The Federal Home Loan Bank of San Francisco, Home Depot, and the Capital Markets Partnership are jointly conducting a Green Affordable Housing Underwriting conference on Thursday, April 15 in downtown San Francisco. The conference will be hosted by the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco, located at 101 Market Street.  An agenda for the day is attached.  Issues covered will be:

• Why green affordable housing can be more valuable, less risky, and preferred by investors.
• How to measure the added financial value with the Green Building Underwriting Standard's Green Value Score© .
• How to save construction and operating costs by using Sustainable Integrated Design & Development.
• Why owners and occupiers of green affordable housing benefit more than any other green building type.

To RSVP for the event, please email Ian Galloway (ian.galloway@sf.frb.org) by April 9, 2010.  There is no cost to attend.  Please feel free to contact Ian with questions.