Attendees of the New Mexico Housing Summit gather at the Hotel Albuquerque on Wednesday. The New Mexico Mortgage Finance Authority organized the event, which is ongoing through Friday, amid acute housing challenges across the state. (Photo by Patrick Lohmann / Source NM)
Hundreds of people interested in solving New Mexico’s housing challenges have descended on an Albuquerque hotel this week for a summit, one that the state’s Mortgage Finance Authority organized for more than a year.
The authority kicked off the summit Wednesday morning with its monthly meeting, in which board members celebrated the authority’s 50th anniversary and milestone of serving 505,000 New Mexicans. While presenters detailed successes on a variety of housing programs, they also noted economic headwinds expected in the next year…