Regional COQ Awards

NEAHMA Regional Communities of Quality® Awards Submissions 

 
The Regional Communities of Quality® Awards honor the achievements of affordable housing providers who make an unprecedented contribution to developing outstanding properties for families of modest means. 
The Regional COQ Awards recognize outstanding property-management companies that demonstrate the highest possible quality of safe, affordable housing for lower-income families at particular sites.
 
The awards competition has five categories:
  • Exemplary Family Development
  • Exemplary Development for the Elderly
  • Exemplary Development for Residents with Special Needs
  • Exemplary Development for Single Room Occupancy Housing
  • Outstanding Turnaround of a Troubled Property
 
Awards Criteria  for NEAHMA Regional Communities of Quality Awards 
To enter NEAHMA Regional Communities of Quality Awards competition, your property must be a nationally recognized Community of Quality property.
  • The property must have scored a minimum of 325 points on its NAHMA national recognition application.
  • Properties that competed in the previous awards program but did not win are invited to reapply; previous award winners are not eligible to re-compete.
  • Prepare an essay, outlining the outstanding features and/or aspects of the property, and why it should be selected by the judges as an award winner. For Best Turnaround Property entrants only at least four before and after photos.
  • All NEAHMA Regional COQ winners will automatically be submitted to NAHMA for the National COQ Award competition.
  • The NAHMA National COQ Awards competition is a separate contest. Participants in the regional contest are invited to participate in the national competition as long as the national requirements are met. Visit https://www.nahma.org/awards-contests/communities-of-quality/awards/ for more information regarding the national competition. 

     

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    Disclaimer: Properties that meet the COQ National Recognition criteria may hold themselves forth to the public as such. However, NAHMA and the AHMAs do not assume and hereby disclaim any and all liability to any person or entity for any claims, damages, liability or other loss including, without limitation, any liability for injury or other damage resulting from any use of or reliance on the information provided through the COQ National Recognition and Awards Program. NAHMA and the AHMAs do not make any express or implied warranties, representations or endorsements whatsoever, or in any way, regarding the properties listed as COQ National Recognition or Award Winners.