Economic and Housing Market Update Conference 

 

Join us for this half-day of exploration and discussion of the latest economic and housing market data! This year's event features two keynote speakers, Luke Tate, Senior Policy Advisor at the White House Domestic Policy Council, and Chris Estes, President and CEO of the National Housing Conference. We'll wrap up the morning sessions with a panel of local housing and development experts on how they are seeing expected demographic changes impact today's housing market. In the afternoon, there is the option of attending a free three hour training on Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing.

This conference is the first event in our 2015-2016 Statewide Housing Conference Series.

Registration is $55 and may be paid by check or online through PayPal.

Tentative Agenda

8:00-8:30          Registration/Full breakfast

8:30-8:45          Welcome by Dean Christon
                         Executive Director, New Hampshire Housing

8:45-9:00          Remarks by Governor Maggie Hassan (invited)

9:00-9:45         Luke Tate, Senior Policy Advisor, White House Domestic Policy Council

Luke Tate serves as Special Assistant to the President for Economic Mobility, on the White House Domestic Policy Council. Luke works primarily on urban policy, economic mobility, neighborhood revitalization, housing, homelessness, nutrition assistance, and transportation, including leading the Promise Zones Initiative, White House Neighborhood Revitalization Initiative, and Rental Policy Working Group. He previously served at the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) as senior advisor for urban policy, and as special assistant to the U.S. Secretary of Housing and Urban Development. At HUD he helped develop Choice Neighborhoods, a revitalization tool for high-poverty neighborhoods, and the Partnership for Sustainable Communities, to help regions meet their housing, transportation, environmental, and economic goals. Luke was a member of the Presidential Transition team. Prior to joining the Obama Administration, he did community development and educational work in Nicaragua, and worked on community policy in the Office of the Governor of Arizona. He grew up in central Phoenix, Arizona and is a graduate of Harvard University.

9:45-10:00           State Legislative Update
                             Ben Frost, Director, Public & Legal Affairs, New Hampshire Housing

10:00-10:20          Networking Break

10:20-11:20          Chris Estes, President and CEO of the National Housing Conference

Chris joined the National Housing Conference in 2012. He had previously led the N.C. Housing Coalition, a post he had held since 2003. As President and CEO of NHC, Estes leads their policy and advocacy work both in Washington and throughout the country. He works closely with NHC’s research affiliate, the Center for Housing Policy, to make the case for affordable housing and develop effective housing policy solutions.

Estes joined NHC’s Washington headquarters after nine years at the helm of one of the country’s best-known state housing groups. During his tenure, he implemented strategies to successfully grow the N.C. Housing Coalition into one of the nation’s most effective state coalitions.  He is widely credited with building the staff, broadening the coalition’s membership and forging productive relationships with both political parties at the state and federal levels, increasing the supply of affordable housing in the state and improving the quality of life in low-income communities.

Estes already had extensive experience in economic development, smart growth advocacy, welfare reform, workforce development, affordable housing development and asset-building research before joining the N.C. coalition as its executive director in September 2003. He holds masters degrees in Social Work and in City and Regional Planning, both from UNC-Chapel Hill. He worked closely with the Coalition's partners on a shared legislative agenda and promoted the Campaign for Housing Carolina across the state.

11:20-12:15          Panel discussion - How the Market is Responding to Forecasted
                             Demographic Changes
                             Moderator: Steve Norton, Executive Director, NH Center for Public Policy Studies
                             Lynne LaBombard, Broker, Housing Solutions Real Estate
                             Betsey Andrews Parker, Executive Director, Community Action Partnership of
                             Strafford County
                             Paul Morin, President, Tarkka Homes, Inc.
                             Eric Chinburg, President, Chinburg Properties


Optional Afternoon Session (This session is now full.)

1:30-4:30              Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing Training
                             Jeffrey May, Assistant Director, National Neighbors

This training will begin with a brief history of segregation and discrimination in the U.S. and examples of government policies that promote segregation and discrimination. It will explain both disparate impact and Areas of Opportunity and their relevance to Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing, as well as provide an overview of Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing and its application in New Hampshire.

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