Multifamily Funding:  Inter-Agency Collaboration in a New Era.
In a time of new challenges and opportunities, with traditional resources for affordable housing in flux, hear from agency leaders about new program opportunities, synergies, trends, and developments in financing multifamily housing.

Moderator:  Ann Soja, President, First Sterling Financial, Inc.

Panelists:  Richard Froehlich, EVP and Chief Counsel, NYC HDC, Brian Lawlor, Executive Deputy Commissioner, NYS DHCR, Laura Lazarus, Deputy Commissioner, NYC HPD, Marian Zucker, EVP, NYS HFA

The New NYC Building Code.
The new NYC Building Code will take effect on July 1, bringing with it sweeping changes.  This panel will discuss the impact these changes will have on affordable multi-family development.  The panel will also discuss how these changes will affect costs and promote green design.  Finally the panel will cover the implementation and long term goals of the new code.

Moderator:  Mark Ginsberg, FAIA, Curtis + Ginsberg Architects, LLLP

Panelists:  Les Bluestone, Blue Sea Development Company, LLC ; Hon. Patricia Lancaster; Herbert L. Mandel, AIA, Partner, MHG Architects, P.C.

For Profits and Non Profits:  “What’s in it for Me?”
Developing, owning and managing affordable housing – sometimes we compete and sometimes we work together.  Aside from forming joint ventures, are there other synergies to explore?  What results have been achieved – both positive and negative – from interactions among the players?  Our panel will focus on specific relationships and results which can be achieved when the two worlds meet.

Moderator:  Evelyn Wolff, Consultant

Panelists:  Heidi Burkhart, Director, Eastern Consolidated Properties; Lisa Gomez, EVP, L&M Development Partners; Colvin Grannum, President, Bedford Stuyvesant Restoration; Carrie Van Syckel, VP, Goldman Sachs Urban Investment

Changing Federal Housing Policies: An Interactive Discussion.
This panel will discuss what the housing industry can expect from a change in Washington as well as what we should require of a new administration. How will regulatory barriers, housing subsidies, tax policies and financial incentives change and what does our industry really want the federal government to do. This will be an interactive discussion with participants asked to weigh in on how they think federal policies should be shaped in a new administration.

Moderator:  Jerilyn Perine, Executive Director, Citizens Housing and Planning Council

Panelists: Bernard Fulton, Senior Legislative Representative, City of New York; Harold Shultz, Senior Fellow, Citizens Housing and Planning Council

Cut Costs, Build Green. (PDF of Presentation » )
Green criteria, including Energy Star and LEED, are becoming important components of most city and state housing programs.  Meet the developers, consultants, and government officials that have successfully taken green buildings from design development to occupancy, and discover resources and processes that allow you to build and finance these buildings.

Moderator: F.L. Andrew Padian, Director of MultiFamily Programs, Steven Winter Associates, Inc.

Panelists:  Timothy Brinduse, R.A., Principal, T.A.B. Design Architects; Luke Falk, Project Manager, NYSERDA; Mark Zimet, Director of Development, Dunn Development

Senior Housing:  Possibilities & Hurdles.
This panel will discuss how to successfully build senior housing with Section 202 financing with tax credits.  We will also explore how to build other kinds of senior supportive housing development, including independent living and affordable assisted living.

Moderator:  Jasleen K. Anand, Principal, Law Office of Jasleen K. Anand
     
Panelists:  Sydelle Knepper, CEO, SKA Marin; Bobbie Sackman, Policy Director, NYC Council of Senior Centers & Services; Peggy Sheehan, Senior Project Manager, U.S. Dept. of HUD; Richard Singer, Partner, Hirschen Singer & Epstein LLP

IDA Bond Financing for Affordable Housing.
Local industrial development agencies, which can issue tax-exempt bonds to finance affordable housing, are an important but underused resource.  This panel will explore the role of IDAs, the process and the parties involved in IDA transactions, and the opportunities and challenges of working with IDAs relative to other bond issuers.

Moderator:  Peter Brodie, VP, RBC Capital Markets

Panelists:  Mark Fletcher, VP, NYS HFA; Joseph Gioino, Executive Director, Nassau County IDA; Steven Weiss, Partner, Cannon Heyman & Weiss, LLP

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