Affordable Housing Investment: Impactful Returns Realized
Wednesday, October 16, Union Station, Washington, DC, 4:00–9:30 pm
2019 Symposium: Richard F. Burns, President & CEO, NHPF
Welcome to the 3rd Annual NHP Foundation Symposium & Dinner, Affordable Housing Investment: Impactful Returns Realized, and a celebration of our 30th anniversary. The past three decades the vast majority of affordable housing has been made possible by the highly successful LIHTC tool created by Congress. This remarkable, bi-partisan, legislation benefits everyone in the equation—renters, developers, and investors. NHPF’s success for the last 30 years is owed to early institutional investors
who saw the potential of this asset class to produce worthy returns, both financially and socially. Those initial investments from pioneering companies such as Aetna, John Hancock, Northwestern, and PNC created the original capital that NHPF has leveraged into today’s successful 51-property portfolio across 15 states and the District of Columbia. Those early stakeholders set the stage for future corporate investors. Participating corporations would invest in affordable housing, going on to receive returns on capital derived from federal tax credits, offsetting federal income tax liability. Since that time many traditional funders have successfully entered the affordable housing market, including a variety of private equity and private debt funds. However the need remains great. At a time when traditional investments like pension plans have fallen short of their projected returns, we are calling for a new generation of institutional investors to take up the challenge. Using impact investing or ESG criteria to better determine the future financial performance of affordable housing investment (return and risk) as well as our own positive data on affordable housing ROI, we are determined to show institutional investors the upsides of including this stable asset class in their portfolios. The concept led us to partner with Kingsley Associates, a real estate research industry leader. The firm conducted dozens of in-depth personal, confidential interviews with fund managers to gauge their current perceptions of investing in affordable housing as well as some recommendations for the industry. The results of the study, presented here today, serve as the springboard for the thought- provoking panel, led by Jonathan Schein of IREI, publishers of the real estate industry’s most respected publications, tackling the ongoing need to provide millions of Americans with quality, service-enriched affordable housing. We are grateful to this year’s Symposium and Dinner speakers and panelists. This dynamic collective provides attendees access to the latest industry strategies and innovative ideas, advanced through a discussion designed to create real momentum toward meeting the challenges of a nation without enough housing that people can afford. We are also grateful to our sponsors and investors during this, our 30th year. And as we move forward, we look to build on the sold financial foundation set by those early investors. We hope you will join us as we continue to foster strong relationships, which are essential to the success of our foundation’s valuable work. We truly appreciate your support!
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