Save the Dates for 2010

October 19 & 20

Greater Tacoma Convention and Trade Center

Housing Washington provides a forum for learning, stimulating discussion and ideas,
forging new and strengthening existing relationships, and building collaborative efforts
to support the preservation and creation of affordable housing.

2009 Conference Summary

• Keynote Speakers Shared Rich Personal Histories in Looking Forward to New Policy Directions

2009 Friend of Housing Awards

• Washington State Housing Finance Commission Honors Exceptional Achievements in Affordable Housing

2009 Speaker Presentations

• Access to Capital: Strong Organizations = Successful Projects (PDF)
  Walter Zisette, Technical Assistance Manager, Common Ground
  Melora Hiller, Melora Hiller Consulting

• Affordable Cohousing (PDF)
  Grace H. Kim, AIA

• Community Land Trusts: Current Trends (PDF) | Homes that Last: Shelterforce Newsletter (PDF) | Regulatory Agreements (PDF) | City-CLT Partnership (PDF)
  Roger Lewis, National CLT Network; Erika Malone, Northwest CLT Coalition; Paul Schissler, KulshanCLT

• Craft's Cottages: A proposal to develop Jamestown S’Klallam Tribal property for affordable housing (PDF)
  Annette Nesse, Chief Operations Office, Jamestown S’Klallam Tribe

• Crafting a Message that Resonates with Congress (PDF)
  National Association of Housing and Redevelopment Officials

• Evergreen Sustainable Development Standard (PDF)
  Jeff Foster AIA, LEED AP, Principal, GGLO

• Four Fundamentals for Expanding 50+ Affordable Housing (PDF)
  Margaret Wylde, Ph.D., ProMatura Group, LLC

• Housing 101: Introduction to Development and Finance / The Rules Have Changed (PDF)
  Paul Purcell, President, Beacon Development Group

• HUD Perspectives (PDF)
  Jack Peters, Director, Office of Community Planning & Development, US Dept of Housing & Urban Development

• Mortgage Foreclosure Crisis: Causes and Solutions (PDF)
  Paul Leonard, California Director, Center for Responsible Lending

• Obama Administration’s Housing and Financial Policies (PDF)
  David Min, Associate Director for Financial Markets Policy, Center for American Progress

• Prefabricating Sustainable Communities (PDF)
  Michelle Kaufmann, AIA, LEED® AP, Founder, Chairman, Michelle Kaufmann Designs

• Preventing and Ending Homelessness—Next Steps (PDF) | Handout (PDF)
  Mary Cunningham, senior research associate at the Urban Institute

• Public Opinion Snapshot (PDF)
  Views on President Obama, Congress, and the Direction of the Country

• Short & Long Term Budget Trends (PDF)
  The Concord Coalition

• Small but Powerful Spaces Part I | Part II | Part III | Part IV
  Richard Kenney AIA, Cool Green Cabin LLC

• Sustainable and Affordable - Case Studies that Achieve Both (PDF)
  Tammie Schacher and Robert Leykam

• Sustainable Design and Affordable Housing (PDF)
  John deChadenedes, Coordinator for the Housing Finance Program, King County

• Tapping Financial Incentives for Affordable Housing (PDF)
  Michael G. Morrison, CPA, Novogradac & Company LLP
  Nicolo R. Pinoli, CPA, Novogradac & Company LLP

• Transportation and Housing: Implementing California's Climate Change Legislation (PDF)
  Julie Spezia, Housing California