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The New Jersey Housing and Mortgage Finance Agency (HMFA) Executive Director Anthony L. Marchetta joined local officials and community leaders to celebrate the grand opening of The Meadows, an affordable rental community for workforce families in Atlantic County. Developers on the project are Atlantic City Housing Authority, Urban Redevelopment Agency and Conifer Realty, LLC. The community is located just blocks from the beach and boardwalk, at 900 Mediterranean Avenue, on the corners of North Maryland Avenue and Mediterranean Avenue.

In less than two weeks, the National Institute of Building Sciences Building Seismic Safety Council (BSSC) will host a free webinar. The “2015 NEHRP Design Examples” webinar with take place Tuesday, June 28, from 2:00 to 3:00 pm ET.

This webinar, presented by The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) Office of Regional Operations (ORO), Region 10 (AK, ID, WA, OR), will take place July 27, 2016, from 10:00 am – 11:15 pm PST (1:00 pm – 2:15 EST). The webinar will be an open community of sharing with subject matter experts from Federal, State, and local agencies and community partners who provide care and service to homeless persons.

The National September 11 Memorial Museum Pavilion in New York’s Lower Manhattan has earned national recognition in the 2016 Innovative Design in Engineering and Architecture with Structural Steel awards program (IDEAS2). In honor of this achievement, members of the project team will be presented with awards from the American Institute of Steel Construction (AISC) during a ceremony to take place at the pavilion on Thursday, June 16, at 5 p.m.

The National Institute of Building Sciences Consultative Council will host a briefing during High Performance Building Week to highlight its 2015 Moving Forward Report. The Congressional luncheon briefing, “Achieving a High-Performance Built Environment: Findings and Recommendations from the Consultative Council,” will be held Thursday, June 16, from noon to 1:00 p.m. at the Rayburn House Office Building, Room 2253, in Washington, D.C.

Earlier this spring, Wiley released the twelfth edition of Architectural Graphic Standards, its seminal reference for building design and construction professionals. Among the updates and features in the edition is a newly added chapter on resilience developed under the leadership of the National Institute of Building Sciences.

Agreeing the guidelines for the development of a Regional Action Plan for Disaster Risk Reduction, as a key element to achieve sustainable development in the region, is the goal of the First Meeting of Ministers and High-Level Authorities on the Implementation of the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015-2030 in the Americas, to be held on 8 - 9 June 2016 in Asunción, Paraguay

The National Institute of Building Sciences Academy for Healthcare Infrastructure (AHI) is beginning to prepare its program for the2017 AHI Forum, to be held Wednesday, January 11, 2017, as part of Building Innovation 2017: The National Institute of Building Sciences Fifth Annual Conference and Expo at the Mandarin Oriental in Washington, D.C. Building on the overall Conference theme, the Forum theme is Creating a High-Performing Environment for Healthcare.

The National Affordable Housing Management Association (NAHMA) announces the winners of its annual Affordable Housing Vanguard Awards. These awards recognize newly developed or significantly rehabbed affordable multifamily housing communities that showcase high-quality design and resourceful financing.

The National Institute of Building Sciences Building Seismic Safety Council (BSSC) will host a free webinar, “2015 NEHRP Design Examples,” Tuesday, June 28, from 2:00 to 3:00 pm ET.

On May 24, 2016, Rep. John Conyers (D-Mich.) will announce the introduction of the Water Affordability, Transparency, Equity and Reliability (WATER) Act, which will provide billions of dollars a year in dedicated funding to modernize U.S. water infrastructure

A group of renowned land use and urban planning experts has been convened by the Urban Land Institute (ULI) to make recommendations to Miami-Dade County on improving the resilience of the Arch Creek Basin area to the impacts of climate change.

The Housing Association of Nonprofit Developers (HAND), celebrating its 25^th Anniversary, is pleased to announce the 2016 slate of HAND Housing Achievement Awardees. The awards program is designed to recognize the most outstanding and innovative housing developments, programs and solutions across the metropolitan region. The winners will be honored at the organization’s upcoming 2016 Annual Meeting & Housing Expo on June 21, 2016 at the Crystal City Gateway Marriott in Arlington, Virginia.

The U.S. Census Bureau will offer a two-day media embargo period for subscribers to view the 2015 population estimates for all local governmental units, including incorporated places, minor civil divisions and consolidated cities. Housing unit estimates will also be released for the nation, states and counties.

Thousands of Realtors® from across the nation are meeting with legislators, regulators and industry leaders this week to advance the issues critical to their businesses, communities and clients as the REALTORS® Legislative Meetings & Trade Expo begins.

The U.S. Census Bureau will offer a two-day media embargo period for subscribers to view the 2015 population estimates for all local governmental units, including incorporated places, minor civil divisions and consolidated cities. Housing unit estimates will also be released for the nation, states and counties

Financial Services Committee Chairman Jeb Hensarling (R-TX) today announced the committee’s schedule for the week of May 9: Thursday, May 12 at 10:00 A.M. – The Housing and Insurance Subcommittee will hold a hearing entitled “The Future of Housing in America: A Comparison of the United Kingdom and United States Models for Affordable Housing.

Health Care and Housing – Creating a Floor for Optimum Health, the first in a series of three webinars is brought to you by The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) Office of Regional Operations (ORO), Region 10 (AK, ID, WA, OR). The webinar will take place on May 18, 2016, from 11:00 am – 12:15 pm PST (2:00 pm – 1:15 EST). This will be an open community of sharing with subject matter experts from Federal, State, and local agencies and community partners who provide care and service to homeless persons.

The BPC’s Executive Council on Infrastructure, a group of corporate CEOs and executives, has been working over the past year to identify a new model for infrastructure investment. The United States needs a renewed approach that addresses the pervasive under-appreciation of future infrastructure liabilities, ensures local communities have tools at the ready to make needed investments, and increases the flow of private capital into projects, all while securing critical long-term public benefits.

The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) announced that the President has made additional disaster assistance available by authorizing an increase in the level of Federal funding for Public Assistance projects undertaken by the Omaha Tribe of Nebraska and Iowa as a result of flooding during the period of May 24 to August 1, 2011 in Iowa and during the period of May 25 to August 1, 2011 in Nebraska