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2024 Conference Agenda
**Subject to change

Wednesday, Nov 13

9 a.m.- 4: 30 p.m. | First Floor lobby

REGISTRATION

10 a.m.-Noon

PROSPERITY SESSIONS
Innovative Financing and Grant Writing for Affordable Housing Development
Driving Social Change Through Impact Investing

10 A.M.-NOON | Suite 2a

HOUSING FORWARD VIRGINIA SPECIAL PRESENTATION 
Financing the Future: The Mixed Income Public Development Model

NOON-1: 30 P.M.  | Suite 1

 Networking Buffet Lunch

1:30 -3 p.m.  | Suites 2-4

Reimagining Zoning: What Five Years of Implementation has Revealed

Show Me the Money: How Virginia Will Close the Digital Divide

Zoning for Housing: Localities in Focus

Ending Homelessness with Housing First

Untangling Titles: Virginia's First Residential Heirs Property Program

Affordable Housing Performance Grants: Expanding the Incentives Toolbox

Local Housing Trust Funds: Increasing Housing Affordability

A Regional Model of Housing: The First Regional Housing Trust Fund in Virginia 

So You're Interested in Developing Affordable Housing

Hope Grows: The Road to Becoming a Housing Developer

3-3:30 p.m.  | First Floor Lobby

NETWORKING BREAK

3:30 -4:30 p.m. | Ballroom 3

KEYNOTE PLENARY | Dr. Ivan Joseph

4:30-6 p.m. | Exhibit hall

OPENING RECEPTION  |  UNDER THE BOARDWALK

Thursday, Nov 14

8 a.m.-4:30 p.m. | First Floor lobby

REGISTRATION 

7:30-8:30 a.m. | Exhibit Hall

BREAKFAST

8:30-9:30 A.M. | Ballroom 3

MORNING PLENARY | Steve Weikal

9:30-9:45 A.M.

TRANSITION BREAK

9:45-11:15 A.M. | Suites 2-4 and Exhibit Hall

Faith Institutions and Affordable Housing

Military Economic Development Advisory Council: A Regional Approach to Supporting Veteran Communities

Finding Solutions for Affordable Treatment and Recovery Housing

Housing in Virginia’s New Economic Development Landscape

The Emporia Project:  Advancing Affordable Housing Development in Majority-Black, Rural Localities

The State of Housing Education in 2024

Revolutionizing Affordable Housing: The Impact of Emerging Technologies on the Design Process

Understanding HUD’s New Rules for Background Screening

Convergent Development: Where Community and Economic Development Intersect

Maximizing Mission Impact

Overcoming Challenges to Affordable Housing Development

11:15-11:25 A.m.

TRANSITION BREAK

11:30 A.M.-1:15 P.M. | Ballroom 1-2

VAGHC HOUSING AWARDS LUNCHEON

1:15-1:30 P.M.

TRANSITION BREAK

1:30-3 p.m. | Suites 2-4 and exhibit Hall

Building a Movement: Innovating Mixed-Income Housing Concepts in the United States

Stress Reduction Strategies for Human Service Heroes

The Supportive Housing Institute of Virginia: Building the Foundation for Sustainable Supportive Housing in the Commonwealth

Using Brick-and-Mortar Buy-downs to Achieve Deep Affordability

Leveraging Opioid Settlement Funds into Safe and Stable Housing

Ettrick Landing: Building with Trust

2024 Riverine Community Resilience Challenge: Riverine Flooding Solutions for Southwest Virginia

Leveraging Decarbonization Incentives to Support Portfolio and Asset Stabilization

It Takes a Village: A Collective Approach to Housing Rehab

The Arlington Homeownership Study: Assessing Effective Homeownership Models

Aligning Missions Through Nonprofit Unification

3 -3:30 P.M. | EXHIBIT HALL B

NETWORKING BREAK

3:30-4:30 p.m. | Suites 2-4

Chesapeake Thrives: Community Well-Being through Collective Impact

Closing the Digital Divide: From Planning to Action

HOAs: Understanding the Newest Barrier to new Housing

Manufactured Home Community Preservation Through Resident Ownership

The Blighted, Abandoned, Underutilized, and Dilapidated (BAUD) Program

For-Profit Partnerships with Emerging Developers: Redevelopment of Public Housing

Innovative Solutions for Equitable and Affordable Net Zero Housing

Foundations and Voices: Financing and Engaging Communities for Inclusive Housing

Breaking Down Racial Disparities in Home Value

6-9 P.M. | Exhibit Hall

NETWORKING RECEPTION | Casino Night

Friday, Nov. 15

8-9 a.m.

REGISTRATION

8:30-9:30 a.m. | bALLROOM 2

BREAKFAST AND NETWORKING

9:30-11 A.M. | Ballroom 3

CLOSING PLENARTY | A Look Forward