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White and Siflinger of Housing Partners honored by IREM

The Institute of Real Estate Management, Boston Metropolitan Chapter No. 4 will be awarding Lifetime Achievement Awards to Eleanor White and Marvin Siflinger of Housing Parnters, Inc. at the chapter dinner on November 4, at Anthony's Pier 4. For more information, reservations or tickets, call 617-436-7565. Eleanor White is president of Housing Partners, Inc. Watertown, Mass. Recognized as a national leader in the fields of real estate and affordable housing, with over 40 years administering and participating in HUD multifamily programs and multifamily real estate financing and management, 28 years in the public sector at the Federal and State levels (15 years as a Federal employee at HUD), and since 1995 in the private sector. She has administered the full gamut of housing programs, brings a keen understanding of how these programs function from both the Federal and State perspective, and has had the opportunity to initiate innovative programs of subsidy, financing, asset management, diversity, organizational management, assisted living, and social services. She is an author of the Chapter 40R and 40S programs in Massachusetts. Marvin Siflinger is chairman of Housing Partners, Inc. Watertown, Mass. Recognized as a national leader with over 40 years of experience in the field of public administration and housing and community development. Successful senior management experience relating to organizational development and reinvention, strategic planning, annual business planning, staff development, profitability and media relations.
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