2011 Program

Program-At-A-Glance (PDF)
Monday, September 26 | Tuesday, September 27 | Wednesday, September 28

Monday, September 26, 2011

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3:00 – 5:30 p.m. Conference Check-In
5:00 – 6:30 p.m. Welcome Reception with Exhibitors
To jump-start the conference, join attendees in the Exhibitor Galleries for an energizing time connecting with colleagues and making new contacts while enjoying light hors d’oeuvres.

Tuesday, September 27, 2011

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7:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. Conference Check-In
7:00 – 8:30 a.m. Breakfast with Exhibitors
8:30 – 10:00 a.m. Opening General Session

Welcome Remarks: Karen Miller, Chair, Washington State Housing Finance Commission
Comments and Introduction: Rogers Weed, Director, Washington State Department of Commerce
Keynote Address:
 
Critical Links to Build Communities
Judith Bell, President, PolicyLink
Speaker Presentation

   

  

10:00 – 10:15 a.m. Beverage Break
10:15 – 11:45 a.m. Focus Sessions

T1 The Politics of Housing

Presenter:
David Jeffers, Executive Vice President, Policy and Public Affairs, Council of Federal Home Loan Banks

As the country recovers from recession and the bursting of the housing bubble, the way forward for Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac and the mortgage finance system more broadly is a central question for housing. Join national experts to debate how we should reshape America’s housing finance system. This panel will offer a wide range of perspectives for a nonpartisan, highly engaging policy discussion. All options are on the table and many voices will be heard: right and left, for-profit and non-profit, public and private sector. Topics to be covered include: single-family mortgage finance, multifamily mortgage finance, Treasury’s options proposal and the perspective from Congress.

T2 Housing 101  Speaker Presentation

Presenter:
Brian Lloyd, Development Director, Beacon Development Group

What everyone who wants or needs to develop affordable housing must know about the process, the players, the market, the skills and the vernacular. An interactive introduction to what it takes to develop much needed affordable housing in today’s environment.

T3 Tapping Untapped Resources: Foundations  Speaker Presentation

Presenter:
Adrienne Quinn, Executive Director, Medina Foundation

As funds get tighter, developers, advocates and nonprofits need to seek additional untapped resources to fund valuable housing and advocacy programs. Foundations are one source, but how do you find the right foundation, apply for grants and tap into these funds for your program. Learn more from one of the region’s leading foundations.

T4 Asset Management: Owner and Manager Meeting of the Minds  Speaker Presentation

Moderator:
Bill Rumpf, President, Mercy Housing Northwest
Presenters:
Jayne Auld, Executive Director, Spokane Housing Ventures
Holly Buechler, Asset Manager, Catholic Charities Housing Services – Diocese of Yakima
Lisa Sullivan, Owner, Pine River Management

Owners and managers with experience in nonprofit and for profit organizations share asset management tips to ensure the preservation of quality affordable housing. Asset management techniques and revenue sources for multifamily, senior, farmworker, rural development, tax credit, HOME, HUD and other types of properties will be featured.

T5 Understanding the New Foreclosures Fairness Act Speaker Presentations

Moderator:
The Honorable Tina Orwall, State Legislator, Washington State House of Representatives, 33^rd District
Presenters:
Denny Eliason, Founding Partner, Alliances Northwest
Dan McConnon, Assistant Director, Washington State Department of Commerce
Bruce Neas, Legislative Coordinator, Columbia Legal Services
James Sugarman, Assistant Attorney General, Consumer Protection Division, Washington State Attorney General's Office

Representative Tina Orwall, prime sponsor of the bill, will moderate this panel. This will be an opportunity to hear an early report on how the foreclosure program is going from the people directly involved, including a discussion on the implementation of that Act and how it will impact current housing crisis in Washington state.

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Noon – 1:15 p.m. Lunch

Comments and Introduction: U.S. Bank
Keynote Address:
 
Jobs: Our State's Economic Outlook
Arun Raha, Ph.D.
Chief Economist, Washington State;
Executive Director, Economic and Revenue Forecast Council
Speaker Presentation

   

1:15 – 1:50 p.m. Networking and Dessert with Exhibitors
2:00 – 3:15 p.m. Focus Sessions

T6 Congressional Roundtable

Moderator:
Kim Herman, Executive Director, Washington State Housing Finance Commission
Presenter: Jim Tobin, Senior Vice President, Government Affairs, National Association of Home Builders

This annual session allows participants to interact with key legislative figures to voice concerns and learn more about the upcoming national political initiatives to preserve and promote affordable housing.

T7 Keeping Seniors in Their Communities

Presenter:
Pamela Sloan, RN, MSW, GMHS, Director, Elder Services

Senior housing is more than just walls. It is also about the services and support systems necessary to allow seniors independent living in their own homes and in the communities in which they currently live. Learn innovative approaches to identifying elders at risk through the nationally recognized Gatekeeper Program (which began in Spokane in 1978) and the programs and services, both active and needed in the future, to keep seniors at home today.

T8 Strategies to Grow and Improve Jobs in Washington Speaker Presentation

Presenter:
Daniel Malarkey, Deputy Director, Washington State Department of Commerce

This session will present recent trends in wages, employment and income in Washington state. It will examine some of the factors driving the polarization of the workforce into high and low wage jobs and explore policy proposals to increase employment and raise incomes at low and middle ranges of the wage scale. Strategies will include proposals to address work force development and education, public infrastructure investments, regulatory streamlining and green jobs.

T9 Asset Management: Investor Expectations and Observations  Speaker Presentation

Presenters:
Elizabeth O’Leary, Senior Vice President, Asset Management, Enterprise Community Investment, Inc.
Wade Okada, Vice President, Asset Manager, Western Region, National Equity Fund

Learn from both a major tax credit investor and an asset manager who watches over a 1,600-property portfolio. Presenters will share their best practices for asset management and preservation through all of the major stages of the lifecycle of a property.

T10 Successful Tenancies for Vulnerable Populations: A Canadian Perspective Speaker Presentation

Presenters:
Craig Crawford, (Acting) Vice President, Operations, BC Housing
Dominic Flanagan, Director, Housing Programs, BC Housing

Social housing is much more than simply housing tenants. Learn about effective ways to create partnerships to deliver services related to mental health and addictions, including case planning, supportive independent living and more. Representatives from BC Housing will reveal a service delivery model that looks at a spectrum of programs and services and invite discussion about the provision of services targeted at specific tenant mixes in social housing projects. 

3:15 – 3:30 p.m. Beverage Break
3:30 – 4:45 p.m. Focus Sessions

T11 The Future of Housing Finance Reform Speaker Presentation

Presenter:
David Min, Associate Director for Financial Markets, Center for American Progress

Hear how the near and long term political dynamics surrounding housing finance reform (including Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, the FHA, and Dodd-Frank implementation) may impact private sources of housing finance. The focus will be on the arguments for privatizing the housing finance system (Options 1 and 2 of the Obama administration's plan) and why they are poorly conceived. A review of some of the major reform proposals out there and their main features, plus a synopsis of American Progress’ proposal and its major features will be presented along with how the various proposals deal with certain important areas, including multifamily rental, the 30-year fixed-rate mortgage, rural housing and more. Also gain an overview of how different countries outside the USA deal with mortgage finance.

T12 Turning Brownfields into Homes  Speaker Presentation

Presenters:
Charlie Bartsch, Senior Program Advisor for Economic Development, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Eugene Goldfarb, MUP, JD, AICP, Adjunct Professor, University of Illinois – Chicago

Brownfields represent an untapped land resource that can be made ready for development with the proper cleanup and environmental protection mechanisms. Learn how this has been done for housing: how cleanup standards are addressed; how evolving cleanup technologies can address soil and structural contamination; how "institutional control" strategies such as encapsulation can safely address environmental problems; how the federal-state oversight partnership works to address liability and facilitate brownfield reuse for housing; and case studies of housing on former brownfields sites.

T13 Community Land Trusts Preserving Affordability Speaker Presentations

Presenter:
Lisa Byers, Executive Director, OPAL Community Land Trust

Community Land Trusts (CLT) provide affordable access to land and homes that lasts for generations. Public and private investments that make the home affordable for the first homebuyer remain in the property. At the same time that affordability is maintained, each successive homeowner builds equity. Fannie Mae, HUD, USDA, major mortgage lenders and a growing number of communities now recognize the advantages of having a CLT in the mix. CLTs have implemented award-winning projects that showcase cluster development in compliance with the best intentions of the GMA, are effective for revitalizing dis-invested areas, and can help low-income residents stay in their homes when neighborhoods gentrify.

T14 Minding Your P’s: Portfolio Preservation Practices Speaker Presentation

Moderator: Tracy Reich, Director, Community Programs, Impact Capital
Presenters:
Robin Boyce, Executive Director, Housing Development Center
Sue Cary, Director of Asset Management, Capitol Hill Housing
Joanne Quinn, Sustainability Specialist, Office of Housing, City of Seattle

Ever wish there was a checklist or guide to help you with your housing portfolio? Join us to learn about the City of Seattle’s new housing preservation guide that will help you analyze and restructure your properties and portfolio for long-term sustainability. Funded by the MacArthur Foundation and using industry expertise, this guide was constructed from real live case studies with input from local asset management practitioners. Presenters will walk you through the steps and processes for analyzing your portfolio and strengthening its performance.

T15 Intersecting Transportation and Housing  Speaker Presentation

Presenter:
Maria Choca Urban, Program Director, Transportation and Community Development, Center for Neighborhood Technology

Hear an analysis of the average transportation costs associated with developments financed by the Illinois Housing Development Authority (IHDA) using the Housing and Transportation (H+T®) Affordability Index. The study covered 248 developments containing 25,000 affordable housing units approved by the IHDA board from 2001-2008 in the Chicago region. Research focused on the geographic distribution of affordable housing developments, the level of access to jobs and transit, and variations in average transportation costs among development neighborhoods. The presentation concludes with actions that state housing finance agencies and developers can take to better target affordable housing to locations with affordable transportation costs, access to transit and high employment opportunity.

4:50 – 5:35 p.m. General Session

Comments and Introduction: Chase
Keynote Address:
 
Cozy by Design: Communities for the 21st Century
Michael Pyatok, FAIA
Principal, Pyatok Architects, Inc.
Speaker Presentation

 

5:35 – 6:15 p.m. Shuttle to the Davenport Hotel
6:00 – 8:00 p.m. 18th Annual Friend of Housing Awards

The beautiful, historic Davenport Hotel is the location for this year’s Friend of Housing Reception and Award Celebration. Join us for hors d’oeuvres and desserts served up with inspiring stories of remarkable accomplishments in affordable housing as we honor some extremely remarkable peers. Scheduled transportation provided. Hosted by the Washington State Housing Finance Commission.

Wednesday, September 28, 2011

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7:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. Conference Check-In
7:00 – 8:00 a.m. Breakfast with Exhibitors
8:00 – 9:30 a.m. General Session

Comments and Introduction: Bank of America
Keynote Address:
 
Integrating Aging, Housing and Services
Robyn I. Stone, DrPH
Executive Director, LeadingAge Center for Applied Research
Speaker Presentation

   

9:30 – 9:45 a.m. Beverage Break
9:45 – 11:00 a.m. Focus Sessions

W1 Using GMA to Create Housing: Managing Hurdles   Speaker Presentations & Handouts

Moderator:
John Campbell, President, Homes for Islanders
Presenters:
Holly Gadbaw, AICP, Land Use Planner; Growth Management Hearings Board Member (Retired)
Michael McCormick, FAICP, Planning Consultant
John Purbaugh, Attorney, Northwest Justice Project

Hear from Growth Management Act experts as they talk about the legislation’s intent, and what local plans should include RCW's and WAC's, Needs Assessment and Housing Element. Learn about the legal standing, timing and "adequate provision," and about overcoming the “presumption of validity” of local action and how to do it. Presenters will discuss their experiences, criteria and insight into why previous efforts failed.

W2 Biggest Bang for the Buck Speaker Presentation

Moderator:
Heather Beaulieu, Vice President, Business Development, RAFN Company
Presenters:
Jonathan Heller, PE, LEED® AP, Principal & Lead Mechanical Engineer, Ecotope, Inc.
Ann Schuessler, LEED® AP, Director, Sustainable Building Practices, RAFN Company
Valerie Thiel, AIA, LEED® AP, Principal, SAGE Architectural Alliance

A panel of building industry professionals will present the results of a recent survey of asset managers, facilities managers, architects, building consultants and contractors focused on four building product areas: flooring, plumbing, HVAC systems, and exterior wall assemblies. Panelists will present lessons learned and recommendations for resources to help guide future decision making from the perspective of cost, long-term durability, ease of maintenance and sustainability. Come learn new “Do’s and Don’ts” for your next multifamily rehab or new construction project.

W3 Demystifying Housing in Tribal Communities  Speaker Presentations

Moderator:
Iris Friday, 184 Loan Coordinator, NW Office of Native American Programs, U.S. Department of Housing & Urban Development
Presenters:
Elena Bassett, Executive Director, Colville Indian Housing Authority
Ken Bowring, Administrator, Office of Native American Programs, HUD
Jeff Nave, Member, Foster Pepper LLC

Washington state is home to 29 federally recognized tribes. Come learn about the exciting opportunities working in Native American communities. Presenters will provide an introduction to tribal governments, tribal housing development, financial leveraging and private and nonprofit partnerships. If you’ve ever wanted to better your understanding of tribal governments and tribal housing, this session is for you!

W4 Rural Development  Speaker Presentation

Moderator:
E. Tammy Repine, Housing Programs Director, Rural Development, U.S. Department of Agriculture
Presenters:
Tony Caldwell, Executive Director, Housing Kitsap
Nancy Larsen, Executive Director, Whatcom Skagit Housing
Dean Nail, Senior Construction Supervisor, Housing Kitsap
John Probst, Development Manager, Catholic Charities Housing Services
Robin Smith, Affordable and Student Housing Developer, Smith Development Consultants

Learn how to make small and big impacts in both Green Building and Rehab projects for multifamily and single-family housing projects. Presenters will share their success stories and best practices on recent projects.

W5 Legislative Roundtable

Moderator:
Michele Thomas, Director of Policy & Advocacy, Washington Low Income Housing Alliance
Presenters:
The Honorable Michael Baumgartner, State Legislator, Washington State Senate (6th District)
The Honorable Andy Billig, State Legislator, Washington State House of Representatives (3rd District)
Nick Federici, Government Affairs Consultant
The Honorable Timm Ormsby, Legislator, Washington State House of Representatives (3rd District)

Join leaders from these two critical organizations for an open forum on Washington state’s housing agenda for 2012.

11:00 – 11:15 a.m. Beverage Break
11:15 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. Focus Sessions

W6 The New HUD Continues: Update 2011

Presenters:
Mary McBride, Northwest Regional Administrator, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
Sandra Henriquez, Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian Housing, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development

Providing a repeat performance, McBride is back to tell you more about the “new HUD,” its streamlined programs, sustainable initiatives, Choice Neighborhoods, placed-based delivery models, funding flexibilities, Transforming Rental Housing, “green” designs and more. What is this “new HUD” and what does it really mean for you and the communities where you work? Here a "no HUDs-barred" conversation about the “what’s” and “how’s” of where HUD is going and what it means to you, your organization, and most importantly, to the families, individuals and communities you serve.

W7 Half Way Through: The Ten-Year Plan to End Homelessness  Speaker Presentations

Presenter:
Tedd Kelleher, Homeless Act Implementation Manager, Washington State Department of Commerce

The session will provide an update on Washington’s homeless plan, the new disability lifeline housing program and the implementation of the new Consolidate Homeless Grant.

W8 Making Housing a Top Agenda Speaker Presentation

Presenter:
Jim Tobin, Senior Vice President, Government Affairs, National Association of Home Builders

NAHB has a unique perspective on making housing a national agenda. Learn about initiatives from their national policy team on making both market-rate and affordable housing top-of-mind for national lawmakers. What is the future and where can we see the light given the current state of Freddie and Fannie and other lenders as the housing industry slowly recovers from one of the hardest times in recent history?

W9 Supportive Housing  Speaker Presentation

Presenter:
Simonne Ruff, Director, San Diego, Corporation for Supportive Housing

Supportive housing is a successful, cost-effective combination of affordable housing with services that help people live more stable, productive lives. Supportive housing works well for people who face the most complex challenges, those individuals and families who are not only homeless, but who also have very low incomes and serious, persistent issues that may include substance use, mental illness and HIV/AIDS. This session will focus on the special population of seniors, and the opportunities and trends in supportive housing that serve this population.

W10 Energy Retrofits in Multifamily Properties

Moderator:
Shawna Sherman, Senior Program Director, Pacific Northwest Office, Enterprise Community Partners
Presenters:
Sue Cary, Director of Asset Management, Capitol Hill Housing
Jonathan Heller, PE, LEED® AP, Principal & Lead Mechanical Engineer, Ecotope, Inc.

Are you wondering what can be done with older properties to improve performance? A number of innovative strategies are being developed. One includes creating long-term cost savings to the bottom-line by making targeted utility improvements. Enterprise Community Partners, in partnership with the Washington State Housing Finance Commission are piloting a Green Retrofit program that recommends utility improvements, provides loan financing, and analyzes utility data for building owners. The pilot is one of several being completed across the country.

12:30 – 2:30 p.m. Closing Lunch

Comments and Introduction: Union Bank, NA
Keynote Address:
 
What People Think of Housing: A Pollster's Perspective
John Zogby
Chairman of the Board and Chief Insights Officer, IBOPE Zogby International
Speaker Handout

  

2:30 – 4:00 p.m. HUD Special Session in Room 207

HUD Assistant Secretary Sandra Henriquez and Region X HUD Administrator Mary McBride will host a special session post conference to discuss budget issues, the challenges faced by housing providers, and immediate concerns and needs. This is a great opportunity for you to talk about your issues in a more relaxed and informal setting with the Assistant Secretary responsible for setting policy for the public housing division of HUD.

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