Join us for a day of information and networking …

 

A Call to Action for Affordable Housing

June 5, 2008

Everett Events Center

 

 

The conference is targeted to:

• elected officials and staff of cities and counties
• staff and board members of organizations involved in affordable housing
• concerned citizens

Conference Schedule

7:00 am Registration

 

7:30 am Breakfast

 

• A Call to Action! An Affordable Housing Action Plan for Snohomish County Members of the Housing Consortium present the Affordable Housing Action Plan, followed by a response to the Plan by County Executive Aaron Reardon. All participants will be invited to help set the course for implementation of the Plan.

 

10:15 a.m. Breakout Sessions

 

• Design of Housing for Livability, Community Acceptance and Longevity
  Making affordable housing an integral part of the community.

 

• Manufactured Housing Community Preservation
  Hear about strategies being used to preserve manufactured housing communities.

 

• The PSRC’s Housing Education and Technical Assistance Program - Helping Cities Achieve Their Housing Goals
  Update on the Puget Sound Regional Council’s housing program.

 

11:30 am Breakout Sessions

 

• Green Building—Experiences in Designing and Applying Green Building Standards to Affordable Housing Projects
  Learn from those who have already utilized green standards.

 

• Community Land Trusts: Providing Permanent Affordability
  Find out how land trusts work to create affordable housing.

 

• Housing First Successes
  How have housing first programs achieved success with chronically homeless people?

 

12:30 pm Lunch

 

• A Call to Action! Public and Private Resources for Affordable Housing
  State Legislators from Snohomish County give their unique perspectives of how housing fared during the 2008 Legislative Session.

   

  David Bley, Director of the Pacific Northwest Initiative of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, shares information about the Gates Foundation’s new initiatives for housing.