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Julie Bornstein, Executive Director, Coachella Valley Housing Coalition
Julie Bornstein, Executive Director, Coachella Valley Housing Coalition
The Endicott Hotel: Revitalization and sustainability
Rosemary M. Heard, President and CEO, CATCH Neighborhood Housing
Bringing new life to mountain communities: the Route 123 story
Stuart J. Mitchell, President and CEO, PathStone Corporation
Challenge: To rebuild deteriorating housing and employment opportunities in Puerto Rico's Route 123 Heritage Area, amid a crumbling infrastructure and shrinking tax base that have crippled the ability of local governments to meet needs.
Investing where traditional banks won't: Building success and community in Indian Country
Rollin Wood, executive director, Native Partnership for Housing
Challenge: The Navajo Nation covers more than 27,000 square miles. Seventy percent of those living in the nation earn less than $15,000 per year. Many banks will not lend to residents of sovereign Native American Nations out of fear they will not be able to foreclose on delinquent loans.
A self-sustaining business model delivers greater success for clients and organizations
Mike Loftin, Chief Executive Officer, Homewise, Inc.
Making mortgages affordable and accessible for first-time homebuyers
Dennis Oshiro, Executive Director, Hawaii HomeOwnership Center
Challenge: Due to the high cost of homes, condominiums can be an affordable alternative for low-income families. But with costly down payments, pricy mortgage insurance and strict FHA requirements, it can be difficult for first-time homebuyers to secure loans for these purchases.
Setting and meeting ambitious goals through collaborative leadership
Jim King, President and CEO, Fahe
Challenge: Central Appalachia had an estimated 100,000 units of substandard or overcrowded housing. Housing nonprofits serving the area could only produce 2,000 units annually. The organizations thus needed to change the way they did business to meet the challenges in the impoverished region.
Some community-development organizations think the foreclosure crisis is over, but there’s a new emergency now hitting the elderly hard, says Lou Tisler, who recently left Neighborhood Housing Services of Greater Cleveland after 12 years as executive director. That new crisis is tax foreclosures — the sale of a property due to unpaid tax liabilities.
MonteVerdeRowe: breathing new life into a city block
Walter D. Webdale, President and CEO of AHC Inc.
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