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Ground Leasing: Mutual Expectations and Requirements (Training Institute Session)
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Speaker:
Michael Brown
Audience: CLT practitioners new to the ground lease or looking for a deeper understanding of the pivotal agreement; CLT Homeowners. Participants should already have a sound understanding of the CLT model before taking this course.
Time: 9:15am - 10:45am
This course will take a deep dive into the Network’s model ground lease from the perspective of both the CLT and the homeowner. Participants will explore not only the key restrictions on the occupancy, use and transfer of the home and other improvements on leased land but the expectations and responsibilities of both parties.
Other Suggested Courses: Post Purchase Stewardship 101, Making CL T First Mortgage Financing Work, Creating and Managing Maintenance and Repair Funds, Managing Resales: What Happens Now?
Session Materials & Links: Presentation Slides, Model Ground Lease, Ground Lease Commentary, Ground Lease Major Decision Points, Appendix C: Sample Memorandum of Ground Lease
Event Speaker
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Michael Brown
Partner
Burlington Associates in Community Development
Michael Brown is a Partner in Burlington Associates in Community Development, LLC, a national consulting group with a major focus on shared-equity homeownership. Michael helped establish one of the first CLTs in the country in eastern Tennessee in the early 1980’s and later served as the co-director of the Institute for Community Economics. For the past 17 years, Michael has provided technical assistance to over 60 new and existing CLTs, with services ranging from feasibility analysis and business planning, to program design and implementation, to adding commercial properties to CLT portfolios, to building financial and political support for community land trusts. Michael lives with his life partner in rural Collegeville Township in Minnesota.
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Permanently Affordable Housing 101 (Training Institute Session)
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Speaker:
Emily Seibel
Audience: Anyone new to PAH or CLTs; any practitioners wishing to take a deeper dive into the philosophy behind the model.
Time: 9:15am - 10:45am
If you are new to the conference and to permanently affordable housing or CLTs, this is a great place to get started. This session will define and provide a broad overview of permanently affordable housing (PAH). We will ask and address the questions: what is permanently affordable housing? Why and when would a community consider it? What are the main models and how would I pick which one is right for my community?
Other Suggested Sessions: Roots of the CLT, CLT 101, CLT 201
Session Materials & Links: Preservation of Affordable Homeownership: A Continuum of Strategies, Shared Equity Homeownership: The Changing Landscape of Resale-Restricted, Owner-Occupied Housing, Permanently Affordable Housing: Sector Chart &Glossary of Terms
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Emily Seibel
Executive Director
Yellow Springs Home, Inc.
Emily Seibel serves as Executive Director of Yellow Springs Home, Inc. She joined the agency’s staff in 2009 as Program Manager, developing stewardship programming, coaching clients and managing construction projects. Prior to her work in the CLT field, Emily worked at several nonprofits in the US and abroad. She earned a BA in Social and Global Studies with a concentration in Economics at Antioch College and is a certified Housing Development Finance Professional. Emily serves on the Board of Trustees of the Ohio CDC Association and of the National CLT Network.
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Transportation and Community Development: Three Case Studies (Training Institute Session)
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Speakers:
Stuart Goodpaster |
Barbara Navin |
Phil Logsdon |
Aaron Miripol |
Staci Horwitz
Audience: General Audience
Time: 9:15am - 10:45am
When communities make transit investments, you have an opportunity to be at the table, shaping public policy that can ultimately bring permanently affordable homeownership, rental and nonprofit facilities to these amazing transit sites. Learn from the recent experiences of the Urban Land Conservancy in Denver, City of Lakes CLT in Minneapolis and Lexington CLT in Kentucky.
Other Suggested Sessions:
Transportation and Community Development: Lessons from the Newtown Pike Extension Project and Lexington CLT, Transportation and Community Development: Protecting and Enhancing Communities through Federal Rules
Session Materials & Links: Presentation slides; Creating & Preserving Reasonably-Priced Housing Near Public Transportation
Event Speakers
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Stuart Goodpaster
Project Manager
Kentucky Transportation Cabinet
Stuart Goodpaster has been the KYTC Project Manager for the Newtown Pike Extension Project in Lexington, since 2011. He is a 1985 graduate of the University of Kentucky College of Engineering and has been employed in the public and private sectors in the disciplines of structure design, roadway design, and highway planning. Stuart has been involved in the design and oversight of numerous federally funded Transportation bridge and roadway projects and been involved in the planning stages of many highway projects, including public involvement.
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Barbara Navin
Executive Director
Lexington CLT
Barbara Whitaker Navin, Lexington Community Land Trust’s Executive Director, started the organization’s operations in July, 2011. Her CLT experience began with seven years at Thistle Community Housing in Boulder, Colorado, where she directed the CLT program, stewarding a portfolio of over two hundred homes. She led Thistle’s participation as a selected study site in Urban Institute’s 2010 Shared Equity Homeownership Evaluation. She is a National Development Council-certified Housing Development Finance Professional, has a background in Real Estate transactions and residential appraisals, and holds a Bachelor of Science from Cornell University.
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Phil Logsdon
Senior Project Manager
LOCHNER
Phil Logsdon is currently the Senior Project Manager for H.W. Lochner, leading their Environmental Services Program in Lexington, KY. Previously, he was the Assistant Director for the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet Division of Environmental Analysis where he played a significant role in the Newtown Pike Extension project. Phil has also served as the District Environmental Coordinator and as an Archeologist for the Cabinet. Phil holds an undergraduate degree from the University of Kentucky and an MA in Applied Archeology from Northern Arizona University.
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Aaron Miripol
President & CEO
Urban Land Conservancy
Aaron Miripol is the President & CEO of the Urban Land Conservancy (ULC), a supporting non-profit organization to the Denver Foundation. Aaron joined ULC in 2007 and leads this unique real estate company in partnering with a wide range of companies in the Denver Metro area on the strategic acquisition and development of land and buildings to preserve and enhance their ability to create sustainable benefits in underserved communities. Aaron is also a Board Member for Wyatt Academy, a K-8 Charter School in Denver, Housing Colorado, statewide advocate for affordable housing; and PLACE, a national organization made up of community development practitioners.
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Staci Horwitz
Program Director
City of Lakes Community Land Trust
Staci Horwitz joined City of Lakes Community Land Trust (CLCLT) in March of 2006 and serves as the Program Director overseeing buyer education, qualification, and closing processes as well as rehabilitation for the Homebuyer Initiated Program. Staci has experience in nonprofit administration; program development, implementation and evaluation; financial management; contract management; and computer systems support. Outside her work with the CLCLT, Staci has facilitated workshops on community land trusts and homeowner engagement for NeighborWorks® America and the National CLT Network. Staci received her Bachelor of Arts in Dietetics from the College of St. Scholastica and lives in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
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Rental Housing Part I: Preservation Strategies
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Speakers:
Susan Cotner |
Connie Chavez |
Ethan Handelman
Audience: General Audience. No prior knowledge of rental housing development necessary.
Time: 9:15am - 10:45am
It is far more expensive to build new affordable housing than to preserve the affordable housing that we already have. Learn about innovations in the low-income housing tax credit program, in life cycle underwriting and in the creation of owner-occupied duplexes as strategies to preserve affordable rental housing in your community.
Other Suggested Sessions: Rental Housing Part II: Wealth Creation Strategies, Limited Equity Cooperatives, Work the Problem: An Equitable Future for Elderly Owned Homes?
Session Materials & Links: Lifecycle Cost Modeling Tool
Event Speakers
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Susan Cotner
Executive Director
Albany Community Land Trust
Susan Cotner is the Executive Director of the Albany Community Land Trust (ACLT) in Albany, New York. ACLT offers a Buyer’s Choice homeownership program and manages 45 scattered site, non-tax credit rental units in 29 buildings. Susan also directs the Affordable Housing Partnership which provides housing counseling, energy efficiency programs and neighborhood planning.
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Connie Chavez
National Community Land Trust Network
Connie Chavez has over 15 years experience in administrative management for non-profit organizations. Connie was with Sawmill Community Land Trust in Albuquerque for 10 years, until the spring of 2013, where she was appointed Associate Director in 2004 and Executive Director in October, 2005. She was the Portfolio Manager/Information Systems Manager for the New Mexico Community Development Loan Fund, a state-wide loan fund for small business and non-profit groups. She grew up in the Sawmill/Wells Park Neighborhood and holds both a historical perspective and a future vision for the area. She is the mother of two lovely daughters, and three very special granddaughters.
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Ethan Handelman
Vice President for Policy and Advocacy
National Housing Conference
Ethan directs NHC's policy and advocacy agenda focused on advancing federal housing policy to assist low- and moderate-income people, strengthening the nation's housing finance system, restoring neighborhoods, advocating for housing policy during tax and budgetary reforms, and improving the coordination of housing, transportation and energy policy. He has testified before Congress and speaks and writes regularly on housing issues. Ethan joined NHC in March, 2011, after leading the advisory practice at Recap Real Estate Advisors, assisting public- and private-sector clients to understand and shape the affordable housing financial and policy environment. Ethan received his MA in International Relations from Harvard University and holds a BA in Political Science from University of Michigan. He serves on the board of Housing Unlimited, a nonprofit housing provider in Montgomery County, Maryland.
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Manufactured Housing: Preservation Strategies
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Speakers:
Doug Ryan |
Ishbel Dickens |
Chelsea Catto
Audience: General Audience
Time: 9:15am - 10:45am
When living on investor owned land, manufactured homeowners are in a precarious position. Learn about the different strategies in action across the country for increasing homeowner security and equity through resident owned cooperatives, nonprofit ownership and the community land trust model.
Other Suggested Sessions: Rental Housing Part I: Preservation Strategies, Rental Housing Part II: Wealth Creation Strategies, Limited Equity Cooperatives, Work the Problem: An Equitable Future for Elderly Owned Homes?
Session Materials & Links: Manufactured Housing Resources, CFED I’M HOME Resources and Policy Brief
Event Speakers
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Doug Ryan
Director of Affordable Homeownership
Corporation for Enterprise Development
Doug Ryan is the Director of Affordable Homeownership for the Corporation for Enterprise Development (CFED). In this role, he leads homeownership efforts, including the Innovations in Manufactured Homes initiative. Previously, Doug was Assistant Director of Federal Programs at the Housing Opportunities Commission of Montgomery County. He also worked as a legislative assistant in the U.S. Senate. Doug holds a B.A. from Fordham and an M.P.A. from New York University. He is an adjunct instructor at American University’s School of Public Affairs.
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Ishbel Dickens
Executive Director
National Manufactured Home Owners Association
Ishbel Dickens has been the Executive Director of the National Manufactured Home Owners Association since 2010. Prior to this, Ishbel was a staff attorney at Columbia Legal Services in Seattle. In 2007, her article about manufactured housing issues was published in the Clearinghouse Review, and she was awarded a Washington State Housing Finance Commission “Friend of Housing” Award. In 2009 she received the first ever “Housing Hero of the Decade” award at the 2009 Housing and Homelessness Advocacy Day held in Olympia, WA. Ishbel completed the “Achieving Excellence Program” at Harvard’s Kennedy School. She was awarded the Margaret M. Sevy Affordable Housing Lifetime Achievement Award from the Washington State Housing Finance Commission in 2014.
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Chelsea Catto
Director of Manufactured Housing Cooperative Development
CASA of Oregon
Chelsea Catto is the Director of Manufactured Housing Cooperative Development for CASA of Oregon. Prior to joining CASA, she worked for Mercy Corps, an international humanitarian aid agency. Ms. Catto holds a BA in International Studies from the University of Oregon and a Master’s of International Affairs from Columbia University.
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Designing and Evaluating Resale Formulas (Training Institute Session)
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Speaker:
Julie Brunner
Audience: Practitioners designing a formula for the first time and practitioners looking to revisit their existing resale formula. Participants should have a general understanding of permanently affordable housing and/or CLTs.
Time: 11:15am - 12:45pm
This session will teach participants how to evaluate the pros and cons of various resale formulas for the purpose of designing a new formula or amending an existing formula in order to better meet a community’s needs and priorities. The session will highlight fixed rate, index based and appraisal based formulas.
Other Suggested Sessions: Permanently Affordable Housing 101, Post-Purchase Stewardship 101, Managing Resales: What Happens Now?
Session Materials & Links: Presentation Slides
Event Speaker
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Julie Brunner
Housing Manager
OPAL Community Land Trust
Julie has been the Housing Manager for OPAL Community Land Trust since 2002. In that capacity, Julie manages resident and homebuyer policies, project financing, resident applications, mortgage financing and homebuyer education instruction. In addition to working for OPAL, Julie is a consultant specializing in CLTs and homeownership programs and has been teaching courses for the National Community Land Trust since 2006. Julie has worked in the field of affordable housing since 1995 and prior to that in social service and international economic development. She has a B.A. from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and a Master of City and Regional Planning from Rutgers University. Julie lives with her husband and two daughters on Orcas Island in Washington.
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Roots of the CLT: Origins & Evolution of an International Movement (Training Institute Session)
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Speakers:
John Emmeus Davis |
Tony Pickett
Audience: General Audience
Time: 11:15am - 12:45pm
The history of the community land trust is presented in here in pictures and stories describing the ideas, values, people, and events that gave rise to the modern-day CLT and nurtured its growth. What began as a bold experiment in 1969, a fragile product of the Southern Civil Rights Movement, has now spread to 46 states, Puerto Rico, the District of Columbia, Australia, Canada, Belgium, and the United Kingdom. Better understanding the model’s roots can help practitioners to better explain the model’s flexibility, resiliency, and worth.
Other Suggested Sessions: CLT 101, CLT 201, CLTs & Grassroots Organizing
Session Materials & Links: Roots of the CLT Presentation Slides
Event Speakers
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John Emmeus Davis
Founding Partner
Burlington Associates in Community Development
John Emmeus Davis is a founding partner in Burlington Associates in Community Development LLC, a national consulting cooperative that has assisted over 100 CLTs, new and old, since 1993. He previously served for ten years as the housing director for Burlington, VT under Mayors Bernie Sanders and Peter Clavelle. His publications include Manuel d’antispeculation immobiliere (2014), The Community Land Trust Reader (2010), The City-CLT Partnership (2008), Shared Equity Homeownership (2006), The Affordable City (1994), and The Community Land Trust Handbook (1982). He has lately been working in other media: narrating a DVD presentation entitled Roots of the CLT; co-producing the film Arc of Justice, and serving as the “master gardener” for the website Roots & Branches.
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Tony Pickett
Vice President – Master Site Development
Urban Land Conservancy
Tony Pickett is V.P. of Master Site Development at the Urban Land Conservancy, leading efforts to create long term community benefits with authentic local resident engagement. He is a LEED accredited professional with over 25 years of real estate experience in planning, design, financing and implementation of large scale mixed use urban redevelopment initiatives. Tony previously served as the founding Executive Director of the Atlanta Land Trust Collaborative; leading efforts to create equitable development using a unique community land trust model along the $2.8 billion Atlanta Beltline TOD project. He is a graduate of the Cornell University School of Architecture, Art and Planning.
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Transportation and Community Development: Lessons from the Newtown Pike Extension Project and Lexington CLT
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Speakers:
Thomas L. Nelson, Jr. |
Barbara Navin |
Pam Miller |
Ed Holmes |
James Ballinger |
James Codell, III |
Pam Clay-Young |
Michael Brown
Audience: General Audience; Transportation Professionals
Time: 11:15am - 12:45pm
This unprecedented road project solved downtown congestion and protected a diverse, low-income neighborhood at risk of displacement by creating Kentucky’s first community land trust. Hear how federal, state, and city officials worked together to preserve a historic community and create permanently affordable housing in Lexington.
Other Suggested Sessions: Transportation and Community Development: Three Case Studies, Transportation and Community Development: Protecting and Enhancing Communities through Federal Rules
Event Speakers
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Thomas L. Nelson, Jr.
Division Administrator, Kentucky Division
Federal Highway Administration
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Barbara Navin
Executive Director
Lexington CLT
Barbara Whitaker Navin, Lexington Community Land Trust’s Executive Director, started the organization’s operations in July, 2011. Her CLT experience began with seven years at Thistle Community Housing in Boulder, Colorado, where she directed the CLT program, stewarding a portfolio of over two hundred homes. She led Thistle’s participation as a selected study site in Urban Institute’s 2010 Shared Equity Homeownership Evaluation. She is a National Development Council-certified Housing Development Finance Professional, has a background in Real Estate transactions and residential appraisals, and holds a Bachelor of Science from Cornell University.
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Pam Miller
Council Member
Kentucky Council on Postsecondary Education
Pam Miller served as mayor of Lexington-Fayette County from 1993-2003. Prior to that she served on the Urban County Council from 1974 to 1977 and 1980 to 1993. Pam currently serves on the Kentucky Council on Postsecondary Education and has taught history and French in Connecticut and worked for the Congressional Quarterly in Washington, D.C., and the Boston Globe. She holds a bachelor’s degree in history from Smith College.
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Ed Holmes
Urban Planner and Principal
EHI Consultants
Edward Holmes is a certified planner with over 35 years of experience focusing on incorporating sustainable planning strategies into redevelopment, master planning, environmental justice, and land use plans. As an urban planner and Principal in EHI Consultants, Ed has created sustainable development frameworks for environmentally responsible planning and sustainable neighborhoods, including the Newtown Pike Extension mitigation area. He has direct experience with numerous public and private-sector projects throughout the Southeast United States. Ed received his BA in Urban Planning and Design from the University of Cincinnati.
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James Ballinger
Research and Training Engineer
KY Transportation Center, University of Kentucky
In 2008, James Ballinger was appointed the Chief District Engineer for the KY Department of Highways District 7 Office where he was an integral member of the Newtown-Pike Extension Project team. James had served with the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet since 1987 and he recently began working as a Research and Training Engineer for the KY Transportation Center at the University of Kentucky. He holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Civil Engineering from the University of Kansas.
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James Codell, III
Project Principal
AECOM
As Cabinet Secretary of the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet from 1996 to 2004, James Codell was responsible for all transportation operations for the State of Kentucky including the Paris Pike Project. He also had the privilege of serving as President of the American Association of State Highway & Transportation (ASHTO) in 2003. Since then, James has served as Regional Director of Transportation for AECOM (URS) where he has served as Principal-in-Charge for the relocated I-70 Mississippi River Bridge Re-Evaluation Study.
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Pam Clay-Young
Staff Attorney
District Seven highway office
Since 2001, Pam has served as a staff attorney for the District Seven highway office in Lexington. She is the designated representative for the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet for the Lexington CLT Board and serves on its Executive Committee. Pam handles condemnation suits for the Department of Highways if an agreement cannot be reached with a property owner regarding the purchase of property. Pam earned a Bachelor's of Science in Education from Cumberland College and a J.D. from the University of Louisville.
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Michael Brown
Partner
Burlington Associates in Community Development
Michael Brown is a Partner in Burlington Associates in Community Development, LLC, a national consulting group with a major focus on shared-equity homeownership. Michael helped establish one of the first CLTs in the country in eastern Tennessee in the early 1980’s and later served as the co-director of the Institute for Community Economics. For the past 17 years, Michael has provided technical assistance to over 60 new and existing CLTs, with services ranging from feasibility analysis and business planning, to program design and implementation, to adding commercial properties to CLT portfolios, to building financial and political support for community land trusts. Michael lives with his life partner in rural Collegeville Township in Minnesota.
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Rental Housing Part II: Wealth Creation Strategies
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Speakers:
Margery Spinney |
Carol Smith
Audience: General audience. No prior knowledge of rental housing development necessary.
Time: 11:15am - 12:45pm
Homeownership is not the end goal for every household. But, homeownership is the main way that households build wealth in the United States. Learn about “renting partnerships”—a third option in housing that builds wealth—both individual and communal—amongst low-income renter households. Through examples, session presenters will discuss the nuts and bolts of designing and administering a renting partnership program and implications for policy.
Other Suggested Sessions: Rental Housing Part I: Preservation Strategies, Limited Equity Cooperatives, Work the Problem: An Equitable Future for Elderly Owned Homes?
Session Materials & Links: Renter Equity Presentation Slides
Event Speakers
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Margery Spinney
President
Renting Partnerships
In 2012, Margery Spinney and Carol Smith founded Renting Partnerships. She previously managed the Cornerstone Loan Fund for sixteen years, adding property management and housing development to its functions. The success of Renter Equity during her leadership of Cornerstone is documented by an independent evaluation conducted by CFED. Prior to Cornerstone, Margery established and managed the Housing Development Advisory Service for the State of Maryland. She provided market analysis, training and technical support to developers using state and federal housing programs. Margery's background includes a B.A. in Philosophy, a Master’s Degree in Urban and Regional Planning and a Masters in Montessori Education, as well as work in economic development and teaching experience.
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Carol Smith
Vice President, Community Building
Renting Partnerships
Carol M. Smith, former Property Manager of the Cornerstone Corporation for Shared Equity, is a founder of Renting Partnerships. Carol has over thirty years of experience in community-based development and property management. She has managed multifamily housing in Avondale and Walnut Hills, administered the City of Cincinnati's Homesteading and Rental Rehabilitation Program, and worked as a community organizer assisting NeighborWorks organizations in the southeastern U.S. Carol served on the board of the CDC Association of Greater Cincinnati, is active in the prison ministry for her church and volunteers with the Avondale Community Development Corporation in Cincinnati.
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Limited Equity Cooperatives: Ask the Experts
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Speakers:
Alex Roesch |
Andrew Reicher |
Richard Heitler
Audience: General Audience. No prior knowledge of cooperative development necessary.
Time: 11:15am - 12:45pm
Developing cooperative housing is more about developing an association of residents capable of owning and operating their housing than about the bricks and mortar and money that generally come to mind when we think about affordable housing development. This freewheeling, question-driven discussion, led by UHAB practitioners with decades of experience, will touch upon everything from building the “human capital” of a co-op to the stewardship of cooperative units and cooperative corporations. The final content of the session will flow from the questions raised by the participants so come curious!
Other Suggested Sessions: Rental Housing Part I: Preservation Strategies, Rental Housing Part II: Wealth Creation Strategies, Manufactured Housing: Preservation Strategies, Work the Problem: An Equitable Future for Elderly Owned Homes
Session Materials & Links: Developing Cooperatives Presentation Slides, Model Certificate of Incorporation, Model Bylaws- TPT, Final TPT Monitoring Agreement, Model Proprietary Lease, Model Regulatory Agreement, UHAB TPT Proposal, Training Curriculum
Event Speakers
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Alex Roesch
Project Associate
Urban Homesteading Assistance Board
Alex Roesch joined the Urban Homesteading Assistance Board (UHAB) in January of 2015 as the project associate for co-op outreach and research. His primary task as a researcher has been to locate and map every shared-equity housing cooperative in the United States. To conduct an accurate census of co-ops, Alex has combined methods of outreach, networking, surveying and data refinement. Previous to his position at UHAB, Alex worked for the City of Cambridge, MA as a geographic information systems technician. Alex received his MA in Theories of Urban Practice from Parsons, and his BA in Human Geography from Boston University.
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Andrew Reicher
Executive Director
Urban Homesteading Assistance Board
Andrew Reicher has worked at the Urban Homesteading Assistance Board (UHAB) since 1978, starting as Director of Technical Assistance and Training and has been Executive Director since 1981. Mr. Reicher brings experience in non-profit organization management, program design, training methodology and in developing and preserving affordable cooperative projects. He is the 1997 recipient of the Bowdoin College Common Good Award and the 2003 recipient of the National Association of Housing Cooperatives highest honor, the Jerry Voorhis Award. Mr. Reicher recently stepped down as the Chair of City Futures/Center for an Urban Future after more than thirty years and remains a board member.
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Richard Heitler
Chief Operating Officer
Urban Homesteading Assistance Board
Richard Heitler was Chief Operating Officer of the Urban Homesteading Assistance Board from 2003 to 2015. He has been active in the field of Housing and Community for over 30 years. Early in his career he worked with New York City’s Department of Housing Preservation and Development. In 1994, Mr. Heitler became the Vice President for Organization Development at the Local Initiatives Support Corporation. In 2000, he joined The Rensselaerville Institute as a Senior Consultant where he specialized in helping housing and community development organizations develop and implement outcome management systems. Mr. Heitler is a graduate of Antioch College and holds a Masters Degree from Sir George Williams University in Montreal.
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Transportation and Community Development: NEPA to your Neighborhood
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Speaker:
Eugene Cleckley
Audience: Transportation Professionals; Public Employees; Shared-Equity Practitioners
Time: 2:30pm - 4:00pm
Nationally recognized specialist Eugene Cleckley will share creative uses of the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) to protect, restore, and enhance low-income and/or communities of color disproportionately impacted by transportation and federally funded projects. Mr. Cleckley will show how environmental justice strategies can be used to benefit Community Land Trusts and other shared-equity models.
Other Suggested Sessions: Transportation and Community Development: Three Case Studies; Transportation and Community Development: Lessons from the Newtown Pike Extension Project and Lexington CLT
Event Speaker
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Eugene Cleckley
President
EWC Consulting
Eugene Cleckley is the President of EWC Consulting, a company dedicated to consulting with State DOTs and other clients about how to transform the corporate culture, highway decision-making and project delivery. Prior to EWC, Eugene was the Director of Field Service-South for the Federal Highway Administration where he oversaw FHWA Field Offices in 18 states, Puerto Rico and the Resource Center in Atlanta, GA. Until joining EWC in 2003, Eugene had served with the Federal Highway Administration for 30 years.
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Turning Program Data into Actionable Insights with HomeKeeper
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Speakers:
Liz Haney |
Tiffany Eng
Audience: General Audience- both HomeKeeper and non-HomeKeeper Users
Time: 2:30pm - 4:00pm
Learn how to use your program data to create powerful and compelling visual dashboards. If you are seeking for new data-driven ways to improve efficiency, measure your success or tell your story better, this session is for you.
Other Suggested Sessions: Sector-wide Insights from the HomeKeeper National Data Hub
Session Materials & Links: Presentation Slides
Event Speakers
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Liz Haney
HomeKeeper Member Support Specialist
Cornerstone Partnership
Liz Haney has been the Member Support Specialist for HomeKeeper since May 2013. She is responsible for onboarding new user organizations, user trainings, creating documentation and responding to user requests. She is a former HomeKeeper user with extensive experience in a broad range of non-profits, working at UVMEND’s SHARE Community Land Trust in Leavenworth, WA for a year, as well as at TransCultural Exchange, a international art nonprofit and the Center of Concern, a progressive Catholic advocacy organization in Washington, DC. Liz received her Bachelors degree from Boston College.
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Tiffany Eng
HomeKeeper Product Manager
Cornerstone Partnership
Tiffany Eng has been leading the HomeKeeper program since August 2010 and currently oversees product development, marketing and member outreach. She brings over 15 years of experience providing organizations around the country with training and technical assistance in designing and implementing successful asset building programs. In addition, she has been a licensed California REALTORⓇ since 2007 and is a passionate advocate for first-time homebuyers. Tiffany has a masters in City and Regional Planning from UC Berkeley and an undergraduate degree from Carleton College.
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Federal Policy: Understanding and Impacting the Critical Issues
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Speakers:
Jesse Van Tol |
Christopher Ptomey |
Ethan Handelman |
Emily Thaden
Audience: General Audience
Time: 2:30pm - 4:00pm
Listen to national experts discuss the most critical and issues in federal policy and how they impact your program. Learn how to represent your program and make yourself heard on the federal level through strong relationships with elected leaders.
Other Suggested Sessions: State and Local Policy: Opportunities for Promoting Inclusive Communities, State and Local Policy: Strategies for Informing and Impacting Policy
Session Materials & Links: Network Advocacy Toolkit
Event Speakers
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Jesse Van Tol
Chief of Membership & Policy
National Community Reinvestment Coalition
Jesse Van Tol is the Chief of Membership & Policy for the National Community Reinvestment Coalition (NCRC), where he leads research, policy & government affairs, membership & organizing, conference & events, and the National Neighbors Silver program for NCRC. Jesse has been with NCRC for nearly a decade, with previous senior positions in communications and organizing. He has been quoted in the New York Times, Washington Post, Associated Press and has appeared on Marketplace and National Public Radio and many other media outlets. Jesse has been a communications institute fellow with the Opportunity Agenda, as well as a Senior Fellow with Humanity in Action. He is a graduate of the University of Wisconsin in Madison.
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Christopher Ptomey
Senior Director of Government Relations
Habitat for Humanity International
Focusing on US government relations and housing policy, Christopher Ptomey, Senior Director of Government Relations, has been with Habitat for Humanity International since 2006. Before joining Habitat, Christopher served as federal liaison for the Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs and, previously, as senior legislative assistant to U.S. Rep. MacCollins (GA). Christopher holds a JD from the George Mason University School of Law and a VA in philosophy from Haverford College. Christopher lives in Alexandria, VA, and holds a law license in his native state of Tennessee.
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Ethan Handelman
Vice President for Policy and Advocacy
National Housing Conference
Ethan directs NHC's policy and advocacy agenda focused on advancing federal housing policy to assist low- and moderate-income people, strengthening the nation's housing finance system, restoring neighborhoods, advocating for housing policy during tax and budgetary reforms, and improving the coordination of housing, transportation and energy policy. He has testified before Congress and speaks and writes regularly on housing issues. Ethan joined NHC in March, 2011, after leading the advisory practice at Recap Real Estate Advisors, assisting public- and private-sector clients to understand and shape the affordable housing financial and policy environment. Ethan received his MA in International Relations from Harvard University and holds a BA in Political Science from University of Michigan. He serves on the board of Housing Unlimited, a nonprofit housing provider in Montgomery County, Maryland.
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Emily Thaden
Research & Policy Development Manager
National CLT Network
Emily Thaden joined the CLT Network in December of 2011. Previously, Emily built and managed a new shared equity homeownership program called Our House at The Housing Fund (THF), a Community Development Financial Institution in Nashville, TN. Additionally, Emily acted as a research consultant for the Network conducting the 2009 CLT Foreclosure and Delinquency Survey and The 2011 Comprehensive CLT Survey. Her work on CLTs has been published by the Lincoln Institute of Land Policy in Landlines and working papers and by the National Housing Institute in Shelterforce. Emily completed her doctorate in Community Research & Action at Vanderbilt University’s Peabody College.
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Strategies for Successful Community Engagement
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Speaker:
Staci Horwitz
Audience: Shared-Equity practitioners; Community Organizers; Public Employees
Time: 2:30pm - 4:00pm
Providing affordable homeownership opportunities involves more than the construction of physical structures and it is never too early to start educating the community and building support for your project. This session will introduce participants to strategies for planning and implementing meaningful community engagements.
Other Suggested Sessions: Strategies for Successful and Sustained Resident Engagement; CLTs and Grassroots Organizing, State and Local Policy: Strategies for Informing and Impacting Policy; Designing Educational Materials that Engage
Session Materials & Links: Homeowner Engagement for CLT Matrix
Event Speaker
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Staci Horwitz
Program Director
City of Lakes Community Land Trust
Staci Horwitz joined City of Lakes Community Land Trust (CLCLT) in March of 2006 and serves as the Program Director overseeing buyer education, qualification, and closing processes as well as rehabilitation for the Homebuyer Initiated Program. Staci has experience in nonprofit administration; program development, implementation and evaluation; financial management; contract management; and computer systems support. Outside her work with the CLCLT, Staci has facilitated workshops on community land trusts and homeowner engagement for NeighborWorks® America and the National CLT Network. Staci received her Bachelor of Arts in Dietetics from the College of St. Scholastica and lives in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
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Out of the Box: Launching New Lines of Business
see overview
Speakers:
Roy Soards |
Steve King |
Jenifer Kaminsky |
Allison Handler |
Diane Linn
Audience: General Audience
Time: 2:30pm - 4:00pm
What is involved in taking an idea from the back of an envelope all the way to implementation? Get inspired by hearing from four of the Network’s Business Planning Fellows as they share their new business ventures and the processes they undertook to get their ideas moving.
Other Suggested Sessions: Organizational and Financial Sustainability; Fundraising for Operational Support
Session Materials & Links: Building the Blue Economy from PUSH Buffalo
Event Speakers
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Roy Soards
Enterprise Strategist
Social Enterprise Solutions
For over twenty years, Roy Soards has worked to create social change models combining the market driven motivation of the business world with the social mission focus of the not-for-profit sector. In 2013, Roy founded Social Enterprise Solutions, applying his skills to provide management and consulting expertise in the not-for-profit world. Roy has also served as COO and CEO of the St. Vincent DePaul Rehabilitation Service where the organization grew from $1.5 million in revenue to $20 million in revenue with $19 million coming from sales of products and services. A Portlander since 1978, Roy Soards has also worked in senior government positions and served as the Regional Director for Bethesda Lutheran Communities.
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Steve King
Executive Director
Oakland Community Land Trust
Steve King is the Executive Director of the Oakland Community Land Trust, established in Oakland, California in 2009. Steve has spent the past ten years working for nonprofit organizations in the areas of affordable housing, equitable economic development, and applied social research. He is also a Senior Associate at Urban Strategies Council, a nonprofit social impact organization that uses tools of research, advocacy, innovation, and collaboration to advance principles of equity and social justice. He holds a Masters degree in Urban Planning from Columbia University, and a Bachelors degree in Environmental Science with a specialization in Geographic Analysis from Boston University.
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Jenifer Kaminsky
Director of Planning and Community Development
Buffalo Neighborhood Stabilization Co.
Jenifer Kaminsky is an urban planner whose work focuses on community development and creation of affordable housing. She currently resides in Buffalo, New York, where she serves as Director of Planning and Community Development for the Buffalo Neighborhood Stabilization Co, the housing development arm of People United for Sustainable Housing . In this capacity, she leads BNSC’s efforts to create high quality, green affordable housing on Buffalo’s West Side and reclaim vacant lots as opportunities for stormwater management and community green space. Prior to coming to Buffalo, she worked with the Urban Homesteading Assistance Board in New York City and with the Jamaica Plain Neighborhood Development Corp. in Boston.
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Allison Handler
Consultant
Solid Ground Consulting
Allison Handler joined Solid Ground Consulting in 2009, bringing more than a decade of experience in housing, community development, land use planning and conservation. The former executive director of Portland Community Land Trust (now Proud Ground) from 2003-2008, Allison also founded and led the North-Missoula CDC’s Land Stewardship Program. Allison has broad experience in organizational development, strategy, and planning. She holds an MS from the University of Montana and a BA from Williams College. She has served on the boards of the National Community Land Trust Network, Missoula Urban Demonstration Project, and (currently) Growing Gardens. She lives in Portland, Oregon.
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Diane Linn
Executive Director
Proud Ground
Diane Linn is the Executive Director of Proud Ground, located in Portland Oregon. She provides leadership toward a mission of expanding permanently affordable homeownership opportunities to low to medium income families. She was an elected official in Multnomah County, public and private section leader and a graduate of Portland State University.
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Work the Problem: Using the Arc of Justice as an Engagement Tool
see overview
Speakers:
John Emmeus Davis |
Tony Pickett
Audience: General Audience and especially anyone interested in thinking about Arc of Justice as an educational tool
Time: 2:30pm - 4:00pm
The conversation that began with the screening of Arc of Justice during the lunchtime plenary is continued here. Help to strategize how the film might be distributed and used in communities across the country and what kinds of educational materials should be developed to complement the film.
Other Suggested Sessions: Designing Educational Materials that Engage
Event Speakers
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John Emmeus Davis
Founding Partner
Burlington Associates in Community Development
John Emmeus Davis is a founding partner in Burlington Associates in Community Development LLC, a national consulting cooperative that has assisted over 100 CLTs, new and old, since 1993. He previously served for ten years as the housing director for Burlington, VT under Mayors Bernie Sanders and Peter Clavelle. His publications include Manuel d’antispeculation immobiliere (2014), The Community Land Trust Reader (2010), The City-CLT Partnership (2008), Shared Equity Homeownership (2006), The Affordable City (1994), and The Community Land Trust Handbook (1982). He has lately been working in other media: narrating a DVD presentation entitled Roots of the CLT; co-producing the film Arc of Justice, and serving as the “master gardener” for the website Roots & Branches.
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Tony Pickett
Vice President – Master Site Development
Urban Land Conservancy
Tony Pickett is V.P. of Master Site Development at the Urban Land Conservancy, leading efforts to create long term community benefits with authentic local resident engagement. He is a LEED accredited professional with over 25 years of real estate experience in planning, design, financing and implementation of large scale mixed use urban redevelopment initiatives. Tony previously served as the founding Executive Director of the Atlanta Land Trust Collaborative; leading efforts to create equitable development using a unique community land trust model along the $2.8 billion Atlanta Beltline TOD project. He is a graduate of the Cornell University School of Architecture, Art and Planning.
