The Affordable Housing Tax Credit Coalition (AHTCC) is accepting entries for the 16th Annual Charles L. Edson Tax Credit Excellence Awards program. Presented to the most outstanding Low Income Housing Tax Credit (Housing Credit) properties in six categories, this national awards program celebrates the best in affordable rental housing development.
Each winner (and honorable mention) will be recognized in an award ceremony in Washington, DC. Entry categories include:
- Developments located in a metropolitan area;
- Developments located in a rural area;
- Special Needs housing (without regard to development location);
- Senior Housing (without regard to development location);
- Green Housing (without regard to development location);
- And Public Housing Revitalization (without regard to development location).
Projects must have been placed in service on or after January 1, 2009.
Nominations are encouraged an may be made by state Housing Credit allocating agencies, governmental agencies, national or local nonprofits, syndicators, development owners, or other allied professionals. Entries must be postmarked by COB on April 2, 2010 and sent directly to AHTCC. A complete application, judging criteria, and other program requirements are linked below.
Winners
Metropolitan/Urban Housing
Winner: National Park Seminary, Silver Spring, MD
Honorable Mention: Ashland Village, San Leandro, CA
Rural Housing
Winner: Jordan’s Gate, Opelika, AL
Honorable Mentions: Hooper Bay, Hooper Bay, AK
The Whitman, Pocatello, ID
Special Needs Housing
Winner: Louisville Scholar House, Louisville, KY
Honorable Mentions: Newark Genesis, Newark, NJ
Silver Star Apartments, Battle Creek, MI
Senior Housing
Winner: The Terraces on Tulane, New Orleans, LA
Honorable Mentions: Kelly Ridge, South Lake Tahoe, CA
Weinberg Manor East and West, Baltimore, MD
Green Housing
Winner: Equinox, Missoula, MT
Honorable Mentions: Bishop Swing Community House, San Francisco, CA
Cedars/Fox Hall, Bronx, NY
Public Housing Revitalization
Winner: Newport Heights, Newport, RI
Judging Committee
Charles L. Edson, Nixon Peabody, LLP
R. Ben Henderson, AEGON USA Realty Advisors, Inc.
Elizabeth Hersh, Housing Alliance of Pennsylvania
Linda Mandolini, Eden Housing, Inc.
Catherine Racer, Massachusetts Department of Housing & Community Development (chair)
Sponsors
Ballard Spahr LLP
Centerline Capital Group
City Real Estate Advisors
Eden Housing, Inc.
Enterprise Community Partners
Holland & Knight LLP
John Hancock Realty Advisors
Meridian Properties, Inc.
Merritt Community Capital Corp.
Michaels Development Company
National Equity Fund, Inc.
Nixon Peabody, LLP
Novogradac & Company LLP
Paul Hastings Janofsky & Walker LLP
PNC MultiFamily Capital
RBC Capital Markets
Reznick Group, P.C.
Winston & Strawn LLP
If your organization is interested in becoming a sponor for the 2010 Charles L. Edson Tax Credit Excellence Awards program please complete the below-linked sponorship application and return it by May 3, 2010.
If you have any questions concerning the awards program or the Affordable Housing Tax Credit Coalition please contact Coalition executive director Victoria Spielman (202-282-5349 or info@taxcreditcoalition.org).