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Shelter from the Storm: Housing the Displaced After
Hurricane Katrina
Marriott at Metro Center
775 12th St. NW
Washington, DC
October 17, 2005
(Red line on metro, Metro Center stop)
Congressman William Jefferson (D-LA) added as Keynote Speaker
for sold out IPED Hurricane Katrina Conference!
Biography of
Congressman Jefferson...
Why You Should Attend
Shelter from the Storm: Housing the Displaced After Hurricane Katrina is
the first national conference to deal with housing issues after Hurricane
Katrina devastated the southern parts of Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama. It
is more imperative now than ever that the housing industry has a thorough
understanding of federal, state and local government programs as well as
private sector response that will shape housing policy for those affected by
Hurricane Katrina and that we join together in a dialogue regarding how to
address the critical housing needs of those affected by Hurricane Katrina.
This seminar will explore up-to-the-minute developments that will affect the
rebuilding of these states, look at congressional actions to date and discuss
enacted legislation as well as pending measures. Representatives of HUD, IRS,
FEMA, RHS, National Trust for Historic Preservation, Habitat for Humanity, and
State Housing Agencies will address key issues that affect their programs,
projects and missions. The private sectors will explore initiatives undertaken
and planned for the housing industry to find permanent affordable housing
solutions for those displaced by Hurricane Katrina.
Lastly, this seminar will explore what lies ahead, assessing the feasibility of
proposed new initiatives and their chance of adoption, including the Single
Family Tax Credit for impacted areas, Disaster Enterprise Zones, Urban
Homesteading in Disaster Areas and additional changes to the Low Income Housing
Tax Credit(LIHTC).
We invite you to join in both staying current on issues, actions and new
developments and in thinking creatively about what the housing industry can do
to assist in the rebuilding effort after Hurricane Katrina.
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Agenda
Monday October 17, 2005
9:30 AM Registration and Continental Breakfast
10:00 AM Congressional Actions to Date: A review of already
enacted legislation as well as pending measures to address the disaster.
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Appropriations for Affordable Housing
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Revisions to existing housing programs
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New congressional program enactments
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Expansion and revisions to the Low Income Housing Tax Credit
Speakers: Francine Friedman, Esq., Associate, Hunton &
Williams, Washington, DC James Miller, Esq., Partner, Hunton & Williams,
Washington, DC Monica Hilton Sussman, Esq., Partner, Nixon Peabody LLP,
Washington, DC Richard Price, Esq., Partner, Nixon Peabody LLP, Washington, DC
Moderator: Richard Goldstein, Esq., Partner, Nixon Peabody LLP, Washington, DC
11:00 AM Break
11:15 AM HUD, IRS, FEMA, RHS and HFAs Meet Hurricane Katrina
Representatives of HUD, IRS, FEMA, and RHS and State Housing Agencies will
address the key issues that affect their programs, projects and missions:
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Waivers of existing requirements such as income limitations, rent payments,
etc., public housing waiting lists
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How owners can make vacant units available
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New programs to meet the emergency
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Geographical limitations, if any, on program changes
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Examples of creative activity to date
Speakers: Gary Cunningham, Assistant Deputy Director for Housing/Federal Housing Commissioner, HUD, Washington, DC Russell T. Davis,
Administrator, USDA-Rural Housing Service, Washington, DC Helena Cunningham,
President, Louisiana Housing Finance Agency, Baton Rouge, LA Sharon Kay,
Taxation Specialist, Office of Tax Legislative Counsel-Department of Treasury,
Washington, DC John Hughes, Senior Legislative and Policy Associate, National
Council of State Housing Agencies (NCSHA), Washington, DC Moderator: Monica
Hilton Sussman, Esq., Partner, Nixon Peabody LLP, Washington, DC
12:45 PM Keynote speaker: Congressman William Jefferson (D-LA)
2:00 PM The private sectors step up-a discussion of initiatives
undertaken and planned from the private and non-profit sectors of the housing
industry to find permanent affordable housing solutions for the displaced.
Speakers: Pres Kabacoff, CEO, Historic Restoration, Inc., New
Orleans, LA Susan Corts, Director of Partnerships, Habitat for Humanity
International, Washington, DC Harry Kelly, Esq., Partner, Nixon Peabody LLP,
Washington, DC Moderator: Jeffrey Lesk, Esq., Partner, Nixon Peabody LLP,
Washington, DC
3:00 PM Unique problems of properties utilizing historic
credits
Speakers: Patrick Lally, Director of Congressional Affairs,
National Trust for Historic Preservation, Washington, DC Andrew Potts, Esq.,
Partner, Nixon Peabody LLP, Washington, DC Moderator: Herb Stevens, Esq.,
Partner, Nixon Peabody LLP, Washington, DC
3:30 PM
What Lies Ahead-Assessing the feasibility of the following proposed new
initiatives and their chance of adoption:
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Single Family Tax Credit for impacted areas.
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Disaster Enterprise Zones
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Urban Homesteading in Disaster Areas
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Additional Changes to the LIHTC
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Other Changes Suggested by Seminar Participants
Speakers: Wayne Neveu, Esq., Partner, Foley & Judell LLP,
New Orleans, LA Jerry Johnson, Esq., Partner, McGlinchey Stafford PLLC,
Jackson, MS Mtumishi St. Julien, Executive Director, Finance Authority of New
Orleans, New Orleans, LA Francine Friedman, Esq., Associate, Hunton &
Williams, Washington, DC Moderator: Richard Goldstein, Esq., Partner, Nixon
Peabody LLP, Washington, DC
4:45 PM Reception for Participants
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