Retired Subcategories: Promotional Materials and Newsletters

This subcategory was retired in 2019. If you have questions, please email awards@ncsha.org or call 202-624-7710.

Recognizes HFA promotional materials and newsletters that most effectively promote HFA activities, programs, products, or services and advance the HFA mission.

Judging Criteria

Communications entries will be judged on the degree to which they:

  • Are replicable
  • Engage targeted audiences
  • Achieve measurable results
  • Provide benefits that outweigh costs
  • Demonstrate effective use of resources
  • Achieve strategic objectives

2016 Winner

Iowa Finance Authority

2016 Entries

California Housing Finance Agency:
CalHFA's 40th Anniversary

CalHFA celebrates four decades of partnering, promoting, and preserving housing opportunities.

Iowa Finance Authority:
Iowa House Hunt

Iowa House Hunt engaged thousands of Iowa home buyers and supported a loan volume increase of thirty-two percent!

Indiana Housing and Community Development Authority:
IHCDA...the Magazine

IHCDA...the Magazine: Highlighting partners, innovative programs and best practices.

MaineHousing:
MaineHousing First Home Loan Campaign: Co-Branding is "Green Key"

MaineHousing First Home Loan Campaign: Co-Branding is "Green Key"

MassHousing:
MassHousing's Spring 2016 Homebuyer Ad Campaign

MassHousing's low-budget campaign leveraged digital and traditional media to deliver maximum exposure to minority millennials.

Michigan State Housing Development Authority:
MSHDA Elevator Signage

Installing frames in and around elevators, delivering internal and external messages during otherwise wasted time.

Minnesota Housing:
Building Our Brand By Elevating Our Annual Funding Award Announcement

Highlighting how Minnesota Housing is reaching a broader audience with simple, visual and impactful messaging.

Mississippi Home Corporation:
Promotional Materials and Newsletters Compliance Connection

Bi-annual newsletter designed to educate Housing Tax Credit Owners and Managers on the Housing Tax Credit Program and Affordable Housing Industry.

New Mexico Mortgage Finance Authority:
MFA 40th Anniversary

Multi- media public relations campaign with annual report, commemorative poster and book, interactive website, open house/events, and other collateral.

Rhode Island Housing:
Ocean State Grad Grant: Helping Graduates Make Rhode Island Home

Ocean State Grad Grant promotional campaign targeting recent college graduates.

Tennessee Housing Development Agency:
Policy Changes Needed in Face of Aging Rental Housing

Research study ready to inform rental housing development policy changes.

Virginia Housing:
Rental Promotion Strategy for Mixed-Use Mixed-Income Financing

A branding campaign for rental financing products that's creating unique connections with customers and developers.