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Week of May 26, 2003

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* Reports Show Positive Local Economic Impact of Housing
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Housing Politics

* Sen. Graham Offers Support for Homeownership Tax Credit
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* Home Ventilation Committee Seeks New Members
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Member Dividends

* NAHB Helps Oklahoma Builders Advance Impact Fee Alternatives

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* Center Provides Information on Housing for Seniors
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Business Management

* Don't Put the CAD Before Your Product

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Multifamily

* Rep. Johnson Honored for Commitment to Affordable Housing

Labor

* Nashville Looks to Training for Safer Communities

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* New York Requires More Wind-Resistant Windows

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* Four New Members Inducted Into National Housing Hall of Fame
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Rep. Johnson Honored for Commitment to Affordable Housing

At a ceremony during NAHB’s spring board of directors meeting in Washington earlier this month, Rep. Nancy Johnson (R-CT) received the 2003 Robert J. Corletta Award in recognition of her efforts on behalf of affordable housing.

Johnson was cited for her role in making the Low Income Housing Tax Credit a permanent part of the tax code and increasing the amount of that program’s credits allocated to the states each year.

In her remarks, Johnson encouraged developers to invite their elected representatives to tour their affordable housing communities.

Just such a tour, she said, “opened my eyes to the fact that this sort of housing is a real asset to the community, and this experience was responsible for my focusing attention on the need to encourage affordable housing production and to protect and expand the Low Income Housing Tax Credit program.”


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She also noted that the tax credit is a great example of a private-public partnership that works to meet the nation’s need for affordable housing, which “is as great as ever.”

NAHB President Kent Conine, who along with his wife, Meg, develops and builds affordable housing, praised Johnson’s “commitment to affordable housing programs” and her record of keeping them “among her top legislative priorities.”

The award is sponsored by NAHB Multifamily and the Neighborhood Development Collaborative (NDC) and is named after the co-founder of the NDC and a past director of NAHB Multifamily, who was considered a visionary in the affordable housing industry.

The event was hosted by NAHB’s Housing Credit Group, which represents the special interests of the Low Income Housing Tax Credit’s developers and managers.
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