NH&RA to Honor Lisa Alberghini and David A. Smith With Vision Awards

November 2 Ceremony Celebrates Lifetime Achievement in Affordable Housing

Event to Be Held at Boston's Taj Hotel as Part of Fall Forum

WASHINGTON, Oct. 5 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- National Housing &
Rehabilitation Association Executive Vice President Thom Amdur announced today
that the recipients of the sixth annual Vision Awards for lifetime achievement
in affordable housing are Lisa B. Alberghini, president of the Planning Office
for Urban Affairs, Inc. and David A. Smith. CEO of CAS Financial Advisory
Services.

The awards will be presented at a special evening awards reception on November
2 at the Taj Hotel in Boston, Massachusetts. The event is a part of NH&RA's
annual Fall Forum, a two day conference that focuses on the latest
developments in affordable housing, historic preservation, new market tax
credits as well as green retrofitting of both existing and new buildings.

At the Planning Office for Urban Affairs since 2001, Ms. Alberghini has
overseen the development of over 650 units of affordable housing and equity
financing in excess of $170 million. Ms. Alberghini has more than 25 years of
experience developing affordable housing, including having spent 18 years as
the director of the Boston Office of Community Builders, and has been an
active leader and advocate for increasing resources for affordable housing
development at both the State and Federal levels.

David A. Smith, a 1975 Harvard graduate, has been a pioneer in both private
transactions and government policy innovations, having created business lines
in acquisition of affordable housing, financial recapitalization, debt
restructuring, equity takeout and renewed affordability. Mr. Smith has been
called on for analysis by Congress, HUD and the Millennial Housing Commission
and is an award winning author with more than 100 published articles.

Previous winners of the Vision Awards have been:

2004 -- John Corcoran, John M. Corcoran Company
Kate Racer, Massachusetts Department of Housing and Community Development

2005 -- Jerry Flannelly, MMA Financial LLC
Aaron Gornstein, Citizen's Housing and Planning Association

2006 -- Marty Jones, Corcoran Jennison Companies
Mayor Thomas Menino, City of Boston

2007 -- Amy Anthony, Preservation of Affordable Housing (POAH)
Herb Collins, Collins & Company LLC

2008 -- U.S. Representative Barney Frank, Massachusetts
Larry Curtis, WinnDevelopment

Click here to learn more about previous honorees. For more information about
the Vision Awards, the ceremony or the NH&RA Fall Forum, please go to
housingonline.com.

SOURCE National Housing & Rehabilitation Association

Thom Amdur, Executive Vice President, NH&RA, +1-202-939-1753,
tamdur@dworbell.com