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Working with LIHTCs in an ARRA World

May 13-14, 2010
New Orleans, La.
LOEWS New Orleans Hotel

Early Bird Special! Register by April 23, 2010 and receive $100 off the registration price.


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Agenda

Thursday, May 13

Day One

8:00 a.m. - 9:00 a.m. Registration and Networking Breakfast
9:00 a.m. – 9:30 a.m. Welcome and Audience Introductions
9:30 a.m. – 10:45 a.m.

Washington Wire

  • News from the Hill
  • The 2010 election cycle
    • How it will affect the LIHTC industry
11:00 am – 11:50 a.m.

Examining Investor Appetite

  • Where the investors are and what they want
  • New strategies for a volatile industry
  • Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac and what the future holds
12:00 p.m. – 1:30 p.m.

Keynote Luncheon
2:00 p.m. - 2:50 p.m.

Developer Innovation in the “New Normal”

  • Hurdling developer challenges
    • New and old obstacles to look out for
    • Inspiring innovation: funneling creative ideas into sound action
  • New ideas and the strategies needed to put them into play
    • Developing trends—best practices in the “new normal”
3:00 p.m. - 3:50 p.m.

Debt Matters: A Word from the Lenders

  • Outlook for 2010
  • Working with TCAP and exchange programs
  • Underwriting in the “new normal”

4:00 p.m. - 4:50 p.m.

ARRA Funds:  Exchange and TCAP

  • Asset management and state agencies
  • Structuring for the benefits:  depreciation and the investor
  • Avoiding recapture
5:00 p.m. - 6:30 p.m. Networking Reception

 

Friday, May 14

Day Two
8:00 a.m. - 9:00 a.m. Registration & Networking Breakfast
9:00 a.m. - 9:50 a.m.

Rehabilitation Tax Credits

  • Identifying preservation partners
  • Working with community interests
  • Overcoming preservation/reuse issues
10:00 a.m. - 10:50 a.m.

HUD and Your Project

  • Multi-family program up-date
  • Insured mortgages: pros and cons
  • Working with HUD
    • Compliance challenges
11:00 a.m. - 11:50 a.m.

State-of-the-Art Transaction
Learn by example. Listen as experts discuss the finer points of affordable housing development by looking at some projects that got it right.
12:00 p.m. Conference Concludes