J. Ronald Terwilliger, founder and chairman of the ULI – Terwilliger Center for Housing, was honored yesterday in New York City at the 39th Annual Awards Program hosted jointly by the New York Housing Conference (NYHC) and the National Housing Conference (NHC). Terwilliger was awarded the Empire Award for Leadership in Affordable Housing. A longtime champion of affordable and workforce housing, Terwilliger was also named Housing Person of the Year in 2009 by the event’s co-sponsor, the NHC.