The Affordable Housing Tax Credit Coalition is proud to announce its thirteenth annual Charles L. Edson Tax Credit Excellence Awards program. These awards are presented to the most outstanding Low Income Housing Tax Credit (Housing Credit) developments in several distinct categories.
Nominations are encouraged and may be made by state Housing Credit allocating agencies, governmental agencies, national or local nonprofits, or development owners. Entries should be postmarked by close of business on April 13, 2007 and sent directly to AHTCC.
Groups interested in sponsoring the 13th Annual Charles L. Edson Tax Credit Excellence Awards program should contact Coalition executive director, Victoria Spielman, at 202-419-2025 or info@taxcreditcoalition.org.
2007 SPONSORS
- Boston Capital Corporation
- Capmark Financial Inc.
- Cargill Investment Group
- Centerline Capital Group
- Enterprise Community Investment
- Great Lakes Capital Fund
- Holland & Knight LLP
- John Hancock Realty Advisors, Inc.
- Meridian Investments, Inc.
- MMA Financial, LLC
- Moors & Cabot
- National Association of Home Builders
- National Equity Fund, Inc.
- Nebraska Investment Finance Authority
- NHT/Enterprise Preservation Corporation
- Nixon Peabody, LLP
- Novogradac & Company LLP
- Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker LLP
- PNC MultiFamily Capital
- Reznick Group
- The Richman Group, Inc.
- Simpson Housing Solutions, LLC
- SunAmerica Affordable Housing Partners
Each winner receives $5,000 in pize money to be used to bring additional services, facilities, or amenities to the winning development for the benefit of its residents.
Category of Awards
Category I: Project located in a metropolitan area (minimum population of 50,000 of
Standard Metropolitan Area – SMA)
Category II: Project located in rural area (maximum population of 50,000)
Category III: Special Needs Housing – without regard to project location
Category IV: Senior Housing
Trudy McFall, Homes for America (Chair)
Charles L. Edson, Nixon Peabody LLP
Carmel McGuire, National Association of Home Builders
Denise Muha, National Leased Housing Association
Haywood Sport, Alabama Housing Finance Authority
*Click here for the July 2007 editition of Tax Credit Advisors featuring articles on the 2007 Awards Luncheon and Metropolitian/Urban Housing award winner Solara.
Metropolitan/Urban Housing
Solara, Poway, CA
Rural Housing
New Holland Apartments, Danville, IL
*Senator – and Presidential candidate – Barack Obama sent a congratulatory letter to this award-winning Illinois Property. (See downloads below for a copy of the letter.)
Special Needs Housing
Treehouse at Easthampton Meadow, Easthampton, MA
Senior Housing
Oaks at Riverview, Tampa, FL
Metropolitan/Urban Housing
Broadway Crossing, Seattle, WA
Kennedy/Olean Townhomes, Rochester, NY
Mountain View Village, Anchorage, AK
New Columbia, Portland, OR
Rural Housing
Chandler Heights I, Seaford, DE
Special Needs Housing
Kingsbury Place, Grand Rapids, MI
St. Leo Campus for Veterans, Chicago, IL
The Genesee Apartments, Seattle, WA
Senior Housing
Allentown Center Square Apartments, Allentown, PA
Capper/Carrollsburg Seniors, Washington, DC