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NLIHC: Our Homes, Our Votes Webinar Series
2022-09-19 14:30 - 15:30, 2022-10-03 14:30 - 15:30, 2022-10-17 14:30 - 15:30, 2022-10-31 14:30 - 15:30, 2022-11-14 14:30 - 15:30 (America/Los_Angeles)
Our Homes, Our Votes is NLIHC’s nonpartisan campaign to increase voter participation among low-income renters and to educate candidates about housing solutions.
Because of stark disparities in voter turnout between low-income renters and high-income homeowners, too many policymakers turn their attention away from the affordable housing crisis and disregard the housing needs of their low-income constituents. Our Homes, Our Votes aims to break this cycle by providing the tools and resources that housing advocates need to mobilize low-income voters and engage with candidates.
The Our Homes, Our Votes webinar series brings experts with frontline election experience to walk through every step of voter engagement and support housing organizations’ nonpartisan election efforts.
The webinar will take place every other Monday at 2:30pm ET from April through November 2022.

EBHO: Woven Together: Intersectionality & Housing Justice
2022-09-21 09:00 - 11:00
East Bay Housing Organizations’s annual interfaith breakfast is back on Wednesday, September 21, and this year they’ll be meeting in person for the first time since 2019.
These years apart have been challenging. We have seen firsthand how housing is intrinsically linked to healthcare, racial justice, economic justice, queer liberation, disability justice, reproductive justice, and countless other social justice issues. In order to honor these intersections, EBHO has selected Woven Together: Intersectionality & Housing Justice as the theme for this year’s breakfast.
Join them at the First Presbyterian Church of Berkeley for coffee, breakfast, musical entertainment, and words from our guest speaker on this important subject. Attendees of all faiths, or lack thereof, are welcome. Tickets are $30 for EBHO members and $45 for non-members.

Resident Services Peer Sharing Call
2022-09-23 12:00 - 13:00 | Zoom
Do you want to connect with other on-site staff serving affordable housing residents in the Bay Area? Do you want to know how other programs are going? Do you want to share ideas and learn from your peers? If you answered yes to any of these questions, join our Resident Services Peer Sharing Call happening Friday, September 23 | 12pm-1pm PST. This call is an open space for on-site staff to share opportunities and challenges, and exchange resources.
What to expect: This call will be hosted on Zoom as a meeting and while video participation is encouraged, we know that Zoom fatigue is real so feel free to join by phone. We will break folks into small breakout rooms depending on the group size and the rest of the time is yours to explore ideas, exchange resources, vent about challenges, grab contact info, etc.
When: Friday, September 23 | 12pm – 1pm PT

43rd Annual NPH Affordable Housing Conference
2022-10-03 09:00 - 17:00 | Marriott Marquis San Francisco, 780 Mission St, San Francisco, CA, United States
Save the date! Our 43rd Annual NPH Affordable Housing Conference will take place on Monday, October 3 at the Marriott Marquis in Downtown San Francisco.
More information to come soon! In the meantime, take a look at last year’s conference.

Preventing Pest Infestations: Lessons Learned Using Integrated Pest Management in Affordable Housing
2022-10-26 12:00 - 13:30 | Zoom
Regional Asthma Management & Prevention (RAMP) worked with two affordable housing properties facing severe, reoccurring infestations of cockroaches and bed bugs across multiple units to develop and implement a prevention-focused approach to pest management. This session will provide an introduction to Integrated Pest Management (IPM), an overview of our project, and an examination of the results, highlighting key strategies and challenges.
When: Wednesday, October 26 | 12pm – 1:30pm PT
Where: Zoom Webinar
Moderator and Presenters:

Brandon Kitagawa (moderator and presenter)
Andrew Sutherland (presenter)

Register Today!
Deadline: Monday, October 24 at 5pm PT
If cost is an issue, please email NPH Events and Fund Development Associate Andrew@nonprofithousing.org. No one will be turned away due to lack of funds.
Learn more about the speakers below!
Brandon Kitagawa is a Senior Policy Associate for Regional Asthma Management and Prevention, a project of the Public Health Institute. He leads RAMP’s state level policy efforts to reduce exposure to environmental triggers of asthma in communities most impacted by the disease. Prior to joining RAMP, Brandon was a Community Organizer in Sacramento, CA working with local communities on youth development, neighborhood safety, and affordable housing. Between his undergraduate and graduate degrees, Brandon served as a Peace Corps Volunteer assisting environmental education, monitoring, and protection efforts of a marine reserve in Belize, Central America. Brandon is a graduate of Santa Clara University and received his MS degree from UC Davis. Andrew Sutherland is the Urban Integrated Pest Management (IPM) Advisor for the Bay Area, serving Alameda, Contra Costa, San Francisco, San Mateo, and Santa Clara counties. As a member of the University of California’s Statewide IPM Program (UC IPM), Andrew serves as a conduit for IPM-related information and resources. His work focuses on developing, adapting, and implementing IPM strategies to assist pest control operators, pest management professionals, public agencies, schools, parks, public housing, and regulatory agencies involved with household, structural, and industrial IPM. His overarching goals include education about IPM principles, development of IPM programs for clientele, reduction in pesticide applications, and mitigation of surface water contamination due to urban pesticide applications. Andrew received his doctorate in entomology from UC Davis.

Habitat for Humanity GSF - Framing the Future
2022-11-04 11:30 - 13:30
Join Habitat for Humanity Greater San Francisco for their annual luncheon, Framing the Future, to celebrate their impact and the future they’re building where twice as many local families will experience the transformational power of affordable homeownership. Gather together at the Palace Hotel in San Francisco with supporters, partners, homeowners, and this year’s featured speaker, Pulitzer-prize winning journalist, Andrea Elliott.

ELPN: Tenants Rights in Affordable Housing - Where Things Stand and What Can be Improved
2022-11-09 12:00 - 13:00 | Zoom
There are almost 380,000 affordable homes across California funded by the Low Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC). These affordable homes provide safe, affordable and stable homes but tenants have limited eviction protections. While LIHTC provides a vague standard that households can only be evicted for “good cause,” these developments are exempt from many other tenants’ rights laws, such as the California Tenant Protection Act (AB 1482). Panelists from advocacy organization and nonprofit affordable housing developers will discuss where things currently stand, what that has meant for tenants, and what can be done to improve the experience of affordable housing tenants across California.
Speakers:

Marcos Segura – Staff Attorney, National Housing Law Project
Shanti Singh – Communications and Legislative Director, Tenants Together
Barbara Crain – Area Director of Property Management Group, Mercy Housing Management Group

Moderator:

William Wilcox – Tax-Exempt Bond Program Manager, San Francisco Mayor’s Office of Housing and Community Development

Learn more about our speakers and moderator below!
When: Wednesday, November 9 | 12pm – 1pm PT
Where: Zoom
Registration Deadline: Monday, November 7 at 5pm PT

If cost is an issue, please email Events and Fund Development Associate Andrew@nonprofithousing.org. No one will be turned away due to lack of funds.

This event will be hosted virtually. Do you need an ASL Interpreter or Closed Captioning? Please reach out to Andrew@nonprofithousing.org at least two weeks before the training, if you need further assistance.

REGISTRATION AND REFUND INFORMATION

Cancellation/Refund Deadline: Sunday, November 6 at 5pm PT
Registrants canceling their registration on or before Sunday, November 6 at 5pm PT will receive a full refund. NPH may consider refunds for extenuating circumstances. Refund requests submitted after the deadline are not guaranteed and will be reviewed on an individual basis. To submit a refund request, please email Andrew@nonprofithousing.org.

Speakers
Marcos Segura – Staff Attorney, National Housing Law Project
Marcos Segura is a staff attorney at the National Housing Law Project (NHLP) who focuses on the Low-Income Housing Tax Credit program, USDA’s Rural Development program, and NHLP’s California policy work. Before joining NHLP, Marcos was a staff attorney with Central California Legal Services where he represented individuals facing eviction and represented others in both state and federal court on real estate fraud, predatory debt collection, and habitability issues. Before joining CCLS, Marcos served as a UCLA Community Economic Development Fellow at the Public Counsel Law Center where he advised nonprofit organizations and small business owners on tax and corporate governance issues.
Shanti Singh – Communications and Legislative Director, Tenants Together
Shanti Singh left the tech industry to work full-time in tenants’ rights after organizing with renters in private, public and nonprofit housing, alongside housing justice groups in San Francisco. She formerly co-chaired the San Francisco Democratic Socialists of America and works on tenant & land use issues there, in addition to being a city commissioner for clean municipal energy, chair of the SF Housing Stability Oversight Board, and a board member of the San Francisco Community Land Trust. She’s worked on several SF Board of Supervisors races, ballot measures, and most recently, as Deputy Data Director for the California and New York campaigns of Bernie Sanders. She has a B.A. in Economics and Political Science from the University of Pennsylvania. She’s excited to be back for her second stint at Tenants Together to fight for every California tenant’s right to a union through digital organizing, local ballot support, & state legislative advocacy.
Barbara Crain – Area Director of Property Management Group, Mercy Housing Management Group
Barbara leads property management at Mercy Housing for projects in the Bay Area. Mercy Housing California is the largest regional division of Mercy Housing, Inc., the nation’s largest nonprofit affordable housing developer.
Moderator
William Wilcox – Tax-Exempt Bond Program Manager, San Francisco Mayor’s Office of Housing and Community Development
William Wilcox joined the San Francisco Mayor’s Office of Housing and Community Development (MOHCD) in 2022 as the bond program manager. He oversees all conduit bond issuance, the development of new housing finance tools, state and federal housing finance policy advocacy, and provides in house technical expertise across multi-family development at MOHCD. William earned his Master of Public Policy degree from the University of California Berkeley’s Goldman School with a focus on housing policy. He holds an undergraduate degree from the University of Chicago.

SPUR: Modular Construction in Affordable Housing
2022-11-09 18:00 - 20:00
One of the main constraints to affordable housing production in the Bay Area is rising construction costs. The cost for construction in the Bay Area has rapidly outpaced affordable housing funds, thus rendering many projects infeasible. In 2019, JPMorgan Chase awarded a grant to EBALDC to further research the benefits and constraints of using modular construction in order to reduce costs and accelerate affordable housing production in the Bay Area. This panel will discuss some of the findings of that research, drawing on findings from several in-house projects, as well as wider industry data and interviews with a wide range of practitioners in the field, including affordable housing developers, contractors, architects, lenders, fabricators, and insurance brokers. Join SPUR to learn about the successes and challenges in utilizing modular construction in affordable housing development.

Justin Dove / Arthur J. Gallagher Co.
Nick Gomez / AO Architecture
Matt Smith / Factory_OS
Tyler Pullen / Terner Center, UC Berkeley
Capri Roth / EBALDC

2022 NPH Holiday Member Party
2022-12-07 17:30 - 20:00 | El Rio, 3158 Mission St, San Francisco, CA, 94110, United States
After a long and fruitful year of advocacy and capacity-building for our affordable housing movement, you’re invited you to join us for NPH’s Annual Holiday Member (and member-to-be!) Party!
2022 Holiday Member Party
Wednesday, December 7 | 5:30 – 8:00PM
El Rio, 3158 Mission St, San Francisco, CA 94110
FREE
This event will be an opportunity to celebrate you and our affordable housing movement and industry and to connect with the NPH member community. If you’re an NPH member, we especially need your presence to cast your vote for the new NPH Board members (more details to come) who will guide our strategic work ahead.
This intimate event will be a space for us to socialize with each other, celebrate our victories of the past year, and hear about strategy, policy, and program updates for 2023.
BEFORE REGISTRATION: Please review our COVID Policy. Your registration/attendance confirms your consent to our COVID Policy.

To protect our community, all participants are required to:

Provide proof of vaccination prior to attending the event,

Note: The most recent vaccination dose must be received two weeks prior to the event date

Wear a KN95, KF94, or N95 mask while not actively eating or drinking, and
Stay at home if they test positive for COVID-19, have COVID-like symptoms, or have recently been exposed.

Non-Compliance: Attendees who are unable or unwilling to comply with this policy are asked not to participate or will be removed from the event. No exceptions. No waivers.

Please register by Friday, December 2nd, 5pm PST.

Miriam Benavides
Diana Downton
Consuelo Hernandez

Miriam Benavides, Chief People Officer, Satellite Affordable Housing Associates
Miriam Benavides has worked in the affordable housing industry for over 15 years. Miriam provides strategic organizational leadership and oversees the organization’s Human Resources, Risk Management, and Equity and Inclusion Departments. Miriam began her career at SAHA in 2013 as the Director of Human Resources and Operations. Prior to SAHA, Miriam served as the Director of Human Resources and Administration of Satellite Housing, where she played key strategic role in the organization’s merger with Affordable Housing Associates to form SAHA. Miriam’s career in the non-profit field of HR began at The Unity Council.
Diana Downton, Senior Affordable Housing Finance Consultant, Community Economics Inc.
Diana joined CEI in 2014, bringing with her 14 years of previous experience in affordable housing development, advocacy, and local government housing finance. Prior to joining CEI, she worked for the City of Oakland’s Housing and Community Development Department serving as the lead staff for the City’s affordable housing development Notice of Funding Availability (NOFA) process, and providing financing for a wide variety of affordable housing rental and ownership projects including new construction and rehabilitation of family, senior, and special needs housing.
Diana has also worked as a Project Manager at the Tenderloin Neighborhood Development Corporation, where she was responsible for the rehabilitations of special needs housing developments. She has been active in local housing advocacy organizations, including East Bay Housing Organizations and as a staff member at the Nonprofit Housing Association of Northern California. Diana received a master’s in city and regional planning from Rutgers University, as well as a bachelor’s degree in community studies from UC Santa Cruz.
Consuelo Hernandez, Director, Office of Supportive Housing, County of Santa Clara
As the Director of the Office of Supportive Housing, Consuelo Hernandez’s team works to support the County’s mission of promoting a healthy, safe, and prosperous community by ending and preventing homelessness. In her role, Consuelo has overseen the implementation and administration of the County’s $950M Affordable Housing Bond and other housing development programs, coordinated the countywide network of supportive housing programs, and directed the lead agency for the local Continuum of Care. As a result of this work, since 2015, the County and its partners have helped nearly 20,000 homeless adults, families, and children move into permanent housing and have expanded the number of new supportive housing units by approximately 2,700.
Prior to joining the County in 2015, Consuelo served in various planning and development capacities in the City of Palo Alto and in Los Angeles County cities. Consuelo is a certified planner and a member of the American Institute of Certified Planners (AICP). In 2019, Consuelo received an Impact Award from SPUR for her efforts to advance deeply affordable housing development throughout Santa Clara County. On a personal note, Consuelo grew up in South East Los Angeles with her parents and five siblings. While at UC Santa Barbara, Consuelo developed a passion for social justice and found a platform for change working in housing and community development.

Enterprise: California Preservation Academy - Financing SMMF Preservation
2023-01-12
Enterprise’s Preservation Next program is launching a series of publicly available, no-cost virtual training sessions designed to assist affordable housing developers and providers, practitioners and policymakers, and advocates with guidance to acquire, rehabilitate and preserve the affordability of homes located in unsubsidized small- to medium-multifamily (SMMF) properties, prevent displacement of residents at risk of eviction, and advocate for preservation minded policies, programs, and resources.
January 12, 2023: Financing SMMF Preservation. This session will provide an overview of local and national financing resources to support a preservation project, guide partners through a financial modeling exercise to evaluate a project’s financial feasibility and highlight strategies to meet financing gaps and preserve affordability. Learn more about the California Preservation Academy here.

SV@Home - Deep Dive on Affordable Housing: Fair Housing
2023-01-18 12:00 - 13:30
Join SV@Home to learn more about fair housing so you can better understand the challenges and opportunities, and the very real impacts fair housing issues and laws have in our community. How did fair housing laws come about, and who is protected? How are local cities required to fit fair housing actions into their long-range housing plans? How will the new state law allowing local preference in affordable housing developments change the context of local policy decisions? We’ll explore these issues and more in this edition of Deep Dive on Affordable Housing. The Deep Dive series of events is designed to empower advocates on how to engage and drive their needs.

Enterprise: California Preservation Academy - Sustainability, Resilience and Health Considerations for SMMF Preservation.
2023-02-02
Enterprise’s Preservation Next program is launching a series of publicly available, no-cost virtual training sessions designed to assist affordable housing developers and providers, practitioners and policymakers, and advocates with guidance to acquire, rehabilitate and preserve the affordability of homes located in unsubsidized small- to medium-multifamily (SMMF) properties, prevent displacement of residents at risk of eviction, and advocate for preservation minded policies, programs, and resources.
February 2, 2023: Sustainability, Resilience and Health Considerations for SMMF Preservation. This session will dive into preservation considerations for sustainability, resilience and health in the California context, including climate resilience and environmental factors. Learn more about the California Preservation Academy here.

2023 ELPN Year Kick Off Event
2023-02-02 17:30 - 20:30 | Chambers eat + drink, 601 Eddy St, San Francisco, CA, 94109, United States
Kick off the new year with ELPN!
Join us on Thursday, February 2 for our first social event of 2023 at Chambers Eat + Drink in Downtown San Francisco. This event is a great way to connect with fellow housers or introduce a colleague to the ELPN community.
Tickets are $20 which includes appetizers and unlimited wine, beer, and soft drinks. Additional drinks will be available for purchase. If cost is an issue, please reach out to Andrew@nonprofithousing.org. No one will be turned away due to lack of funds.
2023 ELPN Year Kick Off Event
Chambers Eat+Drink (at the Phoenix Hotel)
601 Eddy St
San Francisco, CA 94109 (map)
Located in the Be Amazing Lounge and the West Side Patio
COVID Policy:
The health and safety of all participants is our top priority. To fulfill our role as members of the community and to ensure the health and safety of our community, all participants are required to provide proof of vaccination prior to attending this event. Additionally, we are urging participants to wear a mask when not actively eating or drinking, and to maintain physical distancing throughout the event. For our full ELPN COVID Policy, click here.
Non-Compliance: Attendees who are unable or unwilling to comply with this policy are asked not to participate or will be removed from the event.
If you have any questions please email Andrew at andrew@nonprofithousing.org.

Enterprise: California Preservation Academy - Navigating Rehabilitation of SMMF Properties
2023-02-23
Enterprise’s Preservation Next program is launching a series of publicly available, no-cost virtual training sessions designed to assist affordable housing developers and providers, practitioners and policymakers, and advocates with guidance to acquire, rehabilitate and preserve the affordability of homes located in unsubsidized small- to medium-multifamily (SMMF) properties, prevent displacement of residents at risk of eviction, and advocate for preservation minded policies, programs, and resources.
February 23, 2023: Navigating Rehabilitation of SMMF Properties. This session will provide an overview of factors that may impact rehabilitation and long-term success of a preservation project, including the unique rehabilitation needs of SMMF buildings, local building and zoning regulations, and effective engagement of existing residents. Learn more about the California Preservation Academy here.

Brown Bag: Building Strong Relationships with Cities to Promote Affordable Housing
2023-03-02 12:00 - 14:00 | Zoom
More often than not, interpersonal relationships make the difference between affordable housing proposals sailing through the entitlement process or dying a painful death of delay. For this panel, affordable housing experts from a range of industries will discuss strategies housing activists can use to build and leverage their relationships with city staff and elected officials to promote affordable housing. This panel would orient housing activists toward productive, collaborative involvement with local policymaking processes.
Panelists will discuss how attendees can identify “swing votes” and “housing champions” on city councils and then effectively build constructive relationships with those electeds to support affordable housing. Panelists come from a range of industries that work closely with cities and their leaders, including affordable housing developers, planning consultants, and pro-housing elected officials.
When: Thursday, March 2 | 12pm – 2:00pm PT
Where: Zoom Webinar
Moderator: Jeremy Levine, Policy Manager for the Housing Leadership Council of San Mateo County
Speakers:

Vu-Bang Nguyen, Founder of NHA Strategy
Nevada Merriman, Director of Policy at MidPen Housing
Rick Bonilla, Former Mayor, City of San Mateo

Register Today!
Deadline: Tuesday, February 28 at 5pm PT
If cost is an issue, please email NPH Events and Fund Development Associate Andrew@nonprofithousing.org. No one will be turned away due to lack of funds.

This event will be hosted virtually. Do you need an ASL Interpreter or Closed Captioning? Please reach out to Andrew@nonprofithousing.org at least two weeks before the training, if you need further assistance.

REGISTRATION AND REFUND INFORMATION

Cancellation/Refund Deadline: Monday, February 27 at 5pm PT
Registrants canceling their registration on or before Monday, February 27 at 5pm PT will receive a full refund. NPH may consider refunds for extenuating circumstances. Refund requests submitted after the deadline are not guaranteed and will be reviewed on an individual basis. To submit a refund request, please email andrew@nonprofithousing.org.

Learn more about the speakers below!
Vu-Bang Nguyen, Founder of NHA Strategy
Vu-Bang Nguyen is a housing strategist with over 20 years of experience in city planning, public policy and housing in the public, private and nonprofit sectors. He supports partnerships between public, private and nonprofit organizations, with a special emphasis on design technology and philanthropy’s role in addressing housing affordability.
He was previously a program officer for Silicon Valley Community Foundation, leading the housing and transportation grantmaking strategy and an associate director of land use and housing at Urban Habitat. Vu-Bang has worked for the City of Berkeley’s Department of Planning, the Town of Los Gatos Planning Division and for a real estate development company working on infill residential development projects in Fremont, San José and Los Gatos. Vu-Bang holds a master’s degree in city and regional planning from the University of California, Berkeley, where he created a community engagement handbook for the San José Redevelopment Agency to increase Vietnamese American participation in local government decisions. Vu-Bang serves on the boards of Sacred Heart Community Services, Asian Pacific Environmental Network and Urban Habitat. Nevada Merriman, Director of Policy at MidPen Housing
Nevada Merriman currently serves as MidPen Housing’s Director of Policy. Over the last 14 years, she has held many positions in the Real Estate Development team, including project manager, and most recently was the Director of Housing Development for the Peninsula and Silicon Valley. She has contributed to the development of over 3,000 homes in Alameda, San Mateo and Santa Clara Counties, and has a passion for building acceptance for including our unhoused community members in every new housing opportunity. She looks for ways to partner and support great organizations, including working with LifeMoves on the restructuring and recapitalization of two homeless shelters, and also working closely with nearly every affordable housing advocacy organization in the Bay Area. Ms. Merriman is currently an Advisory Board Member of the County’s Home for All effort. She also is on the technical committee for All Home. In her free time, she serves as a Housing Commissioner for the City of Menlo Park. Rick Bonilla, Former Mayor, City of San Mateo
Rick Bonilla has been a housing advocate for over twenty years. His career has spanned everything from building homes and multi family residences as a carpenter to being elected and approving hard fought multi family 100% affordable housing projects. Now, after serving as a city council member in San Mateo for eight years, Rick is ready to help others fight the good fight and get more affordable housing built. Jeremy Levine, Policy Manager for the Housing Leadership Council (Moderator)
Jeremy brings a decade of political advocacy experience to HLC. Over the last year, he has reviewed every housing element released in San Mateo County, partnering with city staff and council members to implement more equitable housing policies. Jeremy entered the affordable housing space in 2020 when he founded a nonprofit in his hometown of Lafayette, CA dedicated to promoting affordable housing development. He has spent the past three years advocating for affordable housing in exclusionary communities across the Bay Area.

Enterprise: California Preservation Academy - Preservation Development Models
2023-03-16
Enterprise’s Preservation Next program is launching a series of publicly available, no-cost virtual training sessions designed to assist affordable housing developers and providers, practitioners and policymakers, and advocates with guidance to acquire, rehabilitate and preserve the affordability of homes located in unsubsidized small- to medium-multifamily (SMMF) properties, prevent displacement of residents at risk of eviction, and advocate for preservation minded policies, programs, and resources.
March 16, 2023: Preservation Development Models. This session will dive deeper into potential preservation models, providing an overview of traditional rental models, joint ventures, shared equity, and community ownership models. Learn more about the California Preservation Academy here.

Resident Services Peer Sharing Call
2023-03-17 12:00 - 13:00 | Zoom
Do you want to connect with other on-site staff serving affordable housing residents in the Bay Area? Do you want to know how other programs are going? Do you want to share ideas and learn from your peers? If you answered yes to any of these questions, join our Resident Services Peer Sharing Call happening Friday, March 17 | 12pm-1pm PT. This call is an open space for on-site staff to share opportunities and challenges, and exchange resources.
What to expect: This call will be hosted on Zoom as a meeting and while video participation is encouraged, we know that Zoom fatigue is real so feel free to join by phone. We will break folks into small breakout rooms depending on the group size and the rest of the time is yours to explore ideas, exchange resources, vent about challenges, grab contact info, etc.
When: Friday, March 17 | 12pm – 1pm PT

ELPN: Drawings 101 - How to Read a Drawing Set
2023-03-22 12:00 - 13:30 | Zoom
If you’ve ever gazed in despair at an enigmatic 1,000-page set of construction drawings, this training is for you! Drawing sets – the giant bundles of technical drawings used for permitting, construction, and maintenance – have a language and structure of their own. This training will help you navigate through them with confidence to find the information you need. We’ll cover the basics of how drawings are organized, dated, and revised. The speakers will also cover tags, schedules, and detail references so you can find doors, equipment, materials, and other common items. This training will culminate in a test of wits and strength in a drawing-reading exercise. The intended audience is folks who need to read drawings occasionally and don’t have a formal background in building design or construction, but all are welcome!
Speakers:

Erin Feeney, LEED AP Associate, David Baker Architects
Bryan Alcorn, AIA Associate, David Baker Architects

Moderator:

Kate Traynor, Project Manager, BRIDGE Housing

Learn more about our speakers and moderator below!
When: Wednesday, March 22 | 12pm – 1:30pm PT
Where: Zoom
This event is sold out.

REGISTRATION AND REFUND INFORMATION

Cancellation/Refund Deadline: Sunday, March 19 at 5pm PT
Registrants canceling their registration on or before Sunday, March 19 at 5pm PT will receive a full refund. NPH may consider refunds for extenuating circumstances. Refund requests submitted after the deadline are not guaranteed and will be reviewed on an individual basis. To submit a refund request, please email Andrew@nonprofithousing.org.

Learn more about the speakers below!
Erin Feeney, LEED AP Associate, David Baker Architects
Erin Feeney is an Associate at David Baker Architects. An architect focused on urban community design, Erin believes that design has the potential to enhance the sustainability and livability of the built environment, offering comfort and dignity to city dwellers. Erin is a core member of DBA’s Sustainability working group, leading our efforts around building performance to prioritize the human experience in our work. This includes performance standards and processes to enhance thermal comfort, lighting, acoustics, community engagement, universal design, and resilience. Bryan Alcorn, AIA Associate, David Baker Architects
Since joining David Baker Architects in early 2019, Bryan has worked extensively in DBA’s modular practice, exploring the design efficiencies and opportunities of prefabrication. He grew up in a small town in Indiana and has practiced architecture in Atlanta, Michigan, and the San Francisco Bay Area. He was motivated to become an architect so he could synthesize the beauty of building with technical problem solving, toward the betterment of communities. Kate Traynor, Project Manager, BRIDGE Housing
Kate Traynor is a Project Manager with a background in land use economics. She worked as a land use consultant for public sector clients for ten years and brings professional experience in market research, development feasibility, and fiscal impact analysis. Kate holds a Master of Regional and Urban Planning Degree from the University of California Los Angeles.

Affordable Housing Month
2023-04-05 08:00 - 17:00
May is Affordable Housing Month! Each year, NPH proudly convenes our movement and industry to grow public will for affordable housing and racial justice as well as educate our communities on affordable housing’s impact on us all. Stay tuned for more information, including all the ways you can participate and make a difference in May!

ELPN: Social Housing Forum
2023-04-05 12:00 - 13:00 | Zoom
ELPN’s Social Housing Forum will be an open and exploratory discussion on the prospect of introducing a social housing model to California. We will discuss what “social housing” really means, what it looks like abroad, and what it might look like in California. Panelists from a variety of backgrounds will share their thoughts, research, and plans for this development model and participants will have the opportunity to ask questions and share their thoughts on what shape social housing may take in their communities.
Speakers:
Alex Lee, Assemblymember for California’s 24th District
Helmi Hisserich, Global Policy Leadership Academy
Shanti Singh, Tenants Together
Rob Wiener, California Coalition for Rural Housing

Moderator:
Muhammad Alameldin, Terner Center for Housing Innovation

Learn more about the speakers below!

If cost is an issue, please email NPH Events and Fund Development Associate Andrew@nonprofithousing.org. No one will be turned away due to lack of funds.

This event will be hosted virtually. Do you need an ASL Interpreter or Closed Captioning? Please reach out to Andrew@nonprofithousing.org at least two weeks before the training, if you need further assistance.

REGISTRATION AND REFUND INFORMATION
Registration Deadline: Registration will close end of day on Sunday, April 2nd at 5pm PT

Cancellation/Refund Deadline: Sunday, April 2nd at 5pm PT
Registrants canceling their registration on or before Sunday, April 2nd at 5pm PT will receive a full refund. NPH may consider refunds for extenuating circumstances. Refund requests submitted after the deadline are not guaranteed and will be reviewed on an individual basis. To submit a refund request, please email andrew@nonprofithousing.org.

Questions? Please email Andrew@nonprofithousing.org.
Alex Lee, Assemblymember for California’s 24th District
Alex Lee represents California’s 24th Assembly District which includes the Alameda County communities of Fremont, Newark, and Sunol, and the Santa Clara County Communities of Milpitas and San Jose. Lee has been a leader advocating for social housing in California since his election in 2020 and was the first Member of the California State Legislature to introduce and work on social housing legislation. He recently introduced AB 309, his third iteration of the Social Housing Act, which he will discuss at the forum. He has been Chair of the Select Committee on Social Housing since 2022. Helmi Hisserich, Global Policy Leadership Academy
Helmi is a Director at the Global Policy Leadership Academy, a firm that specializes in creating immersive educational programs for policy leaders focused on systems change in housing. Helmi has done extensive research on international best practices in affordable housing and is currently leading delegations of California policy makers to Vienna, Austria to learn about the Vienna Social Housing Model, and will share some of her findings with us, along with insights on what lessons/aspects may be applicable to housing in California. Helmi is a former Deputy Mayor of Housing in LA and was a Senior Manager at the Los Angeles Housing Department. Shanti Singh, Tenants Together
Shanti Singh is the Communications and Legislative Director at Tenants Together. She left the tech industry to work full-time in tenants’ rights after organizing with renters in private, public and nonprofit housing, alongside housing justice groups in San Francisco. She formerly co-chaired the San Francisco Democratic Socialists of America and worked on tenant & land use issues there, in addition to being a city commissioner for clean municipal energy, chair of the SF Housing Stability Oversight Board, and a board member of the San Francisco Community Land Trust. Rob Wiener, California Coalition for Rural Housing
Since 1981, Dr. Robert Wiener has been the Executive Director of the California Coalition for Rural Housing (CCRH), one of the oldest state low-income housing coalitions in the U.S. Under his leadership, CCRH has played a major role in federal and state housing policy and program efforts that have gained billions of dollars in financing, as well as land use supports, for production of new rental housing, self-help housing, farm labor housing, housing preservation, and other areas of housing provision. Wiener has also been a lecturer in the Department of Human and Community Development (HCD) and an author contributing to books like Right to Housing (2006), Inclusionary Housing in International Perspective (2010), and Rural Housing, Exurbanization, and Amenity-Driven Development. He has a doctorate in urban and regional planning from UCLA. Moderator: Muhammad Alameldin, Terner Center for Housing Innovation
Muhammad T. Alameldin is the Policy Associate for the Terner Center. He brings the Center’s innovative research to inform housing policy at the local, state, and federal levels. Muhammad has written for and been cited in a variety of publications, from CalMatters to The Atlantic. He is driven by the desire to help every person live in an affordable and sustainable home.

Enterprise: California Preservation Academy - Community Land Trusts and Preservation: Deep Dive Special Session
2023-04-06
Enterprise’s Preservation Next program is launching a series of publicly available, no-cost virtual training sessions designed to assist affordable housing developers and providers, practitioners and policymakers, and advocates with guidance to acquire, rehabilitate and preserve the affordability of homes located in unsubsidized small- to medium-multifamily (SMMF) properties, prevent displacement of residents at risk of eviction, and advocate for preservation minded policies, programs, and resources.
April 6, 2023: Community Land Trusts and Preservation – Deep Dive Special Session. This session will focus on the engagement of community land trusts (CLT) in SMMF preservation in California, including an overview of the CLT model, financing structures and their inclusion of residents in the long-term ownership plan. Learn more about the California Preservation Academy here.

ULI San Francisco: Building to New Heights in Downtown Berkeley
2023-04-06 16:00 - 18:30
Development in Berkeley’s core district was set in a new direction with the Downtown Area Plan of 2012 and recent California laws. Today, more than a dozen tall residential buildings are under construction downtown, with 5,000 housing units in the pipeline.
Few California city districts are growing as tall and as fast as downtown Berkeley. Decades of deficient supply of student housing set the stage for this rapid change in direction. What happened, and what are the challenges to come? Can Berkeley’s experience provide lessons for other California cities?
During this event, we will learn about the accomplishments of forward planning and the tactics of current planning for individual buildings. We will also learn about construction costs, pandemic disruptions, and utility connections and how the capital markets see the development pipeline.
Join ULI San Francisco for a guided walking tour of the tall new buildings in Downtown Berkeley, concluding with remarks by a panel of architects, planners, owners, and construction managers who are delivering Berkeley’s next-generation core district.

Enterprise: California Preservation Academy - Policy and Its Impacts on Preservation
2023-04-27
Enterprise’s Preservation Next program is launching a series of publicly available, no-cost virtual training sessions designed to assist affordable housing developers and providers, practitioners and policymakers, and advocates with guidance to acquire, rehabilitate and preserve the affordability of homes located in unsubsidized small- to medium-multifamily (SMMF) properties, prevent displacement of residents at risk of eviction, and advocate for preservation minded policies, programs, and resources.
April 27, 2023: Policy and Its Impacts on Preservation. This session will provide an overview of how the policy landscape can impact the preservation of SMMF buildings and help stabilize the residents who live in them, including key local, state, and national policies. This session will also highlight case studies and best practices for partners to promote policies that create a better enabling environment for preservation and housing stability. Learn more about the California Preservation Academy here.

From Scarcity to Abundance: Bringing the Bay Area Together Towards Homes for All
2023-05-02 16:00 - 17:30
To make the Bay Area a place where all families and individuals can thrive, we must ensure that everyone has a safe, stable, and affordable place to call home. The good news is that we have proven approaches for how to solve homelessness and housing insecurity; yet a persistent roadblock to achieving progress are common narratives that embrace a scarcity mindset versus a wider view of prosperity and abundance for all. These disruptive narratives often pit cities against counties, renters against homeowners, and high-income residents against low-income residents. How can we shift the narrative of scarcity to one of abundance and prosperity for all? How can we work together as the Bay Area region to advance housing justice for all its residents?
Moderated by Los Angeles Times reporter Liam Dillon, a panel of Bay Area racial, social and housing justice advocates will discuss opportunities to work together across county lines to end homelessness and housing insecurity, and the power of storytelling to inspire our community to dream of a Bay Area where every person has a place to call home. The discussion will be followed by opportunities for the audience to engage with the panelists and each other, as we come together to be creative and dream together of an abundant future for all.
Please review and complete our COVID policy form before registration.
Moderator:

Liam Dillon, Gimme Shelter: The California Housing Crisis podcast co-host and Los Angeles Times reporter

Speakers:

Michele Lew, CEO, The Health Trust
Laura Hughes, PolicyLink Director, Narrative Strategy
Regina Williams, Executive Director, SV@Home

Where:

CZI Community Space (Main Event Room), 801 Jefferson Avenue Redwood City, CA 94063

Co-sponsors:

East Bay Housing Organizations
SV@Home
Housing Leadership Council of San Mateo County
Generation Housing
Council of Community Housing Organizations
United Way Bay Area

Learn more about our panelists:

Liam Dillon, Staff Writer, Housing Affordability, Los Angeles Times (Moderator)
Liam Dillon covers the issues of housing affordability and neighborhood change across California for the Los Angeles Times. He joined the newsroom in 2016 and prior to this assignment, covered state politics and policy for its Sacramento Bureau. Before coming to The Times, Dillon covered local politics in Southwest Florida and San Diego. He’s a graduate of Georgetown University and grew up outside Philadelphia.
Dillon also has co-hosted the “Gimme Shelter” podcast for the past six years where he chats about the latest developments in California housing policy and interviews key newsmakers.
Michele Lew, CEO, The Health Trust
Michele Lew joined The Health Trust, a nonprofit operating foundation focused on building health equity in Silicon Valley, in 2018. The Health Trust serves as a grantmaker, direct service provider, and policy advocate. Programs include Meals on Wheels, housing support services, and case management for people living with HIV/AIDS. Prior to joining The Health Trust, Michele served as CEO of Asian Americans for Community Involvement (AACI), a nonprofit community health center in Silicon Valley. In addition, Michele served as the district director for former California State Senator/State Assemblymember Joe Simitian. Michele has served on numerous nonprofit boards, and she served as the community member on the San Jose Mercury News editorial board. Michele holds a B.A. in economics from Yale University and a Master in Public Policy degree from Harvard University.
Laura Hughes, Director of Narrative Strategy, PolicyLink
Laura A. Hughes, Director of Narrative Strategies, is a curious learner, change-maker, and persuasive leader with high emotional intelligence. At PolicyLink she is responsible for harnessing the power of narrative to advance racial equity and justice specific to housing for the more than one million individuals who live below 200 percent of the poverty level. Hughes has led numerous projects including the strategic alignment of corporate and philanthropic partners to layer-focused investments to dramatically influence the trajectory of a neighborhood and achieve measurable gains for children and families. Additionally, she served as a program officer with The Skillman Foundation and as the Executive Director of the Ruth Ellis Center, a homeless and runaway shelter dedicated to the needs of LGBTQ youth. Prior to her role with PolicyLink, Laura served as the Vice President of Communications & Community for a woman-owned, $500 million IT and business services corporation with 3,000 consultants and 32 offices in the US and Europe. Laura earned a Bachelor of Arts with High Honors in Anthropology from Brown University and her Master in Public Health, Health Behavior Health Education, from the University of Michigan. She was a 2016 German Marshall Fellow.
Regina Celestin Williams, Executive Director, SV@Home
Regina has spent her entire career working towards housing and economic justice through affordable housing and community development because of her personal experience of benefitting from publicly subsidized housing as a child. As the Executive Director of SV@Home, she leads policy and advocacy for affordable housing in Silicon Valley. Prior to joining SV@Home, she served as Director of Housing Development at First Community Housing, a leading San Jose-based affordable housing developer. Regina has also worked as a member of the National Development Council’s (NDC) East Team, providing housing and economic development consulting services to several East Coast municipalities, leading NDC’s green initiatives, and teaching several courses on community and housing development finance. She previously worked at the National Housing Trust, structuring financing for and overseeing the rehabilitation process of resident-occupied affordable housing properties and, at times, working with tenant ownership groups.
Regina was born and raised in Richmond, CA, and after a significant stint on the East Coast, she has called San Jose home for several years, having both of her daughters here in the heart of Silicon Valley.

ULI San Francisco: Housing the Bay 2023
2023-05-04 12:45 - 18:00
The time to create more housing for more people at all income levels is now. Housing the Bay 2023 is an opportunity to reflect on this moment in time, rethink our strategies, and work to get more housing built in the region. This year’s theme and content will do just that as we Reflect, Recalibrate, and Build towards a more inclusive and equitable Bay Area that has more housing for all.
Over the last six years, Housing the Bay has examined the drivers of our housing crisis, highlighted public and private sector solutions, and elevated the voices of a broad range of people from across our industry and across North America. This year, we will continue to bring you inspiring ideas and new strategies for generating more housing supply and increasing housing affordability, with a clear-eyed focus on what we can learn from the last few years, how we can do things differently and better, and how we can get more units built in the coming years.
Join ULI San Francisco for the Housing the Bay Summit 2023 on May 4 for a half-day of exciting speakers, invigorating discussions, new ideas, and tangible actions that can make a real difference on housing in the Bay Area.
Bring your mind, your energy, and your commitment to building the Bay Area that we need and deserve to what is certain to be the Bay Area housing event of the year.

Strategies to Successfully Implement Supplier Diversity Goals
2023-05-09 10:00 - 11:30
Last year, Governor Newsom signed into law AB 2873, new legislation that seeks to address historic inequities and underrepresentation of disadvantaged contractors/businesses in the construction trades and affordable housing development industry. This bill establishes a new requirement for developers to track and report on the ownership and labor practices of the contractors they hire to build their projects, if they utilize low-income housing tax credit funds.
What will be the impact of AB 2873 on our industry and what will it take for successful implementation?
Join us alongside the Southern California Association of Non-Profit Housing (SCANPH) on Tuesday, May 9 from 10:00-11:30-AM for: Strategies to Successfully Implement Supplier Diversity Goals. This webinar will explore industry implementation of AB 2873, discuss the availability of services to support adherence to new requirements, and deliberate the challenges and opportunities for the capturing of such data during a panel discussion.
Given that affordable housing development is a significant economic driver that creates billions of dollars in procurement opportunities each year, the legislation aims to ensure the affordable housing development industry intentionally uplifts and invests in firms led by people of color. By diversifying the pipeline of people who share in the revenue resulting from these vital public investments, we can increase wealth amongst communities typically excluded from such valuable opportunities. Ultimately, the collection of supplier demographic data from developers will then be used to set diversity and inclusion goals, and the California Tax Credit Allocation Committee will share these data through a publicly available annual report.
Learn more about our panelists:

Julian Gross, Principal, Law Office of Julian Gross
Julian is an attorney with decades of experience in equitable development , including legislative and administrative policy drafting, as well as complex negotiations, representing government entities and nonprofits. Many of his more than twenty successful negotiations of community benefits agreements (CBAs) have included equitable procurement and contracting components. Julian has also drafted numerous local hiring and contracting policies, and has worked on living wage policies, disadvantaged-business policies, and many other community economic development initiatives. He represents public entities and nonprofit affordable housing developers in negotiation of project labor agreements and community workforce agreements that advance equity goals, including enhanced diversity in workforce and contracting.
Lakeisha Bearden, Director of Program Development, Merriwether & Williams Insurance Services
Lakeisha Bearden, Director of Program Development with Merriwether & Williams Insurance Services (MWIS), plays a vital role in developing, implementing, and expanding MWIS Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Initiatives. MWIS is a commercial property and casualty risk management consulting firm. She assists with identifying new jurisdictions’ new opportunities to address challenges of diversity, equity, and inclusion for small minority-owned businesses in public contracting. Her innovative equity-building programs for MWIS have supported multi-billion-dollar capital improvement projects for large public agencies. Lakeisha is a leader and a true change agent, she believes equity is not just the right thing to do, but believes it is the human thing to do.
John Miller – Contract Based Finance (CBF) Project Manager, Merriwether & Williams Insurance Services
As Project Manager for CBF, John is responsible for prequalifying program participants, loan underwriting, origination, and monitoring. This program, funded by non-profit 501C3 Community Development Financial Institutions, provides contract based finance to qualified small and local business enterprises in the construction industry. John’s background and experience, over 46 years, spans surety underwriting, surety and insurance broking, senior level management and experience in all forms of construction project finance.
J.T. Harechmak, Policy Manager, Non-Profit Housing Association of Northern California
J.T. Harechmak (he/him) joined NPH in May 2022 as Policy Manager, where he works on state and federal advocacy efforts. He leads the Regulatory Working Group, which covers the California Debt Limit Allocation Committee (CDLAC) and the California Tax Credit Allocation Committee (TCAC). Before joining NPH, J.T. was a legislative aide, a LIHTC development consultant, a resident and board member of a student housing cooperative, a researcher on Permanent Supportive Housing, a project manager for a rapid rehousing prototype house, and a fair housing advocate that focused on equitable disaster recovery. He holds a B.A. in Environmental Studies and Political Science from Santa Clara University and a Masters in Public Affairs from the University of Texas at Austin.
Outside of work, J.T. is playing and singing old music and digging in the garden or the record store.
Tunua Thrash-Ntuk, CEO, Center by Lendistry
Tunua Thrash-Ntuk is a seasoned community and economic development practitioner with more than 15-years of experience in both non-profit and private sectors. Her strengths range from community advocacy, to asset and real estate development around neighborhood revitalization. Prior to joining The Center by Lendistry, Tunua served Senior Executive Director of Local Initiatives Support Corporation in Los Angeles (LISC LA), where she successfully expanded LISC LA’s housing, small business and lending programs and deepened its commitment to racial equity by bridging gaps in wealth and opportunity for Greater Los Angeles families and businesses. For her accomplishments and leadership, Tunua has been awarded California Black Women’s Collective’s “Trail Blazer Hall of Fame Award”, was named LA’s 2021 Impact Makers to Watch by Stratiscope and received the Wells Fargo Diversity, Inclusion and Equity Award by Los Angeles Business Journal.
Tunua is a graduate of Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) where she earned her Master’s in City Planning, as well as an alumna of UC Berkeley. She serves on the SCANPH Board of Directors.
Denice Wint, Vice President of Development, EAH Housing
Denice Wint joined EAH in 2018 after serving as the Director of Projects & Services, for Innovative Housing Opportunities (IHO). There she oversaw real estate and community development projects as well as enhanced services programs.
Ms. Wint is primarily responsible for the supervision of project management staff executing multi-million-dollar rental housing and other real estate development projects on behalf of EAH, and facilitating relationships with local financial and government partners. She ensures successful closing of real estate projects under approved project completion timelines and within board-approved budget limits. Ms. Wint also manages activities during the predevelopment, development, initial or construction closing, construction, and final closing stages.
Before working at IHO, Ms. Wint worked at Los Angeles Housing Partnership (LAHP) for over seven years starting out as an Assistant Project Manager and working up to Senior Project Manager. Previously, she was also at Abode Communities where she served as a LISC AmeriCorps member. Ms. Wint holds a Master’s Degree in Public Policy from USC and a Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology from Scripps College. She currently serves on the SCANPH Board and chairs the Strategic Affairs Committee.
Amy Anderson, SVP, Social Impact Lead, Housing Access and Affordability, Wells Fargo Foundation
Amy Anderson is a Senior Vice President with Wells Fargo’s foundation, providing strategic leadership for national philanthropic investments that expand the supply of affordable housing. Wells Fargo’s Housing Affordability Philanthropy catalyzes pathways to affordable and quality homes, especially for underserved communities, by investing in change makers, fostering collaboration, and supporting systemic change in the housing sector.
Amy most recently served as the Chief Housing Officer for Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti. In this role, Amy advanced the Mayor’s goals of increased housing production and a stronger safety net for vulnerable and economically disadvantaged Angelenos, using innovation, streamlining, inclusive planning policies, and expanded financial resources to make them possible. During her tenure she helped to realize key COVID emergency programs that lower health risks for impacted populations by improving access to housing, including Project RoomKey, Homekey and emergency rental assistance.
