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Welcome to Liz Bramlet Consulting's Training Center

 

Our mission is to provide training and other services to help you understand today's affordable housing.

If you are from a HUD office, public housing authority, or state/local housing finance agency, take advantage of our "Three for Two" discount when registering for any class offered in 2012.  Register and pay for two people to take a course, and you will be asked to register a third for free.  

Click on Current Calendar to view all courses currently on our schedule.  Email
support@lbctrainingcenter.com if you are interested in a type of training you do not see on our calendar.

Go to
www.lizbramletconsulting.com/Special-Events.html to download a catalog of the courses we currently offer.

The LIHTC industry is commpetitive, and you want to give yourself and your company every possible edge.  Strengthen your credentials by clicking on Certification Exam and learning about the designations we offer.  They are unique in the industry, and  obtaining them will demonstrate your commitment to understanding today's affordable housing. 

For information on consulting services, go to www.lizbramletconsulting.com.  Follow Liz on Twitter at www.twitter.com/lizbramlet.

If you are interested in receiving updates on the affordable housing industry and on new course offerings, send an email to housingnews@aweber.com and ask to be placed on the mailing list.

 

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Planning the Lease-Up for Your LIHTC Project Webinar
Planning the Lease-Up for Your LIHTC Project Webinar

Tuesday, February 28, 2012; 12:00 Noon - 4:00 PM, Eastern Time

This 4 hour interactive discussion, (including a 15-minute break), addresses the concepts that a developer and property manager must understand to successfully plan the lease-up for their LIHTC project.

- The information a participant needs to connect to the webinar is sent by email the day prior to the class.  A Power Point presentation of the webinar is attached to the email.  Only those who have registered and paid for the class receive this email.

- The class is presented as a webinar, but a participant may elect to follow it as a teleclass by utilizing the Power Point presentation provided the day before the training is scheduled.

-  Beginning in 2012, all webinars presented by Liz Bramet Consulting's Training Center include exercises for participants to complete at strategically timed points during the training to confirm each person's understanding of the course material. 

- Questions are encouraged before, during, and at the end of the class.

AGENDA FOR PLANNING THE LEASE-UP FOR YOUR LIHTC PROJECT 

Part One - LIHTC Concepts Fundamental to Planning A Lease-Up 

- The Placed in Service Date

- Defining an LIHTC Project 

- The Minimum Set Aside 

- The Targeted Applicable Fraction 

- The Credit and Compliance Periods 

- The Two-Thirds Rule

- The First Year Averaging Convention 

- The Income Limit 

- Maximum Allowable Rent

- Vacant Unit and Transfer Rules

Part Two - Goals for a Successful LIHTC Lease-Up

- Meeting the Credit Delivery Schedule Promised Investors in the Partnership Agreement 

- Avoiding any Negative Adjustors Allowed in the Partnership Agreement

- Receiving Benefit from Any Positive Adjustors Allowed in the Partnership Agreement 

- Avoiding the Impact of the Two-Thirds Rule

- Understanding the Impact of the First Year Averaging Convention when Leasing Each Unit

- Responding to Market Pressures

- Producing the Largest Possible LIHTC ASAP 

- Part Three - Planning the Lease-Up for New Construction 

- Coordinating the Leasing and Construction Schedules 

- The 120-Day Rule 

- Pre-Approving LIHTC Applicants

- Meeting the Minimum Set Aside

- Applying the First Year Averaging Convention

- Confirming Each Building's Targeted Applicable Fraction

- Confirming Year One of Each Building's Credit Period

- Utilization of the Safe Harbor Rule

- 15 MINUTE BREAK

Part Four - Planning the Lease-Up for Acquisition/Rehab 

- Know the Date of Acquisition 

- Know When the Developer Plans to Place Each Building's Rehab Credits in Service  

- Develop Schedule for Certifying the Existing Residents Based on the Rehab PIS Dates 

- Develop Report for Tracking Impact of Resident Relocation on Credit Delivery

- Meeting the Minimum Set Aside 

- Confirm Each Building's Targeted Applicable Fraction 

- Utilization of the Safe Harbor Rule 

Part Five - Miscellaneous

- HOME Funded LIHTC Projects 

- Planning the Lease-Up for Public Housing/LIHTC Developments 

- Planning the Lease-Up for HUD-Assisted Developments

- Resyndication

Part Six - Wrap Up With Questions

 

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