BBC Multifamily Webinar: Innovative Energy Efficiency Financing in Public Housing
Tuesday, September 22, 2020 from 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM EDT
Energy and water efficiency upgrades in public housing can free up operating funds while reducing tenant utility bills and improving resident health and comfort. This webinar will review challenges that Public Housing Authorities (PHAs) face in accessing capital for retrofits and present innovative solutions three PHAs pursued to successfully finance efficiency projects in public housing. Panelists will spotlight successful and replicable approaches that made their projects possible.
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During this webinar we will:
- Discuss the financing gaps and barriers that keep PHAs from realizing greater energy and water savings
- Hear from three PHA leaders about the innovative approaches they took to navigate HUD regulations and incentives to achieve efficiency savings
- Learn replicable strategies implemented by both large and small PHAs to finance efficiency projects
Presenters:
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JoAnn R. Sutton, PHM, HCVS, is Executive Director of the Manhattan Housing Authority of Kansas. JoAnn has served in several leadership positions at the local, state, and national levels of the National Association of Housing and Redevelopment Officials and is currently serving as Treasurer for the state chapter.
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Stephen Cea is Director of the Department of Development, Modernization, and Sustainability at the Jersey City Housing Authority (JCHA). He is the point person between national development companies and the JCHA regarding the planning and repositioning of outdated public housing. Stephen is a New Jersey attorney with over 20 years of HUD related and public housing experience as well as development experience.
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Tina Miller has led Cambridge Housing Authority's (CHA’s) energy program for the past 15 years. Her work has been instrumental in leveraging grant funds, utility incentives, and energy finance in support of the CHA's transformative portfolio wide energy program. Tina has experience with substantial building retrofits, on-site energy installations, and energy supply contracting as well as energy reporting.
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