The Affordable Housing Tax Credit Coalition is proud to announce the winners of the 17th Annual Charles L. Edson Tax Credit Excellence Awards Program.
Metropolitan/Urban Housing
Winner: Ten Fifty B, San Diego, CA
Honorable Mention: City Arts, Baltimore, MD
Rural Housing
Winner: Foss Creek Court, Healdsburg, CA
Honorable Mentions: The Franklin Building, Watertown, NY
Mackinaw Retirement Village, Celina, OH
Special Needs Housing
Winner: Castle Gardens, Harlem, NY
Honorable Mention: Florence House, Portland, ME
Senior Housing
Winner: Mary Taylor House, West Chester, PA
Honorable Mention: Eklutna Estates, Anchorage, AK
Green Housing
Winner: Silver Gardens I, Albuquerque, NM
Honorable Mention: South Hills Retirement Residence, Pittsburgh, PA
Public Housing Revitalization
Winner: Columbia Parc at the Bayou District, New Orleans, LA
Honorable Mention: Obery Court Phase I, Annapolis, MD
Disaster Relief Housing
Winner: Oak Hill Jackson Brickstones, Cedar Rapids, IA
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The Affordable Housing Tax Credit Coalition (AHTCC) is accepting entries for the 17th Annual Charles L. Edson Tax Credit Excellence Awards program. Presented to the most outstanding Low Income Housing Tax Credit (Housing Credit) properties in seven 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 scheduled for May 11, 2011 in Washington, DC. Entry categories include:
- Developments located in a metropolitan area (minimum population of 50,000 or Standard Metropolitan Area);
- Developments located in rural area (maximum population of 50,000);
- Special Needs Housing ― without regard to development location;
- Senior Housing ― without regard to development location;
- Green Housing ― without regard to development location;
- Public Housing Revitalization ― without regard to development location;
- and Disaster Relief Housing – without regard to development location.
**Projects must have been placed in service on or after Jan. 1, 2010.**
Nominations are encouraged and may be made by state Housing Credit allocating agencies, governmental agencies, national or local nonprofits, syndicators, investors, or development owners. Entries should be postmarked by close of business on March 21, 2011 Friday, March 25, 2011 and sent directly to AHTCC. A complete application, judging criteria, and other program requirements are attached and can also be found online at www.taxcreditcoalition.org. If your organization is interested in becoming a sponsor for the Charles L. Edson Tax Credit Excellence Awards program, please contact Coalition executive director, Victoria Spielman at 202-585-8162 or info@taxcreditcoalition.org.
AHTCC Thanks the 2011 Charles L. Edson Tax Credit Excellence Awards Program Judging Committee
Holly Glauser, Pennsylvania Housing Finance Agency (Chair)
Cynthia Dodd Adcock, National Housing Conference
John C. Hughes, Office of the House Minority Whip Steny H. Hoyer (D-MD)
Marianne Votta, Bank of America Merrill Lynch
Jeffrey Woda, The Woda Group
2011 Charles L. Edson Tax Credit Excellence Awards Program Sponsors
AHTCC thanks and recognizes its 2011 Awards Program sponsors.
AU Associates, Inc.
Ballard Spahr LLP
Bank of America Merrill Lynch
Centerline Capital Group
City Real Estate Advisors, Inc.
Eden Housing, Inc.
Enterprise Community Partners
Holland & Knight LLP
Housing Advisory Group
John Hancock Realty Advisors
Meridian Investments, Inc.
Merritt Community Capital Corporation
Michaels Development Company
National Development Council/NDC Corporate Equity Fund, L.P.
National Equity Fund, Inc.
National Foundation for Affordable Housing Solutions, Inc.
Nixon Peabody LLP
Novogradac & Company
PNC Real Estate Tax Credit Capital
RBC Capital Markets
Reznick Group P.C.
If your organization is interested in sponsoring the 2011 Charles L. Edson Tax Credit Excellence Awards Program please complete and return the below linked form or contact Coalition executive director Victoria Spielman at 202-585-8162 or info@taxcreditcoalition.org.