Join us on Wednesday, January 27 from 2:00 to 5:30 pm ET to hear from Affordable Housing Credit Improvement Act of 2019 lead sponsors Senator Maria Cantwell (D-WA) and Congresswomen Suzan DelBene (D-WA) and Jackie Walorski (R-IN), as well as incoming Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Mike Crapo (R-ID). We look forward to thanking them for their efforts to secure the minimum 4 percent Housing Credit rate and hearing what’s to come in the 117th Congress.

Senator Maria Cantwell (D-WA)

Senator Mike Crapo     (R-ID)

Congresswoman Suzan DelBene (D-WA)

Congresswoman Jackie Walorski (R-IN)

The Annual Meeting will also feature timely panels focused on the new Congress and Administration, and key legislative and regulatory updates, including modernization of the Community Reinvestment Act and implementation of the minimum 4 percent housing Credit rate. See below for more information about sessions and speakers. Our Board of Directors meeting will be held on Tuesday, January 26.

• Senator Maria Cantwell (D-WA)
• Senator Mike Crapo (R-ID)
• Congresswoman Suzan DelBene (D-WA)
• Congresswoman Jackie Walorski (R-IN)

• Tony Alfieri, Chairman of the AHTCC Board of Directors and Managing Director and Co-Head, RBC Community Investments
• Emily Cadik, Executive Director, AHTCC
• Michael Gaber, President of the AHTCC Board of Directors and Executive Vice President, WNC, Inc.

• Emily Cadik, Executive Director, AHTCC
• Melissa Francis, Principal, Venn Strategies
• Matt Josephs, Senior Vice President, Local Initiatives Support Corporation
• Ryan Sfreddo, President, Red Stone Equity Partners

• Adam Carasso, Senior Advisor, Senate Finance Committee Majority Staff for Chairman Ron Wyden (D-OR)
• Victoria Honard, Senior Policy Advisor, Office of Congresswoman Suzan DelBene (D-WA)
• Alice Lin, Budget Policy Adviser, House Ways and Means Committee Majority Staff for Chairman Richard Neal (D-MA)
• Stephen Simonetti, Senior Policy Advisor, Office of Congresswoman Jackie Walorski (R-IN)

• Laura Bailey, Senior Vice President, Capital One
• Dudley Benoit, Executive Vice President, Aliant Capital
• Megan John, Senior Policy Analyst, AHTCC
• Matt Josephs, Senior Vice President, Local Initiatives Support Corporation
• Buzz Roberts, President and CEO of the National Association of Affordable Housing Lenders

• Ben Applegate, Attorney and Founding Member, Applegate & Thorne Thomsen
• Alan Cohen, Partner, Holland & Knight
• Forrest Milder, Partner, Nixon Peabody LLP
• Michael Novogradac, Managing Partner, Novogradac & Co.
• Jennifer Schwartz, Director of Tax and Housing Advocacy, National Council of State Housing Agencies

On September 15, over 250 affordable housing professionals attended the Virtual Affordable Housing Forum, co-hosted by the AHTCC and Housing Advisory Group (HAG). Attendees heard remarks from House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), Senator Todd Young (R-IN), and House Ways and Means Chairman Richard Neal (D-MA), who shared their continued support for affordable housing and the Housing Credit, as well as timely election insights from political analyst Charlie Cook, and affordable housing policy updates from industry leaders and experts.

For more information, see our blog.

• November 9 Webinar: Election Impacts on Affordable Housing 
• October 19 Webinar: Virtual Advocacy and Engagement
• August 24 Virtual Announcement: 2020 Charles L. Edson Tax Credit Excellence Awards 
• June 25 Webinar: Amending Tax Returns, 8609s and the “Reasonable Cause” Approach (view recording and slides)
• June 10 Virtual Meeting: AHTCC June Virtual Convening (view recording and slides)
• January 29 In-Person Meeting: AHTCC 2020 Annual Meeting

• June 4 In-Person Event and Meeting: 2019 Charles L. Edson Tax Credit Excellence Awards and Reintroduction of the Affordable Housing Credit Improvement Act
• January 29 In-Person Meeting: AHTCC Adopts 2019 Legislative Priorities at Annual Meeting