• A Project Budget for Housing Loans
• Proforma for Rental Housing
• Sources and Uses for Homeownership
Our 2006 Annual Monitoring Reports for Housing Loans, Business Loans, and Repaid Business Loans are now also available on the Downloads page.
Remember, if you have any questions about these applications or monitoring forms, you can always send us an email and receive a response within one business day.
Conference registration will open on February 2, 2007, and the conference itself will be held at the Lansing Center from April 29 to May 2.
For those who aren't already familiar with the Conference on Affordable Housing, here's a quick rundown:
With over 1,500 attendees, the Michigan Conference on Affordable Housing has quickly become the largest conference of its kind in the United States. The conference is attended by service providers, nonprofit and for-profit developers and financiers. In just seven years, it has become the place to be to meet and network with the industry's top players.
Be in the know
We offer two-and-a-half days of informative, educational sessions with leading industry presenters and special guests. The educational tracks for the 2006 conference are:
• Ending Homelessness
• Homeownership
• Creating and Preserving Multifamily Housing
• Community Economic Development
• Organizational Development
• Asset Management for Individuals and Families
As always, several members of the Trust Fund staff will be leading sessions at the conference, and we will have a booth with plenty of goodies inside the exhibit hall. Make sure to stop by and say hello!
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What: The Trust Fund’s Borrowers’ & Burners’ Luncheon
Where: The Kellogg Center, East Lansing, MI
Our annual luncheon is right around the corner, so mark that date on your calendar! We'll be sending save-the-date postcards soon, and mailing formal invitations in May.
Keep checking the blog for more details about this year's event, including a list of the new and repaid borrowers that we will be honoring at the Kellogg Center. We'll also be dropping a few clues about this year's game in the next few weeks. Stay tuned...
This month's features include articles about the Trust Fund's Mixed Use loan program, an economic development loan to Devon's Hair Salon in Waterford, and an affordable housing loan to Lifequest Group in Grand Rapids.
While the January edition of the newsletter is just getting out the door, we're already gathering ideas for the April release. If you have any topic ideas, or questions you would like us to address in a full-length feature, remember that you can post comments here on the blog, or send us an email with your suggestion.
As always, thanks for reading!
We're in the final stages of editing our January newsletter right now, and will post the content as soon as it's finished. In the meantime, we wanted to share the following extended quote from Devon Ritchie, whose business is featured in the upcoming newsletter:
"The Michigan Interfaith Trust Fund has been a blessing to me. I was very pleased with the people I got to work with. Mr. Lorenzo Thurman and Ms. Latifa Bradwell helped to stay grounded, think logically, and come to the realization that now, not only am I working behind the chair in a beauty salon, I am a business owner. They also taught me a lot about the process and hard work that goes on and I appreciate them even more.
I had a dream of becoming a beauty salon owner and the Trust Fund helped me make it a reality. I owe everyone at the Trust Fund a debt of gratitude. Thank you for what you have done for my family."
Be sure to keep an eye on the blog (and your mailboxes) for the January edition of the Community Quarterly Newsletter!
The Trust Fund accomplished a lot in 2006, but we're even more excited about all the wonderful new opportunities that are in the works for 2007.
Stay tuned to the Community Blog throughout the year for more news from the Michigan Interfaith Trust Fund...