• Affordable Housing Finance Magazine names The Hampstead Companies to its list of top 50 Owners, Developers, and Acquirers.
• From 1993-1996 processed 20% of the national market share of eligible projects under preservation programs.
• Recipient of HUD's Best Practice Award.
• One of the first owners in the nation to recapture Sec. 236 IRP (Interest Reduction Payment) subsidies for the preservation and repositioning of such projects in conjunction with tax credits and bonds.
• Processed the first transfer transaction under OMHAR with a full loan restructuring that included an IRP decoupling.
• HP named a Developer to Watch by Affordable Housing Finance Magazine in June 2005.
• Mr. Foster named one of the Top 50 to Watch by San Diego Magazine in January 2006.
  

• June 2006 - Chris Foster Testifies before the U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs regarding the Need to Extend HUD's Mark-To-Market Program (pdf)
• Baltimore Sun Article (pdf)
• Baltimore Sun Article - City Celebrates Affordable Housing Redevelopment (pdf)
• The Clay and Lester Morton Court Story (word doc.)
• San Diego Magazine - Chris Foster Named To List Of 50 People To Watch 2006 (pdf)
• North Park Renaissance (pdf)
• Soaring Dimensions Article - The Lafayette Hotel (pdf)
• 944 Magazine Article - Lafayette Hotel (pdf)
• Sign on San Diego Article - Hotel Condo Lliving (pdf)
• San Diego KUSI News - Lafayette Hotel (mov) *large file, may take a minute to load
• San Diego Channel 8 News - Lafayette Hotel (mov) *large file, may take a minute to load

Lafayette Residences Interviews

• Chris Foster, President of Hampstead Partners, talks about the Lafayette project and its contribution to the community.
• Jay Wentz, Principal of Hampstead Partners, “feel the past and see the future."
• Lisa Kirby, explains the unique concept of the Lafayette.
• Public comments on the renaissance of the Lafayette and its impact on the North Park neighborhood.
• Joanne DiBona, historical significance of Lafayette and its importance for tourism.