Let's Get Rid of "Property Manager"

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Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia | Reinventing Our Communities -- Transforming Our Economies | Sept. 21-23

There is still time to register for the conference, which has a varied agenda of sessions including "Where Should We Build Affordable Housing?", a panel on mobility, fair housing, and revitalization to be moderated by Harold Simon, publisher of Shelterforce, at 2 p.m. Wednesday the 21st. The session will feature Denise Fairchild of Emerald Cities Collaborative, Mercedes Marquez of Marquez Community Strategy, and Celia Smoot of LISC.

Reception at the 2016 APHA Annual Meeting | Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City, Denver Branch | Oct. 31, 5 p.m. MT

Mercy Housing and the Build Healthy Places Network co-host this informal panel discussion on the role of healthcare investment in community revitalization to address social determinants of health and increase health equity. Space is limited and advanced registration is required.

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Let's Get Rid of the Title "Property Manager"

Frankie Blackburn, Trusted Space Partners

The one universal ingredient that I repeatedly encounter in each new housing context is the lack of attention to how to recruit, hire, train, support, and manage the property manager. By and large, these hardworking people are underpaid, underappreciated, over stressed. If we, however, reposition the role of property management to be as important as the property's design and financing, we can make significant progress in . . . More

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Miriam Axel-Lute and Harold Simon, Shelterforce

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