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Solutions for Affordable Housing
November 29, 2017
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Solutions for Affordable Housing, NHC’s 2017 national housing policy convening, provided an opportunity to explore the federal housing policy landscape under a new administration and Congress. In a variety of issue areas, attendees explored policy change that may be coming, either legislatively or through agency action. Sessions also examined how states and localities are responding to housing needs and how federal policy connects to those efforts.
Plenary sessions with policymakers and senior administration officials addressed national policies that can ripple throughout the housing field, like tax reform, the federal budget and housing finance. Breakout sessions focused on issues with potential for positive change, including emerging best practices for practitioners to expand and improve their affordable housing work.
2017 Agenda
Duty to Serve Rule implementation |
Building on initial successes in ending homelessness |
New solutions for nonprofit rental housing |
| Moderator: Andrew Jakabovics, Enterprise Community Partners | Moderator: Steve Berg, National Alliance to End Homelessness | Moderator: Brett McLeod, JPMorgan Chase |
| Panelists: | Panelists: | Panelists: |
| Jim Gray, FHFA | Jermine Bryon, HUD | Cindy Holler, CHoller Consulting |
| David Leopold, Freddie Mac | Matthew Doherty, USICH | Anne McCulloch, Housing Partnership Equity Trust |
| Michael Hernandez, Fannie Mae | Kathryn Monet, National Coalition for Homeless Veterans | Deidre Schmidt, Common Bond Communities |
Economic revival in challenged communities |
Putting money in the right pocket |
Minority homeownership |
| Moderator: Matt Josephs, Local Initiatives Support Corporation | Moderator: Maya Brennan, Urban Institute | Moderator: Ethan Handelman, NHC |
| Panelists: | Panelists: | Panelists: |
| Sarah Constant, Mission First Housing | Flora Arabo, Enterprise Community Partners | James Carr, Wayne State University |
| Julia Gordon, National Community Stabilization Trust | Kamillah Wood, Stewards of Affordable Housing for the Future | Lynn Fisher, Mortgage Bankers Association |
| Jim King, Fahe | Sarah Norman, NeighborWorks® America | Doug Ryan, Prosperity Now |
| Neal Rackleff, HUD | Agatha So, UnidosUS |
Meeting the housing needs of older adults |
Rental Assistance Demonstration |
| Moderator: Anand Parekh, Bipartisan Policy Center | Moderator: Brian Tracey, Bank of America Merrill Lynch |
| Panelists: | Panelists: |
| Linda Couch, Leading Age | Jessie Cassella, National Housing Law Project |
| Priya Jayachandran, Volunteers of America | Tom Davis, HUD |
| Dana Wade, HUD | Steve PonTell, National CORE |
| Stacy Spann, Housing Opportunities Commission | |
Luncheon plenary: Outlook for tax reform and affordable housing |
Closing plenary: Housing in disaster recovery |
| Moderator: Kirsten Johnson-Obey, NeighborWorks® America | Moderator: Jenn Fogel-Bublick, Capitol Counsel |
| Panelists: | Panelists: |
| Sarah Edelman, Center for American Progress | Steve Ellis, Taxpayers for Common Sense |
| Fran Mordi, Mortgage Bankers Association | Marion McFadden, Enterprise Community Partners |
| Garth Rieman, National Council of State Housing Agencies | Diane Yentel, National Low Income Housing Coalition |
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