Florida's Live Local Act in 2023 provided a variety of tools aimed at encouraging and facilitating much-needed affordable housing development statewide. These 90-minute regional workshops, sponsored by the Florida Housing Finance Corporation through the state's Affordable Housing Catalyst Program, are geared toward local government staff to share best practices, experiences, and lessons learned to date […]

This is the first training in a two-part series designed to provide guidance on the fundamental rules of the SHIP program, as well as assist SHIP administrators with five years or less of SHIP experience with the implementation of their programs. This webinar will provide a SHIP program overview, income eligibility review, LHAP guidance, and […]

This second half of a webinar series is designed to provide guidance on the fundamental rules of the SHIP program.  Presenters will review a year-long timeline of SHIP tasks and deadlines and will provide LHAP guidance about strategy implementation.  Participants will learn about tracking and reporting SHIP, fiscal management, monitoring, and compliance. This administration training […]

LOCATION: Entrepreneur Collaborative Center 2101 E. Palm Avenue Tampa, FL 33605 This workshop is designed to introduce the underwriting process that takes place after a funding award has been approved.  The invitation to credit underwriting is a vital first step to prepare for before applying for financing.  It is a complex and critical part of […]

Florida's Live Local Act in 2023 provided a variety of tools aimed at encouraging and facilitating much-needed affordable housing development statewide. These 90-minute regional workshops, sponsored by the Florida Housing Finance Corporation through the state's Affordable Housing Catalyst Program, are geared toward local government staff to share best practices, experiences, and lessons learned to date […]

This webinar will provide an opportunity to learn about how appraisals impact homeownership opportunities and the development of affordable housing.  Attendees will learn about the affect appraisal gaps have on a home purchase and how Realtors, lenders, and appraisers can work together to close the gap between value and purchase price.  This webinar will also […]

Florida's Live Local Act in 2023 provided a variety of tools aimed at encouraging and facilitating much-needed affordable housing development statewide. These 90-minute regional workshops, sponsored by the Florida Housing Finance Corporation through the state's Affordable Housing Catalyst Program, are geared toward local government staff to share best practices, experiences, and lessons learned to date […]

This two-part webinar series will focus on Florida’s State Apartment Incentive Loan program, an essential source of financing that is flexible and tailored to fill funding gaps in affordable multifamily housing projects.  SAIL, created by the State of Florida, has been a national model for providing gap financing for affordable apartments since it was created […]

Live Local Act in 2023 provided a variety of tools aimed at encouraging and facilitating much-needed affordable housing development statewide. These 90-minute regional workshops, sponsored by the Florida Housing Finance Corporation through the state's Affordable Housing Catalyst Program, are geared toward local government staff to share best practices, experiences, and lessons learned to date on […]

This training introduces best practices for helping home buyers.  Most SHIP funds must be expended for homeownership activities, and homebuyer assistance is one of the most common strategies employed by local governments to meet the homeownership set aside requirement. This training is for SHIP local government housing staff and their community partners interested in developing, […]

This webinar assists new SHIP staff in understanding the program rules that govern the administration of assistance strategies, the timeline and targets tied to program administration, the LHAP, annual report and program compliance.  SHIP staff with 5 years or less of experience may benefit from this training, which addresses deadlines and responsibilities throughout the year.  […]

Participants will review a SHIP Administrator Disaster Preparedness Checklist.  The presenters will address year-round housing mitigation techniques to strengthen homes in preparation for future disasters, including guidance from Enterprise Community Partners’ publication ‘Keep Safe’.

Presenters will demonstrate how SAIL can be leveraged with the 4% or 9% low-income housing tax credits, multifamily bonds and other funding sources for developing or rehabilitating affordable rental housing. The training will showcase successful projects exhibiting the wide range of housing types possible with the program, including farmworker-fisher worker housing, housing for persons experiencing […]

This webinar offers guidance on converting hotels and commercial properties to permanent affordable housing, especially supportive rental housing.  The presenters discuss cost analyses for various development models, construction standards, how much to develop into affordable housing, and the planning and zoning changes needed.