The newest episode of the Affordable Housing Podcast is now available. In this episode, Membership and Operations Senior Associate Allison Ward speaks to Tom Loftus, Studio Director for Aufgang architectural firm to dive into their innovative setup for affordable housing in New York City. Aufgang's innovation centers on adaptive reuse and cohabitating affordable housing and worship spaces. Victory Baptist is a pair of six-story mixed-use buildings at 1007 Union Avenue in Morrisania, The Bronx. Designed by Aufgang Architects and developed by Michael Callaghan of Exact ..read more

The newest episode of the Affordable Housing Podcast is now available. In this episode, Membership and Operations Senior Associate Allison Ward, Speaks to guests in NALHFA’s own backyard, the DC Housing Finance Agency. They talk about their award-winning project, The Douglass: A Todd A. Lee Townhome Community. Joining Allison from DCHFA is Christopher Donald, Executive Director & CEO along with Kori Heyward, current resident of The Douglass ..read more

The newest episode of the Affordable Housing Podcast is now available. In this episode, NALHFA Government Affairs Director Josh Brandwein and Ethan Handelman, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Multifamily for the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) discussed HUD initiatives relevant to NALHFA members including the newly announced Pathways to Removing Obstacles to Housing (PRO), Green and Resilient Retrofit and Multifamily Risk-Sharing programs. Click below and join the conversation to hear more about current HUD activities in the affordable housing space and opportunities for N ..read more

The newest episode of the Affordable Housing Podcast is now available. In this episode, Director of Government Affairs, Josh Brandwein speaks with Jessica Facciponti, NALHFA’s Legislative Committee Chair and Vice President of Government Affairs at the New York City Housing Development Corporation (NYCHDC), and Brian Daaleman, Director of External Affairs also with NYCHDC, to talk about the latest happenings in federal relations in Washington, D.C.  ..read more

The newest episode of the Affordable Housing Podcast is now available. In this episode, Membership and Operations Senior Associate Allison Ward speaks with former community organizer, housing policy expert, and co-author to Richard Rothstein, Leah Rothstein to talk about racial inequity in housing, and what the affordable housing community can do to help undo housing segregation. Leah Rothstein co-authored, with Richard Rothstein, a sequel to The Color of Law. While in The Color of Law, Mr. Rothstein described how government policy created residential segregation, the seque ..read more

The newest episode of the Affordable Housing Podcast is now available. In this episode, Membership and Operations Senior Associate Allison Ward speaks with Tanya Dempsey and Nicole Graham, Co-CEOs of CSG Advisors to talk about women in the housing and financial industries and the importance of affordable housing in our society today. Earlier this year, CSG Advisors announced its new and expanded leadership structure. Nicole Graham and Tanya Dempsey, long-standing leaders of the firm and responsible for CSG’s housing authority practice, are co-CEOs. In addition to serving as co-CEOs, Nicole a ..read more

The newest episode of the Affordable Housing Podcast is now available. In this episode, Membership and Operations Senior Associate Allison Ward speaks with Christopher Donald, Executive Director & CEO of DCHFA along with Blaise Rastello, Development Director of Affordable Housing at the Gilbane Development Company and Claudia Schlosberg, Principal at Castle Hill Consulting & former Senior Deputy Director and Medicaid Director at the Department of Healthcare Finance to talk about their recent NALHFA Award of Multifamily Excellence for their project, Livingston Place. Livingston Pla ..read more

The newest episode of the Affordable Housing Podcast is now available. In this episode, Senior Membership and Operations Associate Allison Ward speaks with Donna Sedgwick, Assistant Professor in the Department of Sociology at Virginia Tech and Dustin Read, Professor and Director of the Master of Real Estate Development Program at Clemson University. Their discussion focuses on how affordable housing companies remain socially responsible in light of the fiscal pressures in which they face ..read more

The newest episode of the NALHFA Affordable Housing Podcast is now available. In this episode, Senior Membership and Operations Associate Allison Ward is joined by Josh Brandwein, NALHFA’s Director of Government Affairs for a Washington Update Briefing to walk through the results of the 2022 Midterm Elections and the outcomes of congressional balances of power. Josh is joined by a special guest, Jacob Carter, a thought leader in the political sphere and the Director of Government Affairs for several other associations. Josh Brandwein serves as the Director of Government Affairs for the Nationa ..read more

The newest episode of the NALHFA Affordable Housing Podcast is now available. In this episode, Senior Membership and Operations Associate Allison Ward is joined by Josh Brandwein, NALHFA’s Director of Government Affairs for a Washington Update Briefing to walk through NALHFA’s recent legislative and regulatory activity, the upcoming midterm elections, and what to expect for the remainder of the year in Congress ..read more