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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…

Join ELPN for an intimate roundtable with an inspiring Bay Area affordable housing leader to discuss their career and take on our industry.

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.

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…

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…

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…