Trainings

NOTE:  To receive the member rate, members need to log in to the website before registering for a training.  Only the non-member rate will be available if you are not signed in.  Please do not proceed as a prospect if you are a member.  If you need assistance, please contact AHMA staff at [email protected]. 

As of October 1, 2025, state law requires us to collect sales tax on all trainings. Sales tax is included in the total price.

 

MOR Boot Camp: What to Expect and How to Prepare Webinar

Wednesday, January 28, 2026, 9:00 am to 12:00 noon 
AHMA Member:
 $249 total price $269.67 • Non-Members: $350 total price $379.05
Trainer: Jamila Burleson-Goshon

A step-by-step guide to the Management & Occupancy Review (MOR)
This comprehensive session breaks down the MOR process using the HUD-9834 form as a guide. Designed for staff managing HUD PBRA properties, the training focuses on how to prepare for the review, organize files effectively, and respond to findings with confidence.

Topics include:
– Understanding what the Contract Administrator is evaluating
– Reviewing tenant files for accuracy and completeness
– Documentation do’s and don’ts
– Navigating the 9834 form section by section
– Strategies for avoiding repeat findings and improving internal readiness
This session is best suited for site managers, compliance staff, and leadership teams who want to strengthen their audit preparedness and reduce risk during MORs. Read more...

Fair Housing Timely Topics

Monday, February 9, 2026, 1:30 pm to 3:00 pm 
AHMA Member: $99 total price $107.22 • Non-Members: $199 total price $215.52
Trainer: Gwen Volk

Recent administrative changes have created significant uncertainty across the fair housing landscape, including staffing reductions at HUD’s Office of Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity, shifts in enforcement responsibility, and the withdrawal or suspension of long-standing guidance. While policies and messaging may be changing, fair housing laws remain fully in effect.

This session focuses on timely issues affecting property owners and managers, including:

  • Application taking and marketing practices
  • Use of criminal records in screening
  • Sexual orientation and gender identity protections
  • Harassment (sexual, racial, religious, ethnic, and disability-related)
  • Service animals and other assistance animals
  • Limited English Proficiency (LEP) requirements
  • Affirmative Fair Housing Marketing Plans (AFHMPs)
  • The current status of VAWA regulations and forms

Learn what has changed, what has not, and how to continue operating in compliance amid uncertainty. Bring your toughest fair housing questions and leave with practical, defensible guidance you can rely on. Read more...

Secrets to Better Communication Webinar

Tuesday, February 17, 2026, 10:00 am to 11:30 am 
AHMA Member:
 $99 total price $107.22 • Non-Members: $199 total price $215.52
Trainer: Valerie Largin

Before you can create a message of any sort, you need to organize your thoughts – a process that many people find difficult.

Diving right in may seem expedient. However, a quick, disorganized, or unmeasured, message often leads to confusion, misunderstanding, and an array of unwanted problems (and emotions). It also leaves a poor impression of you, and your abilities or intentions.

You must inform and engage, not frustrate. You must anticipate, not merely react. Your recipient will appreciate receiving a clear, concise, well-organized message that suggests you have thought about the issues, and answers at hand. Plus, it is much easier to respond to such a message. 

If you do not plan what you will say, and how you will say it, the editing and proofreading needed to make sense of your topic and achieve your goals eats up much more time. 

Whatever the message, you must:

  • Have techniques to organize your thoughts and content before communicating them.
  • Choose the best formator medium - business letter, e-mail, voicemail, memo, text, phone conversation, post, announcement, meeting, etc.
  • Understand, and use, the most appropriate and effective pattern for that message.

Attend this webinar to learn how to skillfully do this and receive tools to help you keep on track going forward.

NOTE: If you are a team leader or manager, wouldn’t you love to receive clearer, more complete communications from team members? Helping them become better communicators will make them much more effective, while making everyone’s job easier. Register your team and be the hero by telling others who would benefit. Read more...

EIV & HOTMA Webinar

Wednesday, March 11, 2026, 1:30 pm to 3:00 pm 
AHMA Member: $99 total price $107.22 • Non-Members: $199 total price $215.52
Trainer: Gwen Volk

EIV doesn’t go away with HOTMA, but the times and ways in which you use it change dramatically. When to run EIV Income Reports and New Hires Reports will be driven both by HOTMA and by Owner policies.  EIV Discrepancy Reports will be suspended – why and for how long?  The EIV Income Report will be used to verify and to calculate employment income at AR – how exactly will that work? Read more...

Secrets to Better Writing and Use of E-mail Webinar

Wednesday, March 18, 2026, 10:00 am to 11:30 am 
AHMA Member:
 $99 total price $107.22 • Non-Members: $199 total price $215.52
Trainer: Valerie Largin

Email is a quick and easy form of communication.
That is exactly the problem!

With e-mail, it is easy to quickly get yourself in trouble, miscommunicate, insult, alarm, confuse, break laws, and spark rabbit holes of back and forth or various other calamities.

E-mail can be an effective tool, or a recipe for disaster. This webinar will teach useful tips and tricks, give you tools, and offer guidance, cautions, and few Dos and Don’ts to help you use e-mail successfully in your workplace.

We will use real-life examples, formatting, routing, and signature tools, and much more. We will also discuss organization or team e-mail agreements. Read more...

AHMA Speaker Academy

Monday, April 13, 2026, 9 am to 2 pm Lunch included
Wenatchee Convention Center
121 N Wenatchee Ave
Wenatchee, WA 98801

AHMA Member: $249 total price $269.67 • Non-Members: $350 total price $379.05
Trainer: Michael Alexander

This pre-convention session marks the launch of the 2026 AHMA Speaker Academy. Please note that separate registration is required to attend the convention.

Morning Session:
Train The Trainer

Train the Trainer is a framework for training potential instructors or subject matter experts to enable them to train other people in their organizations.
This workshop is designed for individuals aspiring to become trainers within the affordable housing industry. It focuses on equipping participants with the essential skills, knowledge, and strategies needed to effectively train and educate others in this specialized field. Whether you are new to training or looking to refine your skills, this workshop will provide practical insights and tools to succeed as a trainer.

This interactive class will prepare you to provide effective communication to the class. It will also help you understand how to prepare an effective presentation. You will have the opportunity to present material before the class of people taking this session.

Afternoon Session:
Enhancing Leadership Through Personality Awareness
This interactive workshop focuses on developing effective leadership skills by gaining insights into personal communication styles using the 16 Personalities assessment.  Read more…

LIHTC Webinars to prepare for the Specialist in Housing Credit Management® (SHCM®) certification

AHMA Member Registration fees for all 4 webinars: $796 total price $862.08 • Non-Members: $996 total price $1078.68

Trainer:  Heather Wezensky

AHMA of Washington will be offering four classes that will prepare you to take the SCHM Exam for certification. 

  • LIHTC Program Regulations Webinar (Part 1) May 5, 2026 from 9 am to 12 noon
  • Unit Eligibility (Part 2) May 7, 2026 from 9 am to 12 noon
  • Applicant Eligibility/Certification (Part 3) May 12, 2026 from 9 am to 12 noon
  • Monitoring and Reporting Compliance (Part 4) May 14, 2026 from 9 am to 12 noon

You can register for all 4 webinars or register for each webinar individually.  

Do you want to earn the Specialist in Housing Credit Management (SHCM) certification? This certification has been developed by NAHMA especially for management professionals involved with properties developed and operated under the Low Income Tax Credit (LIHTC) program. The SHCM is designed by management professionals for management professionals to ensure they have attained the knowledge, experience and competence required to excel in the housing credit property management industry. Read more...

Basic LIHTC Compliance Webinar

Thursday, May 28, 2026, 10:00 am to 1:00 pm 

AHMA Member: $249 total price $269.67 • Non-Members: $350 total price $379.05
Trainer: A.J. Johnson

 For newly hired managers or those with no Tax Credit experience as well as those needing a refresher course on the basics and the latest updates. This course translates the complexity of the program into plain language that even the newest manager can understand – answering the questions: “What is a housing credit?” and “How does it differ from other programs?” The course covers eligibility (including the student rule), the application process, calculating and verifying income, maintaining compliance (including the available unit and vacant unit rule, annual recertification and more) and best practices.  Students will need a calculator.

This course will offer a 3-hour interactive Zoom meeting training session.  Read more...

Intermediate LIHTC Compliance Webinar

Wednesday, September 9, 2026, 10:00 am to 1:00 pm 

AHMA Member: $249 total price $269.67 • Non-Members: $350 total price $379.05
Trainer: A.J. Johnson

This course is for those individuals with some Tax Credit experience.  The course dives deeper into eligibility, the application process, calculating and verifying income, maintaining compliance (including the available unit and vacant unit rule, annual recertification and more) and best practices.  Students will need a calculator.

This course will offer a 3-hour interactive Zoom meeting training session. Read more...

Advanced Issues of Tax Credit Compliance Webinar

Thursday, October 15, 2026, 10:00 am to 1:00 pm 

AHMA Member: $249 total price $269.67 • Non-Members: $350 total price $379.05
Trainer: A.J. Johnson

This course is for those individuals with advanced Tax Credit experience.  The course dives deeper into:

• The IRS & Compliance
• Extended Use Agreements
• Calculation of Credits
• Critical timeframes
• Placed In Service
• Important forms Read more...

 

Bundled Trainings

AHMA of Wa is pleased to announce the launch of 2 course bundles. We have taken our most popular webinars and combined them into powerful training bundles – saving you time and money while making sure you get the resources you need.

Bundle and save
Whether you are new to affordable housing and learning your role, or you are looking to strengthen your core skills within your organization, Bundled Learning from AHMA of WA provides the perfect combination of courses to jumpstart your path to success. Find out if Bundled Learning from AHMA of WA is the right fit for you.

New Hire Bundle - $299 total price $323.82
As of October 1, 2025, state law requires us to collect sales tax on all trainings. Sales tax is included in the total price.

Rural Development Bundle $299 total price $323.82
As of October 1, 2025, state law requires us to collect sales tax on all trainings. Sales tax is included in the total price.