join ELPN and Goldfarb & Lipman LLP for a virtual brownbag to help you review and negotiate loan documents, such as loan agreements, regulatory agreements, promissory notes, deeds of trust, and assignment agreements from multiple lenders. Learn how to communicate your organization’s goals to your lenders, attorneys and deal participants. This workshop gives you the opportunity to strengthen fundamental understanding of the various loan documents (e.g., loan agreement, regulatory agreement, DOT, guaranty etc.) involved in an affordable housing project closing…
Read More »MHP, HHC, AHSC, VHHP, NPLH, UMRs – drowning in the acronym soup? Join us for a primer on the California Department of Housing and Community Development’s (HCD) underwriting, loan programs, and closing process. We will discuss the building blocks of the HCD Universal Multifamily Regulations (UMRs); review general, supportive, and transit-oriented HCD programs; and discuss what's new at the Department. This session will be useful to individuals and organizations hoping to apply for new and legacy HCD funding programs. Material…
Read More »Women of color who aspire to leadership roles face unique challenges in our industry. Join NPH ELPN's DEI Round Table discussion to learn from a panel of amazing BIPOC female leaders in the affordable housing industry on the essential skills and strategies to become a leader, and to increase diverse representation in our industry's leadership roles. How can organizations seek to support women for important leadership roles within the systemic and cultural barriers? What are they doing right? How are…
Read More »While much of the affordable housing industry focuses on rental housing – homeownership offers opportunities to address inequities in wealth while also providing long-term stable housing to low-income households. This event will bring together policy leaders and practitioners to discuss different affordable homeownership policies and programs – as well as opportunities to support and expand these housing types. The discussion will also go over the history, advantages and challenges of affordable homeownership programs. Panelists will discuss community land trust, limited…
Read More »Managing a project but didn’t know the difference between liability and property insurance? You’re in luck! Please join ELPN and Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. for an Insurance 101 virtual brown bag. We’ll review the risks covered by different types of insurance, which ones you need to protect your project, what goes in to determining your insurance bill, and how you can make absolutely sure you have the insurance coverage you thought you had! Speaker: Justin Dove, Arthur J. Gallagher…
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