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Session Handouts are posted below each session description.

Sessions run concurrently during time periods.

Thursday, April 30

8:00 a.m. - 10:00 a.m.

Registration / Buffet Breakfast

10:15 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. Four Concurrent Sessions

Software vendors used by NJHMFA sites will individually present their products in 45 minute presentations in the Harding Room during Thursday’s morning and afternoon sessions. Representatives from REALPAGE, Yardi, IPM and Domin-8 have been invited to participate.

Green Programs Available to Existing Multifamily Buildings

  • Who Should Attend: Managers, Managing Agents, and Owners
  • Speakers: Mary Sheehy, Green Homes Administrator, NJ Green Homes Office, NJHMFA; Lionel Kier, Executive Director, BTC Management Corp.; Dennis Wilson, Founder of ‘The Solar Center’
  • Session Description: Energy Efficiency Programs available to multifamily building owners through the NJ Clean Energy Program. A review of an existing building that has participated in various energy efficiency programs and offers. Information on steps needed to complete an energy audit, collect the right team, and apply for incentives.

TRACS Updates

  • Who should attend: Subsidized Housing Managers/Managing Agents
  • Speakers: Francis Thomas (Moderator); Connie Curtis, Crystal Smith, Adonica Watkins and Kim Beczo
  • Session Description: NJHMFA Contract Administration staff will give updates on 202C EIV and IMAX

Tax Credit Updates

  • Who Should Attend: Managers; Managing Agents and Owners of Tax Credit Properties
  • Speakers: Kevin Krier, (Moderator)Hillcrest Management; Debra Urban, NJHMFA; Steven Salup, President of National Leased Housing & Exec. VP and General Counsel to the Starret Corp.; Michelle Kitchen, Director of Legislative Affairs, NAHMA: Peter Gray, Senior Vice-President for the Starret Corporation
  • Session Description: Join this experienced panel as they discuss the latest trends affecting LIHTC properties. Get advice from the experts on how to help your financially struggling tax credit development in this difficult climate where rent increases are hard to get and expenses are skyrocketing.

Creating Functional & Safe Environments

  • Who Should Attend: Social Service Workers, Coordinators, Services for Independent Living (SIL) Coordinators and Managers
  • Speaker: John Kriger, MSN, President of Kriger Consulting, Inc., which provides enlightening organizational training, and management consulting, coaching, assessment and evaluation services with his seasoned team.
  • Session Description: In this session learn what current research says about the impact of hostile environments on the brain and learning. Discover easy methods for improving the emotional and psychological safety of clients and staff, while improving and enhancing their potential for the future. Learn to engage more of your brain and improve your memory for better results. Realize strategies you can implement today to increase retention, sharpen focus and improve concentration.

Session Handouts

Software Session: More Than Just Software

  • Who Should Attend:Managers/Agents/Owners
  • Speakers: Jason Spencer, YARDI and Heather Gullickson, Domin-8
  • Session Description: Learn how technology is evolving around the changing needs of today’s property management professionals. Two of today’s leading property management software companies, YARDI and Domin-8, will show you how technology is being used to improve and enhance everyday tasks today… and tomorrow. This session will introduce you to new tools for document management, automated rent processing and electronic bank deposits, payable/invoice processing, and online marketing and resident portals specifically tailored to your needs in Affordable Housing.

12:15 p.m. - 1:15 p.m.

Awards Luncheon

• Joe Doria, Commissioner, NJ Department of Community Affairs has been invited to speak.
• Presentation of Pioneer in Affordable Housing Award
• JAHMA Special Recognition Award
• Jahma Foundation Scholarship Program Presentation
• Communities of Quality Recognition

1:30 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. Four Concurrent Sessions

HUD Updates

  • Who should attend: Owners/Managing Agents
  • Speakers: Walter Kreher, (Moderator),Director, Newark Multifamily Program Center, U.S. Dept. of Housing and Urban Development; Dean Santa, Sr. Project Manager; Brenda Edmondson, Branch Chief, Program Compliance Branch; Brenda Salas, Equal Opportunity Specialist; Nancy Bolster, Senior Project Manager
  • Session Description: This informative HUD session will focus on excess income reporting requirements, Violence Against Women Act lease requirements, Limited English Proficiency requirements, Section 504 accessibility issues, AFHM Plans and Local Residency Preferences.

Session Handouts

Contract Administration

  • Who Should Attend: Subsidized Housing Managers/Managing Agents
  • Speakers: Francis Thomas (Moderator); Pamela Breitenbach, Funding Specialist, HUD; Greg Collins, Contract Coordinator, NJHMFA; Shoba Narayan, Sr. Subsidy Accountant, NJHMFA; Richard Dyer, Contract Coordinator, NJHMFA
  • Session Description: Contract Renewals & Rental Adjustments

Is That Your Final Answer?

  • Who Should Attend: All Managers/Agents/Owners
  • Speakers: Mattie D. James (Moderator) Essex Plaza Management; representatives from NJHMFA: Adonica Watkins, Connie Curtis, Jonelle Stewart, Linda Wilson and Kim Beczo; Janice McNally, Tax Credit Compliance Manager, Interstate Realty Management and CPO Instructor.
  • Session Description: This informative, interactive and entertaining session will introduce real life scenarios with attendees casting their votes in determining who is correct based on the HUD regulations in the 4350.3. Please e-mail specific questions you’d like answered during this session to admin@jahma.org no later than April 15th!

Session Handouts
Topic 1- Double Dipping Subsidy Payments

Topic 2 - Students in Section 8 Housing

Topic 3 - EIV – When You Find Out Your Tenant Didn’t Report Employment

Topic 4 - Vouchers and EIV Adjustments

Topic 5 - Social Security Numbers

Topic 6 - Seasonal Workers/Temp Agency

Topic 7 - Pets

Topic 8 - TRACS

Doing More with Less

  • Who Should Attend: Social Service Workers, Coordinators, Services for Independent Living (SIL) Coordinators and Managers
  • Speaker: John Kriger, MSN, President of Kriger Consulting, Inc., which provides enlightening organizational training, and management consulting, coaching, assessment and evaluation services with his seasoned team.
  • Session Description: Have you ever said, “I just don’t have the time?” Do you wish you were more motivated, focused, and capable of achieving greater results? Would you like to develop and achieve greater outcomes and have more focused goals? Discover secrets to stopping self-sabotage and start today to make a more focused difference in your life. Learn the power of focused attention and what you can do and make more of an impact on this world.

Session Handouts

Software Session: Change in the Industry – How It Impacts You and Your Software

  • Who Should Attend:Managers, Owners, and Agents
  • Speakers: Janel Ganim, REALPAGE and Bill Sullivan, IPM
  • Session Description: Our industry is constantly changing. Come hear representatives from IPM and RealPage discuss how those changes impact you and your software. Discussion topics will include a recap of 2.0.2C/iMAX, the future of DOS, security issues and a look ahead to what’s coming in the next 18-24 months.

3:15 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. General Session

Share the Wealth

  • Who Should Attend: Managers, Owners, and Agents
  • Speakers: Ken Pagano (Moderator), Essex Plaza Management; Bob Sasso, NJHMFA; Paul Aprigliano, REAC; Connie Loukatos, HUD, Philadelphia; Kris Cook, Executive Director, NAHMA.
  • Session Description: Hear our distinguished panel as they “Share the Wealth” of information and updates on HUD, NJHMFA and NAHMA hot topics and issues.

5:15 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.

Networking Reception - We Salute America!
JAHMA Foundation Fund Raiser

9:00 p.m. - 12:00 a.m.

Join us for Entertainment and Dancing in the Oval Room

Friday, May 1

8:00 a.m. - 10:00 a.m.

Buffet Breakfast

10:00 a.m. - Noon

Ask the Experts

Roundtable discussions will be held, where you will challenge each other’s perception of what you’ve learned during Thursday’s sessions for you to take back to your every day work world.

Ballroom A: HUD – Walter Kreher, Pam Breitenbach, Dean Santa, Brenda Edmondson and Brenda Salas

Ballroom B: NJHMFA Contract Administration – Francis Thomas, Contract Administration Staff

Ballroom C: NJHMFA Property Management Division – Bob Sasso, Christine Bauer, and Linda Wilson

Eisenhower Room: Marilyn White, CHSP Administrator, Division of Aging and Community Services will provide an update from Department of Health & Senior Services (DHSS) Programs for elderly and handicap.

Harding Room: Software Demonstrations – Rosie Jackson from NJHMFA will do a presentation on the new MITAS Tax Credit program followed by Q&A from other Software Vendors; Conversion discussion will also be part of the roundtable discussions

If you have any topics you’d like addressed during the roundtable sessions please e-mail them to admin@jahma.org no later than April 15th.

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