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16th Annual Tax Credit Developers Conference

January 14-15, 2010
Four Seasons Hotel
Miami, Fla.
Thursday: 9:00 a.m.-5:30 p.m. • Friday: 9:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m.
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Agenda

Thursday, January 14, 2010

Day One
8:00 a.m. - 9:00 a.m. Registration and Networking Breakfast
   
9:00 a.m. - 9:30 a.m. Welcome and Attendee Introductions
9:30 a.m. - 10:45 a.m. Washington Wire

Attend this session to hear a timely discussion on the latest developments in Washington, including the Homeowner Affordability and Stability Plan that will enable the development and rehabilitation of tens of thousands of affordable rental properties.
11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. The State of the Equity Market
  • Investor Appetite in 2010
  • The Equity Market in the Months to Come
  • The Changing Face of Equity
  • New Players in a Transitioning Industry
12:00 p.m. - 1:50 p.m.

Keynote Speaker Luncheon
2:00 p.m. - 2:50 p.m. Investors Seek to Protect Assets: Strategies for Complex Times
  • Refining/Restructuring Debt When HUD or State Subsidies are Involved
  • Saying Good-bye to Non-Performers (General Partners and Property Managers)
  • When to Turn off the Spigot
  • When to Walk Away
  • LIHTC or Market?
3:00 p.m. - 3:50 p.m. Resurrecting Stalled Projects
  • Considering the options:
    • Renegotiation
    • Adding Stimulus Money
    • Cutting Costs
    • 1602 Exchange Program
    • TCAP Program
    • HOME Funds
    • State and Local Programs
4:00 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. Partnering with HUD 
  • Incorporating HUD Funds
    • HUD-Insured Mortgages
    • Rental Assistance
    • HOME Funds
  • What’s New at HUD
    • Provisions of the Proposed Preservation and Tenant Protection Act of 2009
    • Escrowing Tax Credit Equity: A Thing of the Past?
  • Compliance Issues
5:30 p.m. - 7:00 p.m. Poolside Networking Reception
7:00 p.m. Day One Concludes

 

Friday, January 15, 2010

Day Two
8:00 a.m. - 9:00 a.m. Registration and Networking Breakfast
8:00 a.m. - 8:50 a.m. Developers Round Table: Tales From the Trenches
  • Overcoming Challenges, Avoiding Pitfalls
  • Doing Deals Using TCAP and Exchange Funds
  • 2010 Difficult Development Areas (DDAs) and Qualified Census Tracts (QCTs)
    • Who Wins, Who Loses and Why
9:00 a.m. - 9:50 a.m. Debt Matters: A Word from the Lenders
  • Lenders' reactions to the recapture provision, asset management by states vs. the investor community, and other legislative changes
  • Lenders’ requirements of developers who get exchange money
  • Lending in the new environment
  • New HFA Initiative
10:00 a.m. - 10:50 a.m. In the Drivers Seat: The New Role of the State Agencies
  • How to Work with State Agencies
    • New Tools, New Rules
    • Assessing New Policy Directions
    • Implementing the Exchange Provisions.
    • Appraising Asset Management and Compliance Functions
    • Evaluating the Changing Roles under ARRA
11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. Going Solar: ITCs and LIHTCs
  • Understanding risks and identifying rewards
  • Why a viable duo and one that ought to be considered
    • What the financing structure looks like
    • How investors view energy credits and what they will pay for them
  • LIHTC commercial taint issues
  • Effect of stimulus bill provisions (grant program)
  • Thinking Green
12:00 p.m. Conference Concludes