Partners in Innovation: Preserving Affordable Rental Housing Near Transit
September 28
Overview I Symposium I Forum I Funders I Planning Committee I Livability 360 I Event Resources
Policy Forum • Denver, CO
Partners in Innovation: Preserving Affordable Rental Housing Near Transit explored ways to better support the preservation of affordable housing—especially rental—near transit through innovative partnerships, policy development, and legislative reform.
The policy forum brought together over 200 federal, state, and local officials, industry leaders, and advocates in Denver, CO on Tuesday, September 28, 2010. This policy forum was the final in series of three preservation policy forums hosted by NHC and the MacArthur Foundation throughout 2010. To learn more about the related events in Boston, MA and Portland, OR please click here.
On this page, you will find links to the key resources shared at the Denver policy forum.
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9:00 AM |
9:25 AM |
Welcome and Opening Remarks
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9:25 AM |
10:45 AM |
Plenary Session I
View clips from Bernstein and Corless's presentations Read about Corless's remarks on NHC's Open House Blog |
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11:00 AM |
12:20 PM |
Concurrent Breakout Sessions I (Click on the links to read more about the sessions and view the resources from each panel) |
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12:30 PM |
1:45 PM |
Plenary Session II and Luncheon
View clips from Bodaken and Pollack's presentations View the full report and read a summary of the report on NHC's Open House Blog |
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2:00 PM |
3:20 PM |
Concurrent Breakout Sessions II (Click on the links to read more about the sessions and view the resources from each panel) |
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3:30 PM |
4:30 PM |
Plenary Session II
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Download the participant roster
Concurrent Breakout Session I
Managing Transit Impacts in Low-Income Neighborhoods
This session will examine the implications of transit coming into vulnerable neighborhoods. Panelists from Atlanta, Denver, Minneapolis/St. Paul, and San Francisco will highlight how advocates are partnering with housing providers to maintain the integrity of existing communities while increasing the access to transit.
- Heather Hood, San Francisco Foundation (moderator); Russ Adams, Alliance for Metropolitan Stability; Blake Pendergrass, FRESC: Good Jobs, Strong Communities; Kate Little, Beltline Affordable Housing Advisory Board
Resources and Challenges for Green Preservation
This session will explore how the preservation of existing transit-proximate housing stock promotes smart growth strategies and makes the best use of resources. Panelists will discuss the preservation of affordable housing as being inherently green. The session will also focus on best practices in energy retrofits, green sustainable building practices and materials and proven measures to improve indoor air quality for residents.
- Joseph Maheady, Enterprise Community Partners, Inc. (moderator); Jennifer Erixon, Mercy Housing Mountain Plains; Heather Lafferty, Habitat for Humanity of Metro Denver; Mike Pacheco, Colorado Housing Finance Agency
Visit the HousingPolicy.org Toolkit, Improve Residential Energy Efficiency
The Developers Perspective: Green Affordable Housing
Hear from public, private and non-profit developers at this session examining means to incorporate concepts often used at the MPO and transit agency level including vehicle miles traveled (VMT) green house gas emissions and air quality into affordable housing preservation. Panelists will describe data available today and refinements needed for a future where MPOs, transit agencies and other regional entities are fully engaged in preservation work.
- Catherine Cox Blair, Reconnecting America and The Center for Transit-Oriented Development (moderator); Stephen Antupit, CityLab7; Chris Parr, Denver Housing Authority; Chuck Perry, Perry Rose LLC
Philanthropy's Role in Affordable Transit-Oriented Preservation
Foundation leaders with national, regional and local areas of focus will share the challenges and rewards to investing in preservation-oriented acquisition funds, advocacy work and other initiatives. Panelists will describe the current work of their foundation, potential future work and why these issues are of relevance in the local and regional foundation community.
- Allison Clark, John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation (moderator); Don Chen, Ford Foundation; Anne Garcia, Rose Community Foundation; Lee Sheehy, McKnight Foundation
Concurrent Breakout Session II
Innovations and Risks in Preserving Affordable Housing Near Transit
Building off of the luncheon presentation, panelists from Atlanta, Denver, Seattle and Washington, D.C. will share their financing models, property case studies and recommendations for communities considering similar efforts.
- Aaron Miripol, Urban Land Conservancy (moderator); Bruce Gunter, Progressive Redevelopment; Rob Richardson, National Housing Trust; Mike Rooney, Mt. Baker Housing
Regional Perspectives on the Federal Approach to Preserving Affordable Housing Near Transit
Panelists will examine how the Interagency Partnership for Sustainable Communities will support preservation through all three agencies, using the Rocky Mountain states as a case study. Panelists will highlight federal level data needs as well as examine federal barriers--particularly transportation and environmental policies--that can impede preservation efforts.
- Edwin Stromberg, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (moderator); Cynthia Cody, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency--Region 8; Rick Garcia, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development--Region 8; Terry Rosapep, U.S. DOT Federal Transit Administration--Region 8
View Cody and Rosapep's PPT slides
Public Agencies, Partnerships and Preserving Affordability
Representatives from some of the leading public agencies in the nation will share how the policies and practices of their respective agencies work to include affordable housing preservation and support cross-silo partnerships. The discussion will also address how these agencies will continue to evolve in the future given the current economic landscape.
- Allison Brooks, Reconnecting America (moderator); Jillian Detweiler, TriMet; Dan Bartholomay, Minnesota Housing Finance Authority; Ken Kirkey, Association of Bay Area Governments; Tom Weyandt, Atlanta Regional Commission
Reality Check: Financing the Preservation of Affordable TOD
Join this session to explore perspectives on the various layers of financing needed to piece together affordable TOD preservation resources. Panelists will speak to their respective roles, challenges and models in their communities.
- Lisa Davis, Ford Foundation (moderator); Brian Dale, Citi Community Capital; Rick Hooper, City of Seattle, WA Office of Housing (presented by Adrienne Quinn, Enterprise Community Partners on behalf of Rick Hooper); Noni Ramos, Enterprise Community Loan Fund; Tasha Weaver, Colorado Housing Finance Agency
Forum Sponsor
NHC thanks the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation for their generous support of the Partners in Innovation forum series. Learn more about the recent events in Boston, MA and Portland, OR.
NHC also thanks the Housing and Homelessness Funders Collaborative for providing registration scholarship support for Denver Metro Area local elected officials.