2021 Virtual Conference

Opening Plenary - Racial Inequities in Housing and Community Development

• La Fonte Nesbitt, Shareholder, Kantor Taylor PC, Washington, DC
• Ivy Dench-Carter, Senior Vice President of Development, Pennrose, Baltimore, MD
• Lucius Vassar, Corporate Counsel & EVP Equitable Engagement, Cinnaire, Detroit, MI
• Mike Wilson, Senior Vice President, Transactions Management and Capital Markets at Atlanta Housing Authority, Atlanta, GA

1. The Race Conversation About Housing

1A - Combatting Homelessness, Protecting Residents and the Impact of 2020 on Owners

• Andrea Ponsor, CEO Steward of Affordable Housing for the Future, New York, NY    
• Shamus Roller, Executive Director, National Housing Law Project, Philadelphia, PA
• Chloe Coravos, Asst. General Counsel, The Community Builders, Chicago, IL
• Alexis Lorenzo, Director, Foreclosure Prevention Community Economic Development Unit, Bronx Legal Services, New York, NY

1. CDC-Eviction-Moratorium-03292021_Temporary Halt in Residential Evictions
2. CDC Frequently Asked Questions
3. NHLP_ CDC-Eviction Moratorium_ Revised Analysis
4. Treasury Department FAQ on Emergency Rental Assistance
5. Fast-Facts_2021 Debt_Collection-Eviction-IFR_2021-04
6. Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection

1B - RAD and Public Housing Repositioning

• Courtney Hunter, Of Counsel, Ballard Spahr, LLP, Washington, DC
• Tom Davis, US Department of Housing and Urban Development, Washington, DC
• Vickie Longosz, Senior Attorney, US Department of Housing and Urban Development, Washington, DC

1. RAD and Public Housing Repositioning

1C - Tax Twisters and Creative Real Estate Structures

• Kyle Arndt, Partner, Bocarsly Emden Cowan Esmail & Arndt LLP, Los Angeles, CA
• Nathan Bernard, Partner, Nixon Peabody, Boston, MA 
• Penny Indictor, Partner, Berman, Indictor, Philadelphia, PA 

1. Outline
2. Reference

1D - Professional Development & Lessons Learned for COVID-19: The Good the Bad and the Ugly

• Theresa Omansky, Federal Home Loan Bank of New York, New York, NY
• Bennett P. Applegate Sr., Partner, Applegate & Thorne-Thomsen, PC, Chicago, IL
  
• Donna Rodney, Partner, Miles & Stockbridge, Washington, DC
• Niki Tsismenakis, Partner, Goldstein Hall PLLC, New York, NY

1E - FHA Multi Family Update: The 202 MAP Guide and the Latest on Remote Closings

• Ian Adams, Partner, Kantor Taylor, PC, Seattle WA
• Michael Montagne, US Department of Housing and Urban Development, Washington, DC
  
• Corinne Oshima, US Department of Housing and Urban Development, San Francisco, CA
• Susan Campbell, Partner, Blanco Tackabery, P.A., Winston-Salem, NC
  

1. 2020 MAP Guide - Chapter 19 – Closing
2. HUD Contingency Plan for Closings -03162020 Memorandum

1F - State Agency Perspective on New LIHTC Policies

• Jennifer Schwartz Director of Tax and Housing Advocacy, National Council of State
  Housing Agencies, Washington, DC
• Ryan Fleming, Director, Office of Housing Finance Georgia Department of Community Affairs, Atlanta, GA
• Mark Shelburne, Housing Policy Consultant, Novogradac Company, LLP, Raleigh, NC
• Nancee Robles, Executive Director, California Tax Credit Allocations Committee, Los Angeles, CA
  
• Summer Jefferson, Housing Tax Credit Supervisor, Minnesota Housing, Minneapolis, MN
• Lisa Vatske, Director, Multi-family Housing and Community facilities, Washington State Housing Finance Commission, Seattle, WA
  

1. NCHSA Recommended Practices in Housing Credit Admin
2. NCSHA Comment Letter on IRS Housing Credit Average Income Test Proposed  Rule
3. NCSHA Letter to IRS, Treasury Urges Guidance
   
   

PLENARY A:  HUD LEADERSHIP Updates

• Schuyler Armstrong, Deputy General Counsel, Telesis Corporation, Washington, DC  
• Damon Smith, Principal Deputy General Counsel/Acting General Counsel, Washington, DC
  
• Amy Brown, Deputy General Counsel for Housing Programs, Washington, DC

1. Notice H 2021-01: Continued Availability of Funds for COVID-19 Supplemental Payments for Properties Receiving Project-Based Rental Assistance under the
   Section 8, Section 202, or Section 811 Programs
2. Notice PIH 2021-01 Use of Expired Guidance
3. Notice PIH 2021-05: Use of Shared Housing in the Housing Choice Voucher Program
4. Notice PIH 2021-07: Demolition and/or disposition of public housing property, eligibility for tenant-protection vouchers, and associated requirements
5. Notice PIH 2021-10: Implementation of the Federal Fiscal Year (FFY) 2021
6. Funding Provisions for the Housing Choice Voucher Program, and Availability of FFY 2020 Housing Assistance Payments (HAP) Set-Aside Funds for Second Round Per Unit Cost (PUC) Increases due to Unforeseen Circumstances 
7. Notice PIH 2021-12: Implementation of Public Housing Operating Fund Shortfall Funding from Federal Fiscal Year (FFY) 2021 Appropriations
8. HUD PIH COVID FAQ (Updated February 5, 2021)
9. Federal Register Notice: Temporary Halt in Residential Evictions to Prevent the Further Spread of COVID-19
10. HHS/CDC COVID FAQ (Updated February 5, 2021)
11. Deal Tribal Leader Letter (Dated March 30, 2021)
12. Letter from Secretary of HUD Regarding REAC Inspections 4-23-2021

PLENARY B: IRS & TREASURY DISCUSSIONS ON LIHTC ISSUES

• Glenn A. Graff, Partner, Applegate & Thorne-Thomsen, P.C., Chicago, IL
• Jill Goldstein, Partner, Kutak Rock, LLP, Omaha, NE
• James Holmes, Senior Counsel, Branch 5, Passthroughs & Special Industries, Office of Chief Counsel, IRS, Washington, DC (invited)
• Dillon Taylor, Attorney, Branch 5, Passthroughs & Special Industries, Office of Chief Counsel, IRS, Washington, DC (invited)
• Michael S. Novey, Associate Tax Legislative Counsel, Office of Tax Policy, U.S. Department of the Treasury, Washington, DC (invited)

1. IRS Treasury Discussions on LIHTC Issues
2. Rate Bulletin 2
3. Proposed Average Income Test Regs
4. Final Forum Leaders AIT Comment Letter
5. LIHTC Average Income Comment Letter
6. AHTCC Comment Letter
7. NCSHA Comment Letter
8. 2021-12606_TNT Docs
9. Notice 2021-12
10. Notice 2020-23 Internal Revenue Services
11. Notice 2020-53 Internal Revenue Services
12. Notice 2021-17 Internal Revenue Services
13. Instructions Form 8609A
14. Form 8609 A 

2A - Elderly Housing Update: Navigating Section 202 and RAD for PRAC

• Leigh Poltrock, Counsel, Troutman Pepper Hamilton Sanders, LLP 
• Vickie Longosz, Senior Attorney, US Department of Housing and Urban Development, Washington, DC
  
• Dan Ehrenberg, Partner, Klein Hornig LLP, Washington, DC

1. Outline RAD for PRAC
2. Draft - RAD for PRAC - PBRA Closing Checklist
3. Elderly Use Agreement - Subordination Agreement
4. Legal Opinion
5. RAD Consolidated Owner Certification
6. RAD for PRAC Conversion Workflow
7. RAD for PRAC Use Agreement
8. Sample Certification and Assurances for 202 RAD PRAC Closing_3.16.21
9. Termination and Release Template

2B - LIHTC Hot Topics

• Forrest Milder, Partner, Nixon Peabody LLP, Boston, MA
• Judy Crosby, Of Counsel, Kutak Rock LLP, Omaha, NE
  
•  Dan Kraus, Partner, Kraus Lam LLP, Chicago, IL
• B. Susan Wilson, Vice-President Enterprise Housing Credit Investments LLC,  Columbia, MD

1. Comments on Income Averaging submitted by members of Forum on Affordable Housing and Community Development
2. Complaint _Illiff v. Dominium
3. Docket_Illiff v. Dominium
4. Developer Accused of Low-Income Housing Tax Credit Fraud - Law360
5. Internal Revenue Service -Notice-2021-12
6. Internal Revenue Service Income Averaging Regulations

2D - Community Economic Development, Supporting Small Business in these Current Times Community Economic Development, Supporting Small Business in these Current Times

• Dina Schlossberg, Deputy Director, Regional Housing Legal Services, Philadelphia, PA
• Aimee Griffin-Joyner, Principal, The Griffin Firm, PLLC, Washington, DC
• Jodi Nishioka, Executive Director, Communities Rise, Seattle, WA
• Richard Pinner, Assistant General Counsel Local Initiative Support Corporations (LISC), New York, NY

1. COVID-19 Economic Injury Disaster Loan
2. Resources for Small Businesses
3. Paycheck Protection Plan: (FAQs) on PPP Loan Forgiveness
4. PPP Loan Forgiveness FAQs
5. LISC National Small Grant Makes
6. 4-23 LISC Handout Small Business Grant Capacity 4-22-2021
7. Grant-Makers Must Build Equity into the Details Next City

2E - Fair Housing and Asset Management

• Vonda Orders, Counsel, Reno & Cavanaugh, PLLC, Washington, DC
• Sheila Salmon, Principal Coan and Lyons, Washington, DC
  
• Megan Sylvester, Federal Compliance Counsel Texas Department of Housing and Community Development, Austin, TX
• Lesley Edmond, Chief Housing Officer DC Department of Housing and Community Development, Washington, DC

1. Fair Housing and Asset Management 
2. Accessibility Rehab
3. Federal Actions To Address Environmental Justice in Minority Populations and Low-Income Populations
4. 2012 – 2015 Environmental Justice Strategy U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
5. HUD Environmental Justice Strategy
6. Fair Housing and Environmental Justice: New Strategies and Challenges

2F - Year 15 Roadblocks and Solutions

• Randall B. Shorr, Principal, Randall B. Shorr Attorney at Law, Cleveland, OH
• David A. Davenport, Managing Partner, BC Davenport, Minneapolis, MN
• Dena Xifaras, Senior Vice President, Ownership & Operations, Preservation of Affordable Housing, Inc., Boston, MA

1. Year 15 - Roadblocks and Solutions
2. Investors Mine For Profits In Affordable Housing, Leaving Thousands of Tenants at Risk (Permission granted by WBUR)

Special Thanks to our Bronze Sponsors

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2021 Firm Sponsors

• Applegate Thorne-Thomsen, P.C.
• Arnall Golden Gregory LLP 
• Ballard Spahr, LLP 
• Buchalter 
• The Banks Law Firm 
• Bocarsly Emden Cowan Esmail & Arndt LLP 
• Cannon Heyman & Weiss, LLP 
• Cassin & Cassin LLP 
• COATS|ROSE 
• Dentons US LLP 
• Fox Rothschild, LLP 
• Goldfarb & Lipman, LLP 
• Holland & Knight, LLP 
• Jones Walker, LLP 
• Kantor Taylor, PC 
• Klein Hornig, LLP 
• Kutak Rock, LLP 
• Reno Cavanaugh, LLP 
• Troutman Pepper 
• Winthrop & Weinstine, P.A

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CLE Credit

The ABA will seek 5.00 hours of CLE credit in 60-minute states, and 6.00 hours of CLE credit for this program in 50-minute states.  Credit hours are estimated and are subject to each state’s approval and credit rounding rules.  Please visit the website for program CLE details or visit www.americanbar.org/mcle for general information on CLE at the ABA.  For more information about CLE accreditation in your state, visit www.americanbar.org/cle/mandatory_cle.html or contact Dawn R. Holiday [email protected] or 312-988- 5660.

Florida Bar regulators have stated that attorneys will not receive Florida credit for this ABA program, even if they self-apply.