Housing Partnership Network

“Community Development Climate Finance!” 🏘️🌎💵 At #OFN40, CEO Harold Pettigrew, Jr. charted our journey ahead to combine community development finance and climate finance, creating this new industry. Made for this Moment, indeed! Energized if not refreshed (✈️ lag is real), from Harold’s opening keynote to the Zoom mtg on insurance and climate finance as I boarded at LAX 4 days later, my first OFN Conference was a whirlwind charged by commitment from passionate crafters of capital solutions, built to empower communities and sustainable transformation. ✅ ⚒️Workshopping climate lending strategies with HPN member CDFIs and our rockstar TA teams ✅ 🐟 Michelin ⭐️ ceviché and deep convos on climate resilience at a food hall in SouthLA developed by collaborators ✅🏙️ Rooftop reflections with fellow building decarb nerds and green bankers ✅ 🙌🏻 HPN <> SURE <> IPC team IRL time ✅⛵️Wayfinding into unchartered waters with brilliant minds from EPA, OFN, LISC, CPC, Philanthropic partners, member leaders, and so many others ✅💚 Even squeezed in a good long walk with an old friend and dinner with my sister who came up from SD just to hang 💚 🙏🏻Grateful for the opportunity to do this work alongside y’all. Onward. It’s been a minute since a good ol’ LIn post so excuse the lack of brevity! This year’s been constant motion. Robin Hughes Eric Chatman Katie Rodriguez Meaghan McCarthy Housing Partnership Network Kerry O'Neill James McIntyre Alexander Shermansong Inclusive Prosperity Capital SURE Amber Kuchar-Bell Nicole Sonderegger Sindhu Lakshmanan David Widawsky Madeline Fraser Cook Trisha Miller, Trenton Allen Jeff Perlman Michael Freedman-Schnapp Atalia Howe David Hodgins John Moon Whitney Mann Tamara George Elizabeth Fish Glynn Rebecca Meier Bennett Hilley Gregory Lopez Johanna Gilligan Heather Joy Rosenberg Adalia Rodriguez Robert Dean Sarah Gulezian Bryan Woll Rachel Bluestein Sara Morgan Mollie Dowling Kirby Burkholder Cindy Holler Also, LA’s pride for the city was palpable. As a New Yorker, ✊🏻

I’m honored and humbled that Opportunity Finance Network has recognized CPC with their inaugural Outstanding CDFI Award!    A lot has changed since CPC was founded in1974. Our housing problems are different, our neighborhoods are different, and the ways we seek to solve those problems have evolved. One thing that hasn’t changed is CPC’s mission, and our ability to meet the moment.     Being recognized by an organization like OFN and our CDFI peers is an honor, not because we like to collect awards, but because it represents our five decades of work and impact. It’s 50 years of CPC employees coming to work every day to make a difference in our communities, and in the lives of the people who live there. Thank you to our team and thank you to OFN. 

🚨 Industry Insights: Our CEO, Robin Hughes, shares her expert perspective on the major challenges facing the #affordablehousing sector, the urgency of disrupting the status quo, and her top policy priorities in this insightful Affordable Housing Finance article. 🏘️✨ 👉 Read the full interview here: https://lnkd.in/eS59ewDJ

🏘️ Banyan Infrastructure and SURE (a joint venture by Inclusive Prosperity Capital and Housing Partnership Network) are excited to announce a unique partnership that will help lower energy costs and create more sustainable, affordable housing and community infrastructure across the country. 🤝 This powerful partnership combines Banyan Infrastructure's cutting-edge project finance software with SURE's deep expertise in community lending, affordable housing, and green energy. 💪 The result? Streamlined processes, enhanced transparency, and a replicable framework that empowers community lenders to finance more sustainable, affordable housing projects. 🌱 Together, we're building a greener, more equitable future for communities across America. Learn more: https://lnkd.in/gyATGm9t #affordablehousing #sustainablefinance #cleanenergy #communitydevelopment #GGRF #IRA #greenlending

We are thrilled to announce the launch of the Fall 2024 Housing Partnership Network Next Gen Talent Academy powered by Project Destined. This week, we begin training 50+ students from 20+ universities, deepening their understanding of the affordable housing sector. The multi-week program is designed to fast-track access to careers in real estate development, asset management, financing and operations. The program will include a graduate school professor-led affordable housing certificate course, site visits to affordable housing communities, and executive speaker sessions featuring leaders from program sponsors, Housing Partnership Network, Cinnaire Advancing Communities, Jonathan Rose Companies, Rocky Mountain Communities, Movin' Out, Inc., Atlanta Neighborhood Development Partnership, National Housing Conference, Merritt Community Capital Corporation, and MassHousing. We are excited to partner with Housing Partnership Network to equip the next generation of leaders with unparalleled opportunities for growth and development. Special thanks to Kathryne Auerback, Nancy McDonald, Kathleen Evans, Mark Attia, Ashani O'Mard, Jay Perlmutter, Sara Haas Cecilia Leal, Susan Adams, Kara Beigay, David Dworkin, Brittany Webb, Mark S. Marshall, Chris Furlong, Amritpal Byrd, Su Chae, Tony Frank, Angei Valrie, Lucius Vassar, Donsia Strong Hill, Mike Witt, Josh Ghena, Megan Fuller, Elisabeth Rask, Mark Stay, Katlynn B. Kretz, JT Mackey, Katey Forth, Sabrina Barker, Max Jawer, Allie Kronthal, Cole Cage, and Celina P.

Our members are amazing!

The affordable housing delivery system in America is at a crossroads. Post-pandemic challenges and economic stressors have left housing providers navigating uncharted waters, facing conditions that threaten their stability and ability to deliver much-needed affordable rental homes to families and individuals with low incomes. The sector has always faced obstacles, but the current headwinds are reshaping its landscape in unprecedented ways. As CEO of the Housing Partnership Network, I’ve spoken with our members from across the country to understand these shifts and explore solutions. In my latest #blogpost, I offer candid insights on what’s at stake—and what needs to be done to safeguard the future of affordable housing.

Are you attending Opportunity Finance Network's SOLD OUT Conference in Los Angeles next week? If so, you won't want to miss our EVP of Capital Markets, Katie Rodriguez, speaking during an important panel discussion about using New Market Tax Credits for affordable homeownership. Katie will be joined by leading experts Smith NMTC Associates, LLC EVP Donna Smith, Community Housing Capital, Inc. Chief Lending Officer DANA CHESTNUT, and NeighborWorks Columbus President and CEO Cathy Williams. 📣 Panel: Harnessing New Markets Tax Credits to Drive Affordable Homeownership 📅 Date: Thursday, October 24 at 9 a.m. PT 📍 Location: Los Angeles, CA More on the panel: Using New Markets Tax Credits (NMTCs) for homeownership development can help your organization support community stabilization, address racial inequity in homeownership, and expand wealth-building opportunities. This session will explore how community development entities (CDEs) are using their NMTC allocation to provide critical subsidy to homeownership development. Participants will have the opportunity to dig into key considerations for CDEs/CDFIs contemplating NMTCs for homeownership so that you walk away ready to expand your own NMTC program and leverage this tool to support affordable homeownership production. #OFN40 #NMTCs #CDFIs

#IHP2024 wrapped up with an insightful morning focused on solutions to homelessness and the role of data and technology as critical infrastructure for organizations. HPN’s EVP for Peer Exchange, Policy & Programs, Noel Andrés Poyo, led a thoughtful reflection session on this year’s Exchange takeaways. IHP leaders expressed excitement about the lessons they’re bringing home, from strategic insights on outsourcing and portfolio stability to the urgent need for housing preservation. A key theme was the importance of reframing housing advocacy to secure broader public and political support. We’re eager to continue collaborating with our international colleagues on these pressing priorities in the months ahead!

Today #IHP2024 leaders crossed the river from downtown D.C. to Arlington, VA, to meet with HPN members—True Ground Housing Partners, National Housing Trust, and Wesley Housing —alongside their local partner, The Washington Housing Conservancy. Hosted by Amazon’s public policy and community engagement teams, the group discussed Amazon’s Housing Equity Fund, an unprecedented $3.6 billion commitment to affordable housing in its home communities, including the D.C. region. HPN members have already partnered with Amazon on preservation, new development, and homeownership projects, with more exciting ventures ahead!