Lenore McKenna, Executive Director of the Charleston Area CDC received certification as a Housing Development Finance Professional from the National Development Council (NDC).  Certification is a designation given to individuals who successfully complete an intensive housing development finance training series that is conducted by NDC.  The courses provide individuals working in the field of housing development with training in single-family home ownership finance, multi-family housing development finance, housing development finance including problem solving and deal structuring, and the creation and implementationof development programs. 

  Each course lasts from three to five days and ends with a written review which must be passed before a certification candidate may continue in the HDFP program.   Lenore received this certification after completing the entire three-week series and passing a comprehensive examination. 

The CACDC will offer a Train the Trainer seminar on Nov. 11 - 12 

Training will center on strategies for teaching the Money Smart Program (financial literacy), home-buyer education and debt management education. 

Instructor:  Lenore McKenna, Executive Director

Location:  2146 Dorchester Rd., North Charleston, SC  29405

Cost:  $50 includes lunch on Nov. 12

Call our office at 747-3311 to register.

Live 5 News interviewed Lenore McKenna about the Flora Street Project.  The project is underway with renovations almost complete.  The units will provide emergency and short-term rental housing for graduates of the Civic Justice Corps Pre-Release Program and for those displaced by foreclosure.  For more details and to see the interviews visit www.live5news.com

Click on the news tab and find the article titled “Apartments to be Renovated, Rented to Former Inmates”