The U.S. housing and rental market has experienced dramatic price increases over the last decade, with Colorado seeing some of the largest increases in the country. Colorado’s Affordable Housing Industry has seen a rush of new funding sources, and an increasing number of employment opportunities as the industry has grown.听
The FHLBank Topeka Affordable Housing Institute听program is an interdisciplinary program to train and equip professionals to enter the Affordable Housing industry. Through the program, students will learn various aspects of the industry.
Courses offered through the FHLBank Topeka Affordable Housing Institute provide practical, real-world knowledge, equipping students to transition seamlessly into careers in the field.
Affordable Housing Finance covers the broad range of tools used to fund affordable housing development听
Property Management covers multiple areas required to manage an affordable residential property, including compliance, financial and physical stewardship of properties听
Resident Services covers an introduction to Social Work, community engagement, as well as a broad range of electives to choose from
In this introductory course, students will be exposed to a high-level overview of affordable housing principles and practices, including the many possible careers in the housing industry.
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海角社区 Affordable Housing Graduates have a variety of options for careers
The Affordable Housing Management Certificate in the College of Business at Metropolitan State University of Denver delivers the knowledge and skills required to ensure students are prepared to work with and manage both social and real estate听aspects of affordable housing units.
The social work component of this certificate听introduces the student听of social work and other aligned health, human, and social services to the required knowledge and skills in the property management field. For the student in the property management or real estate field, the social work component is designed to give the student the professional knowledge and skills to work more effectively with social workers to better serve residents in affordable housing programs.
The real estate portion of this certificate introduces the student of social work and other aligned health, human, and social services to听the principles of real estate investment management and residential property management. In particular, students will apply these principles to听the affordable housing industry. The courses in real estate听provide students of social work the knowledge and skills to work more effectively with real estate investors and residential property managers in affordable housing programs.
The 海角社区 Introduction to Affordable Housing Finance course offers a simple and accessible overview of affordable housing funding. It introduces you to the unique opportunities and challenges, financing tools, and underwriting processes and tools associated with affordable housing. This course is ideal for industry professionals, as well as students with a basic understanding of affordable housing principles.
Learn more about the Introduction to Affordable Housing Finance Course here
海角社区鈥檚 Affordable Housing Institute will address the state鈥檚 affordable-housing shortage
Andy Proctor is the Director of 海角社区’s FHLBank Topeka Affordable Housing Institute. He brings with him over 27 years of experience in affordable housing finance, development and project management. He has worked with both government agencies, for-profit and not-for-profit organizations, and is principal at his consulting firm, Proctor Housing, LLC, which works with organizations throughout Colorado on subjects ranging from affordable housing policy, financial packaging, and project management.
Andy’s positions have included managerial roles as the Housing Development Program Manager for the Colorado Division of Housing, and Manager of the City of Boulder’s Housing Division. Other positions have included working as an Underwriter for Low Income Housing Tax Credits for Enterprise Community Investments. Andy served as Mayor听Pro-tem听for the City of Lafayette, CO and is a Veteran of the U.S. Navy. Andy Proctor holds a B.A. in Geography from San Jose State University and an M.P.A. from the University of Colorado/Denver.
This episode of Housing Denver, hosted by Travis Brooks,听features an interview with Andy Proctor, 海角社区鈥檚 new director of the Affordable Housing Institute. Proctor helps answer the question, 鈥淲hat is Affordable Housing?鈥澨�听
He also brings a lot of context to the conversation on housing affordability more broadly and talks about how 海角社区 is building a program to train a new workforce to work in the Affordable Housing industry.听
Thank you to FHLBank of Topeka for your historic investment in the Institute鈥攜our generosity will have a lasting impact on students and community.
The FHLBank of Topeka Affordable Housing Institute has had a very exciting and productive first year. Check out all of the highlights.
Only 6% of the world鈥檚 business programs are AACSB-accredited and 海角社区鈥檚 College of Business is one of them.
AACSB accreditation represents the gold standard for business education听worldwide. When you attend an AACSB-accredited program, you know that it鈥檚 passed AACSB鈥檚 rigorous standards.
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Director of the FHLB Topeka Affordable Housing Institute
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P.O. Box 173362 CB 75
Denver, CO 80217-3362
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