Five distinguished leaders recognized for their expertise in housing and
minority affairs will decide the
winners
of the first HOPE
Awards.
The judges for the HOPE Awards are Henry Cisneros, former Secretary of
Housing and Urban Development ; Congressman John L. Lewis (D-Ga);
Congresswoman Maxine Waters (D-CA), Nic Retsinas, director of the Joint Center
for Housing Studies of Harvard University; and Bart Harvey, Chairman
and CEO of the Enterprise
Foundation.
Each of the winners of the HOPE Awards will receive a $10,000 prize and a
trophy at a gala dinner at the National Building Museum in Washington on
Wednesday, October 10. Winners will also discuss their work and share their
experiences at a symposium at the National Press Club that day.
Categories for the awards include homeownership education, finance, project
of the year, real estate brokerage, public policy, media coverage and
leadership. Judges will determine winners based on the impact of the
nominee?s work on promoting minority homeownership, use of innovative ideas,
acceptance by the minority community, focus on minority homeownership and
focus on affordability. Applications for nominations closed July 2.
The HOPE (Home Ownership Participation for Everyone) Awards is a new
industry awards program created by a partnership of real estate associations:
the California Association of Real Estate Brokers, the Chinese American Real
Estate Professionals Association of Southern California, the Chinese
Real Estate Association of America, the National Association of Hispanic Real
Estate Professionals, the National Association of Real Estate Brokers
and the National Association of Realtors. Co-sponsoring organizations are
Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, the National Association of Home Builders, the
National Council of La Raza, Habitat for Humanity International, REALTOR.com,
Century-21, Coldwell Banker, and ERA Real Estate.
To learn more about the HOPE Awards visit: http://hopeawards.org/
Published: August 15, 2001
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