CONVERGENCE Memphis Launches New Nonprofit Organization

The Mortgage Bankers Association announced CONVERGENCE Memphis launched CONVERGENCE Memphis Inc., a 501(c)(3) organization created to strengthen ties within the local Memphis community and advance its mission of promoting affordable housing and increasing Black homeownership.

MBA Announces 2022 Affordable Rental Housing Advisory Council

The Mortgage Bankers Association announced members of its 2022 Affordable Rental Housing Advisory Council. The Advisory Councils on affordable rental housing and affordable homeownership were formed in 2019 to provide important strategic and practical guidance to MBA’s CONVERGENCE Initiative, the association’s affordable housing effort.

MBA CONVERGENCE Partner Profile: Sarah Garland of CBRE

Sarah Garland is Director of Production for Affordable Housing and FHA Lending with CBRE, Seattle, responsible for supporting the origination of affordable and workforce housing debt financing. She leads a company initiative to leverage CBRE’s broad originations platform with the deep expertise of the CBRE Affordable Housing and FHA teams in the regulated multifamily finance market.