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FROM THE EDITOR

Andre Shashaty, Editor
ashashaty@hanleywood.com

Change is possible, if you help make it happen. In the March issue of Affordable Housing Finance, we presented a list of policy options for the next president and a second batch for whoever takes over as secretary of the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). We need you to help us narrow down the two lists to 10 items each—enough to cover key issues but still short enough to get the attention of incoming policy advisers to the next president and key members of Congress. Please review our list of housing policy options by clicking here.
From the items intended for presidential policy, pick 10, in order of priority. Then do the same for the list of items intended for the HUD secretary. Feel free to elaborate on your views or suggest additional items not on our list by e-mailing them to me at ashashaty@hanleywood.com. Please vote today. Voting will be cut off March 16. And please pass this along to anyone you think may want to participate.

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WEB EXCLUSIVE

LISC Launches Green Development Center

Local Initiatives Support Corp. (LISC) recently opened its Green Development Center, a new effort to put green design, construction, and management principles to work in the neighborhood revitalization projects in which it invests.
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Fannie Mae Scopes Micro Loans

Fannie Mae has rolled out a new small-balance loan program, called Micro Loans, to complement its conventional small-loan program. The program targets loans of up to $750,000 on properties of five units or more, and expects the bulk of Micro Loan deals to be for Class B and C buildings housing those earning 100 percent of the area median income and below.
FULL ARTICLE

Mixed Motives Drive Online Poll Respondents to Go Green

Developers have a mix of motives for going green, according to the results of a recent online poll from the editors of AFFORDABLE HOUSING FINANCE. No one single motive got anywhere near the majority of the votes, yet more than a quarter of respondents said they went green to “keep up or stay ahead of other developers.”
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THE MAGAZINE

What the Next President Needs to Know About Housing

With the presidential election just eight months away, AFFORDABLE HOUSING FINANCE is launching an ambitious effort to bring the industry together around a simple but forceful housing agenda for the next president and secretary of the Department of Housing and Urban Development.
FULL ARTICLE

Roundtable Discussion: Industry Suggests Ideas for Change

Ideas abound on how to put the federal government back in the affordable housing business.
FULL ARTICLE

ANNOUNCEMENTS

AHF’s Readers' Choice Awards Nomination Forms Now Available

Did you complete an outstanding affordable housing development in 2007 or do you have an exemplary one planned for 2008? Or have you been involved in an affordable housing development that you think should be recognized? If so, AFFORDABLE HOUSING FINANCE magazine wants to hear about it. The magazine is now accepting entries for its 2008 Readers’ Choice Awards for the Nation’s Best Affordable Housing Developments. The finalists will be featured in the August 2008 issue, with the winners being announced in the November 2008 issue. The deadline for nomination forms is April 14, 2008.
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Calling Current, Former HUD Employees

If you have direct knowledge of corruption, favoritism in contracting, punishment of whistleblowers, and other illegal activities at the Department of Housing and Urban Development, please contact AFFORDABLE HOUSING FINANCE. We will not publish your name and will keep your identity completely confidential. Help expose the corruption now.
Please contact Andre Shashaty by e-mail at ashashaty@hanleywood.com; phone, (415) 315-1241, ext. 301; or fax, (415) 315-1248. Respondents must identify themselves in their communication, but the magazine will not publicly reveal their identities.

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