Join IRHP, senior HUD officials from Washington, DC and Boston, including Thomas R. Davis, Director HUD Office of Recapitalizations and Colleen Judge, Acting Director Boston Asset Management; influential State and City leaders driving housing policy and investment across Massachusetts: Sheila Dillon, Director of the Mayor’s Office of Housing for the City of Boston; Rebecca Frawley Wachtel, EOHLC’s Director for the Tax Credit and HOME Programs; Rachel Heller, Executive Director of MHP; and Mark Teden, VP of Multifamily Programs at MassHousing; and affordable housing professionals David Gasson and Peter Lawrence, as we return to Boston on May 28, 2026 for a unique one-day program on the future of affordable housing preservation!
Topics will include:
- Updates on federal legislation and policy, including updates on the FY2027 HUD appropriations process
- Current events in Section 8 renewals and contract administration
- Recapitalization of Public Housing – The latest in RAD and Section 18 transactions
- Repositioning options for post-MTM transactions, including BBRA authority and Section 209
- Implementation of NSPIRE
- Recent trends and developments for preservation deals in Massachusetts and the region
- Today’s financing tools in preservation transactions
Co-Chairs
Nate Cushman, Nixon Peabody LLP
Randall Kelly, East West Advisors LLC
Invited Speakers
Nicholas Anderson, Nixon Peabody LLP
Nathan Bernard, Nixon Peabody LLP
Kenzie Bok, Boston Housing Authority
Betsy Collins, Peabody Companies
Susan Connolly, Housing Opportunities Unlimited
Mark Curtiss, Massachusetts Housing Partnership
Thomas R. Davis, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
Rebecca Frawley Wachtel, Commonwealth of Massachusetts Executive Office of Housing and Livable Communities
David Gasson, MG Housing Strategies
LeAnn Hanfield Curtin, Beacon Communities
Joe Hughes, MassHousing
Colleen Judge, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
Peter Lawrence, Novogradac
Shannon Lestan, Recap Advisors
Michael Lozano, Trinity Financial, Inc.
Dara Newman Histed, Nixon Peabody LLP
Scott Precourt, US Housing Consultants
Alexander Rosso, Nixon Peabody LLP
Roberta Rubin, Community Economic Development Assistance Corporation
Rebecca Simon, Nixon Peabody LLP
Kathie Soroka, Nixon Peabody LLP
Julie Stande, Nixon Peabody LLP
Mark Teden, MassHousing
IRHP would like to thank East West Advisors LLC, Magnum National Title Services, and Novogradac for their sponsorship! Sponsorship opportunities are available. Click here for the sponsor form.
Click here for the agenda!
For anyone coming in from out of town and needing a hotel room, we have a few rooms left in a small room block at the Hyatt Centric Faneuil Hall Boston which is located 1 block from Convene. The block expires on May 6. Click here for a hotel room.
Don't delay, register today!
