The Affordable Housing Tax Credit Coalition (AHTCC) congratulates the winners of the 17th Annual Charles L. Edson Tax Credit Excellence Awards. 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.
This year, the Coalition received numerous remarkable entries―48 applications from 21 states. A panel of five judges selected 7 first place finishers and 7 honorable mentions. Winners are:
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
Each winner will be recognized at a Capitol Hill luncheon ceremony on Wednesday, May 11, 2011. Contact AHTCC’s executive director, Victoria Spielman (202-585-8162 or info@taxcreditcoalition.org) for more information regarding the awards ceremony.
This year’s judging panel included Holly Glauser, Pennsylvania Housing Finance Agency (chair); Cynthia Dodd Adcock, National Housing Conference; John C. Hughes, Office of the Honorable Steny Hoyer (D-MD).; Marianne Votta, Bank of America Merrill Lynch; and Jeffrey Woda, The Woda Group, LLC.