Materials for 2012 New England Housing Network Conference - December 6, 2012

9:00 - 11:00 a.m.

Plenary Sessions:

Perspectives from the Regional U.S. Administrators

MAPS:

• HUD-DOT-EPA Partnership for Sustainable Communities Grants and Assistance 2009 - 2012
• Partnership for Sustainable Communities 2010 Grantees (includes HUD DOT Tiger Grants)
• HUD Sustainable Communities 2011 Grantees

Perspectives from the National Housing Advocacy Groups

• Doug Rice Paper - Deficit Reduction Deal Without Substantial New Revenues Would Almost Certainly Force Deep Cuts in Housing Assistance
• Barbara Sard - Federal Renters' Tax Credit Materials and Overview of Renters' Tax Credit
• Barbara Burnham - New England State Election Results
  • Maine - Highlights (1-page)
  • Maine - Rundown (long version)
  • Massachusetts - Highlights (1-page)
  • Massachusetts - Rundown (long version)
  • New Hampshire - Highlights (1-page)
  • New Hampshire - Rundown (long version)

11:15 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.

Workshops

1) Beyond Appropriations: Changes and Opportunities in Housing Policy

Sheila Crowley, President and CEO, National Low Income Housing Coalition

• National Housing Trust Fund Sign on Form
• NLIHC Housing Tax Reform FAQ
• NLIHC National Survey Brief
• National Housing Preservation Database Overview
• NLIHC 2013-2014 Policy Agenda
• NLIHC Chart: Rental units and renters in the US, matched by affordability and income categories

Joseph Flatley, President and CEO, Massachusetts Housing Investment Corporation

Thomas J. Coté, Assistant Director, New York State Association for Affordable Housing

Affordable Rental Housing ACTION Campaign website

2) Sustainable Communities: New England Takes on Connecting Housing, Transportation and Local Economies

Neal Allen, Executive Director, Greater Portland Council of Governments (ME)

Charles Baker, Executive Director , Chittenden County Regional Planning Commission (VT)

• Chittenden County ECOS Project Website

Tim Brennan, Executive Director, Pioneer Valley Planning Commission (MA/CT)

• Pioneer Valley Planning Commission Sustainable Knowledge Cooridor website
• Pioneer Valley Regional Housing Plan

Barbara Burnham, Vice President for Federal Policy, Local Initiatives Support Corporation

Marc Draisen, Executive Director, Metropolitan Area Planning Council (MA)

Kevin Flynn, Associate Director, Rhode Island Division of Planning

• Summary of  Rhode Island’s HUD Sustainable Communities Regional Planning Grant

Christine Walker, Executive Director, Upper Valley Lake Sunapee Regional Planning Commission (NH)

• Upper Valley Lake Sunapee Regional Planning Commission Website

3) Section 8 in an Age of Shrinking Resources

Joe D’Ascoli, Director of Rental Assistance, Springfield Housing Authority (MA)

Barbara Sard, Vice President for Federal Policy, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities

• Materials on AHSSIA and SEVRA

4) Public Housing: A Perfect Storm

Pat Costigan, Senior Advisor, Office of the Secretary, HUD

• Rental Assistance Demonstration Presentation
• Rental Assistance Demonstration Resources (HUD)

Mike Myatt, Executive Director, Bangor Housing Authority (ME)

Vincent O’Donnell, Vice President, Affordable Housing Preservation Initiative, Local Initiatives Support Corporation

5) Supportive Housing – Best Practices, New Challenges, and Opportunities

Moderator: Cullen Ryan, Executive Director, Community Housing of Maine

• Presentation: Technology, and examples of specific population served in Supportive Housing Programs

Michelle Brophy, Director, Rhode Island Interagency Council on Homelessness

• Corporation for Supportive Housing Presentation

Sarah Gallagher, Director, CT Program, Corporation for Supportive Housing

Jeanie Shattuck, Senior Policy Analyst, Enterprise Community Partners

6) Foreclosures and Neighborhood Stabilization

Chris Estes, President and CEO, National Housing Conference

• National Housing Conference Neighborhood Stabiliation Success Story

Peter Lawrence, Senior Director of Public Policy and Government Affairs, Enterprise Community Partners

• Enterprise Community Partners blog post on AG Settlement activity

Carol Marine, Program Manager, Citizens’ Housing and Planning Association (MA)

• CHAPA Foreclosed Properties Progress Report

1:30 - 2:45 p.m.    

Afternoon Plenary:
Exploring the Intersection of Housing and Health Care, Public Education, and Economic Independence

Speakers:

Jeff Lubell, Executive Director, Center for Housing Policy

• Massachusetts Asset Development Commission Report
• CHP Ideas Brief - More Than a Roof: Case Studies of Public Housing Agency Initiatives to Increase Residents’ Economic Security - January 2012
• Paper on Rental Assistance Asset Accounts - January 2009
• Taking Asset Building and Earnings Incentives to Scale in HUD-Assisted Rental Housing - July 2011
• NHC Open House Blog - Moving Forward: Building assets through subsidized rental housing
• Spotlight on Poverty and Opportunity Blog - Rental Assistance: A Drag on Work or a Platform for Economic Opportunity?

Rebecca Morley, Executive Director, National Center for Healthy Housing

Richard Rothstein, Research Associate, Economic Policy Institute, and Senior Fellow, Chief Justice Earl Warren Institute on Law and Social Policy, University of California (Berkeley) School of Law

• A Broader, Bolder Approach to Education Campaign Statement
• Joel Klein's Misleading Autobiography - October 11, 2012
  • Public Housing: Government Sponsored Segregation - October 11, 2012
• The Cost of Living Apart - August 22, 2012
• Racial Segregation Continues, and Even Intensifies - February 3, 2012
• EPI Briefing Paper on Discriminatory Mortgage Lending - January 23, 2012
• EPI Briefing Paper - How to Fix Our Schools - October 14, 2010
• Whose Problem is Poverty? - April 17, 2008
• EPI Lessons - Seeing Achievement Gains By an Attack on Poverty - March 7, 2001
• EPI Lessons - Students in a Fog - April 25, 2003
• EPI Lessons - Inner-City Nomad - Route to Low Grades - January 19, 2000

3:00 - 3:45

Planning Groups: Formulating New England Approaches to Housing and Health, Education, and Economic Independence

Education:
Angela Romans, Senior Advisor on Education, Offi ce of Mayor Angel Taveres (Providence, RI)
Facilitator: Jessica Buhler, Board Member, Housing Action Coalition - RI

Health Care:
Dr. Megan Sandel, Interim Executive Director, National Center for Medical Legal Partnership
Facilitator: Kenn Sassorossi, Vice President for Partner Relations, Housing Vermont

• Children's Healthwatch Policy Action Brief - Safe, Stable Homes Mean Healthier Children and Families for Massachusetts
• Behind Closed Doors: The Hidden Health Impacts of Being Behind on Rent
• Rx for Hunger: Affordable Housing (Children's Health Watch)

Economic Independence:
Melissa Jones, Program Officer, Resilient Communities/Resilient Families and Community Safety Initiatives, Boston LISC
Facilitator: Tanya Kubas-Meyer, Secretary, Housing Action Coalition - RI