BROADCAST E-MAIL – Annual Meeting

May 19, 2025

1)  CARH’s 2025 Annual Meeting & Legislative Conference Brochure and Information

CARH’s 2025 Annual Meeting & Legislative Conference, to be held June 23-25, at The Ritz-Carlton, Pentagon City – is just over a month away. CARH is busy preparing to make this meeting informative, relevant, and, as always, an exciting event for all attendees!

MEETING BROCHURE

The Meeting Brochure, including the full agenda, list of featured speakers and registration form for the 2025 Annual Meeting can be found by clicking here. If you have not yet registered, please click here for the Registration Form. The educational sessions to be featured during the meeting include:

  • Washington News Update
  • Discussion with the Regulators
  • Washington Update with Key Congressional Policymakers
  • Compliance to Competitive Edge
  • Delving Into Regulatory Uncertainty – What Rural Housing Providers Need to Know
  • Housing Markets – Debt and Equity Strategies
  • Back in the Zone: Opportunity Zones and the Road Ahead
  • Asset Management and Servicing Issues – Nitty Gritty with HUD/RD

We are thankful for all the individuals who have agreed to participate in our educational sessions. Several Congressional speakers and individuals from the Administration have also been asked, but have not yet agreed. As soon as those speakers have accepted our invitation, we will send additional emails announcing the added speakers.

Additionally, CARH’s standing committees (listed below) will meet on Monday, June 23, beginning at 8:30 a.m. All meeting attendees are encouraged to participate in any committee meeting that is relevant to their business. The committee chairs want to hear from you! If you are interested in placing a particular issue on the agenda for any of the following committee meetings, e-mail your suggestion to carh@carh.org.

  • State Affiliated Association Committee
  • Best Practices and Education Committee
  • Lenders Committee
  • Management Committee
  • Developers and Owners Committee

Following the committee meetings, CARH’s Board of Directors will hold their meeting, at which all attendees are also welcome to attend.

Finally, during the meeting, the following special events will be held:

  • Opening Luncheon with Exhibitors
  • Networking Reception – District Winery – Washington, DC
  • Networking Luncheon
  • Network Reception at The Ritz-Carlton, Pentagon City
  • Industry Trade Show with Exhibitors
  • CARH Scholarship Foundation Breakfast – Presentation of the 2025 Scholarships

Again, click here to download the Meeting Brochure.

HOTEL INFORMATION

CARH has arranged for a preferred group rate at The Ritz-Carlton, Pentagon City. Please reserve your room by Friday, May 30, 2025, to receive the discounted rate of $315 per night, single or double occupancy deluxe guestrooms. To make your reservation online, click here or call the hotel’s reservation desk at 800-422-2410 and identify yourself as part of the “Council for Affordable and Rural Housing” or “CARH” room block. Strong attendance is expected, so we encourage all CARH members to make your hotel reservations as soon as possible and before the rooms within our meeting block sell out.

SPONSORSHIP INFORMATION

Our conferences cannot happen without the generous sponsorships from our members and colleagues. We encourage you to become a meeting sponsor and help support this key event in the affordable housing industry! Please click here for the CARH Sponsorship Form or visit www.carh.org.

2) Board of Directors Questionnaire for Candidates Due June 6th

Serving on the CARH Board of Directors is an excellent opportunity to actively support your organization and to help develop policies and initiatives that will positively impact the affordable rural housing industry. CARH is seeking members to fill one board opening that will become available in June. Board terms are two years and board members may serve two consecutive terms.

If you are interested in serving on the board, please submit a completed Questionnaire for Candidates to the national CARH office by the close of business on Friday, June 6, 2025. The questionnaire represents an expression of interest in a board position and serves as a substitute for a letter of interest. Please email the completed questionnaire to carh@carh.org by the due date.

The CARH Nominating Committee will carefully review each questionnaire and recommend the new director. CARH members will vote on the recommended candidate at the General Membership Meeting, during CARH’s Annual Meeting. Board members will begin their terms at the June Board of Directors meeting, which also takes place during the Annual Meeting.

Please feel free to pass this e-mail to other colleagues who may be interested in attending CARH’s 2025 Annual Meeting. We hope to see you next month!

CARH would like to thank the following current sponsors of the upcoming Annual Meeting: