01/28/2026
11 am PT / 12 pm MT / 1 pm CT / 2 pm ET
*approximate length: 45 minutes to 1 hour
Presenter: Eileen Wirth, CPM®
The Housing Opportunities Through Modernization Act, commonly referred to as HOTMA, passed in 2016, but unfortunately information to the industry has been slow in coming and confusing when received. This session will provide an overview of HOTMA, provide updates on the HUD guidance received in late 2023, and highlight what you need to know to maintain subsidized housing compliance.
Learning objectives for participants:
- Better understand HOTMA and what areas of housing are impacted by the law.
- Review the challenges being encountered due to the delay in delivery of guidance from HUD
- Gain an understanding, based upon the most current information, of actions needed to be HOTMA ready
Eileen Wirth, President & CEO of MEND Inc., has focused her career on affordable and subsidized housing. Her employment started at the NJ State Housing Finance Agency, and in the ensuing 30 years advanced her career through positions at both for profit and non-profit housing developers and managers both in Pennsylvania and New Jersey.
Ms. Wirth earned her BCS with a concentration in Finance, from what was then Rider College, in 1988, and obtained her MBA from Rider University in 1995. In addition to her MBA Ms. Wirth holds the Certified Property Manager (CPM)® designation from the Institute of Real Estate Management (IREM), the Housing Credit Compliance Professional designation from the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB), Specialist in Housing Credit Management, and National Affordable Housing Professional Executive designations from the National Affordable Housing Management Association (NAHMA).
Ms. Wirth has served as a member of the IREM Federal Housing Advisory Board since 2014, is currently an IREM Governing Councilor and member of the IREM Foundation Board of Directors.