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From
start to finish SDHDA's 12th Annual Housing Conference is an event
you will want to be sure to attend.
This year's conference, beginning the afternoon of Tuesday, November
19, will open with Milroy Alexander, Executive Director of the Colorado
Housing and Finance Authority and member of the Millennial Housing
Commission, sharing an overview of the findings of the Congressionally
established Commission. Following that will be the release
of preliminary findings of South Dakota's Housing Needs Analysis,
a study conducted by Mullin & Lonergan Associates. This
half day session will be open to the public allowing citizens the
opportunity to share their insights, concerns, and ideas for addressing
South Dakota's housing needs.
Wednesday's full day agenda begins with Dr. Ernest Goss, the Jack
MacAllister Chair in Regional Economics and Professor of Economics
at Creighton University, providing national, regional, and state
economic information.
Greg Gray, President of Renaissance Unlimited, Inc., will present
an afternoon keynote address on "Desperately Seeking Service…getting
your organization to look beyond satisfaction." Greg, co-author
of the largest customer service training course in U.S. history,
will entertain and enlighten you on customer service and personal
responsibility.
SDHDA also has a full line-up of breakout sessions sure to inform
and update participants on the latest news and events related to
South Dakota's housing industry.
Our first track of breakout sessions will cover issues of Fair Housing;
environmental hazards to single and multifamily housing; the basics
to affordable housing; and keeping America's community banks alive.
The second set of breakout sessions will explore design trends in
today's housing; risk management for multifamily properties;
an update on Section 8 vouchers for homeownership; and a panel discussing
how intertwined the lending, insurance, and real estate industries
have become.
SDHDA's Conference will conclude with breakout sessions which include
a national speaker on identity theft; a national consultant on mixed
income issues; basic occupancy issues; and how we can work together
to end homelessness in South Dakota.
SDHDA will also again be honoring an individual and an organization
for their efforts in South Dakota's housing industry. Nominations
are being accepted through October 11, 2002. The Friend of Housing
Awards Luncheon will be held on Wednesday, November 20, 2002.
For more information on SDHDA's Annual Housing Conference including
registration information, detailed session and speaker descriptions,
hotel information, and Friend of Housing Award information, visit
SDHDA's website at www.sdhda.org.
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