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At the beginning of the month, we wrapped up our 2026 Housing Connection event, a yearly training opportunity for nonprofit housing counselors and affordable housing developers from all over Texas. TSAHC contracts with NeighborWorks America to bring high-quality, nationally recognized coursework to Texas, reducing travel costs for attendees.
It’s also thanks to generous supporters like the Federal Home Loan Bank of Dallas, JPMorganChase, and Regions Bank, that TSAHC is able to provide the trainings and hotel rooms at no cost to participants. We’d like to give a big thank you to all the sponsors who made this year’s training affordable!
Of course, we’d also like to extend a special thank you to the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas for not only hosting the training at their San Antonio location, but for also providing breakfast and lunch to participants throughout the week!
This year, Housing Connection took place on September 28th through October 2nd. We’re excited to report that we had a total of 62 graduates complete training, representing 33 organizations across 25 cities.
We offered the following courses:
This week-long course prepared counselors to support homeowners after they they purchase their homes, empowering counselors to design and deliver effective homeowner education workshops. Participants explored the three pillars of post-purchase education: financial management, home maintenance, and community engagement.
In addition to providing a hands-on experience in learning (and then teaching others) how to repair drywall, this class brought together practitioners who want to promote sustainable homeownership to help clients remain stable, informed, and connected in their communities.
This course, which took place at the beginning of the week, taught participants how to navigate the affordable housing development process and how decisions made along the way might influence their developments.
Together in teams, participants created a development plan and followed that project’s evolution from early concept through planning, financing, and long‑term operations, gaining insight into the relationships and challenges that shape development. They learned how to evaluate feasibility, understand organizational capacity, and interpret budgets in context.
This hands-on course provided participants with the knowledge and practical skills to evaluate the financial feasibility of multifamily housing developments. Participants learned to build and analyze proformas, assess sources and uses of funds, and structure deals using debt, equity, and subsidies. They also examined real-world case studies, exploring each stage of the development process and applying financial tools to support affordable housing projects.
This course provided participants with the tools and knowledge to evaluate and combine multiple financing sources for real estate development. Participants explored the benefits and limitations of private loans, public capital, equity investments, and subsidies. They also examined how financing strategies vary across rental housing, homeownership, shared equity models, and non-residential projects.
The class also highlighted how tax credits and local funding streams can be leveraged to strengthen project financing. Through these discussions, participants gained practical insights to help them make informed financing decisions aligned with their project goals and market conditions.
We host our Housing Connection training every year, offering courses designed for both housing counselors and nonprofit affordable housing developers. If you’re interested in attending Housing Connection in the future, know that we typically open up registration in mid-summer each year. For more information about Housing Connection, click here. If you would like to sign up for our Housing Connection email list to be notified of future training opportunities, click here.
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