Who Should Attend
This session is intended for project owners, compliance managers, senior-level site and property staff with extensive experience working with the Low Income Housing Tax Credits (LIHTC), HOME, and/or other affordable housing rental programs. Topics include new housing policies, changes made to the 2023 Minnesota Housing and Suballocator LIHTC Compliance Manuals and forms, including updates to the Consolidated Housing Annual Reporting Tool (CHART).
Attendees will learn how to apply revisions to Compliance Manuals and how to comply with revised compliance reporting requirements. Attendees will be informed on industry trends, national/state policy and legislative issues, and Fair Housing issues in affordable housing projects that impact Minnesota.
Owners are required to send at least one authorized representative each year to the annual conference to keep up with regulatory and procedural changes, unless granted a written exemption by a Suballocator.
Owners are required to send at least one authorized representative each year to the annual conference to keep up with regulatory and procedural changes, unless granted a written exemption by a Suballocator.
Conference Presenters
Melissa Taphorn, Vice Chairperson
Affordable Housing Connections Board of Directors, Attorney, Fryberger Law Firm
Lyn Burton, Executive Director
Affordable Housing Connections
Chris Voss, Vice President, Affordable Housing Sales
Yardi
Jason Johnson, VP Business Development
Tech River
Jennifer Bergman, Director of Local Government Housing Programs
Minnesota Housing Finance Agency
Renee Dickinson, Compliance Manager - Multifamily
Minnesota Housing Finance Agency
Jennifer Arens, Program Manager
Affordable Housing Connections
Dan Goodrich, Housing Programs Education Specialist
Affordable Housing Connections
Tom O’Neil
O’Neil Consulting
Ellen Sahli, President
Family Housing Fund
Agenda
Registration & Continental Breakfast
Welcome
Melissa Taphorn, AHC Vice Chairperson
Lyn Burton, Executive Director
Analyzing the Impacts of Affordable Housing Online Application and Verification Processes
Chris Voss, Yardi
Cybersecurity Best Practices
Jason Johnson, Tech River
BREAK
Update on Minnesota Housing Funding
Jennifer Bergman, Director of Local Government Housing Programs - Minnesota Housing Finance Agency
Compliance 2024 Review and 2025 Preview
Renee Dickinson, Compliance Manager - Minnesota Housing Finance Agency
Jennifer Arens, Affordable Housing Connections
LUNCH
Trials, Triumphs, and Tech Panel Discussion
Tammy Burtness, MetroPlains Management
Breanna Haman, Property Solutions & Services
Hannah Lahti, Roers
Jenelle Luxem, Sherman Associates
Andrew Perry, Trellis Management
Tina Sklors, Aeon
Moderated by Jennifer Arens, Affordable Housing Connections
BREAK
Minnesota’s Affordable Housing in Distress: What Happens Next?
Tom O’Neil, O’Neil Consulting
Ellen Sahli, Family Housing Fund
Moderated by Lyn Burton, Affordable Housing Connections
AHC ELC 2025 Preview
Dan Goodrich, Affordable Housing Connections
Closing Comments
Door prize drawings throughout the day!
Location
Amherst H. Wilder Foundation
451 Lexington Parkway North
Saint Paul, Minnesota 55104
Wilder Center has a free off-street, 5-floor parking ramp.
Continental breakfast and lunch will be provided.