2011 HousingIowa Conference Materials

The 2011 HousingIowa Conference was a record-breaker, with more than 450 affordable housing advocates, developers, managers, owners and homeless service providers from throughout the state in attendance. The full conference attendee list is available here.

We thank our sponsors and speakers for making the event such a success!

Please save the date for the 2012 HousingIowa Conference - September 5-6, 2012!

Education Session Materials
For your convenience, the speaker presentations that are available to us for posting are below.

Iowa's Aging Housing Stock: Resources, Programs and Innovative Ideas to Address the Issue in Your Community

• Bobbi Bendickson, Habitat for Humanity
• Dan Oswald, Iowa Central Community College

What You Should Know: Capital Needs Assessments and Appraisals

• Bill Downs and Tom Ale, U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), Rural Development, Washington, DC.
  • Capital Needs Assessments Information Update
  • CNA UL, Addendum & SOW
  • Guidance on CNA Process

Iowa Rent Wise

• Pam Carmichael, HOME Inc.

 Disaster Preperation for Multifamily Property Owners and Managers

• Steve Eggleston, U.S. Department of Housing & Urban Development
  • Sample Emergency Plan
  • Emergency Plan Template 
  • FEMA Individual & Family Preparedness
  • Family Emergency Plan

How to Use Resources for At-Risk Populations to Their Fullest Potential

• Jeff Gronstal and Shelley Horak, Iowa Department of Public Health (IDPH)
  
  • IDPH Inventory of Programs to Assist Homeless Iowans
  • IDPH Program Guide
  • IDPH Homelessness Resources - Contacts 
• Sandy Johnson, Iowa Department of Education
  • McKinney-Vento Act
  • McKinney-Vento Act Handout

Workforce Housing

• Samantha DeKoven, Metropolitan Planning Council
  • Business Week: It Pays to Help Workers Buy A Home
  • Workforce Stablility Tax Credit - Federal Policy Recommendations
  • Introducing Employer-Assisted Housing in Your Region
  • Employer-Assisted Housing Working Group Description
  • About Employer-Assisted Housing
• David Heiar, City of Dubuque
• Steve Long, UniverCity Neighborhood Partnership, Iowa City
  
  Affirmative Marketing Panel
  Elizabeth O'Hara, Iowa Center for Disabilities & Development
  Katie Popp, Strategic America

Opening Doors Plan

• Michael German, U.S. Interagency Council on Homelessness
  • Opening Doors
  • Mainstream Programs

Forming Effective Landlord Partnerships to Overcome Housing Barriers
Dr. Melinda Lamb, Iowa Department of Corrections
Brooke Lovelace, Iowa Center for Disabilities & Development

A Housing Needs Assessment Model: Has Housing Recovered in Iowa Communities After the Floods of 2008?
Liesl Eathington
Jane Goeken
Dr. Monica Haddad
Alan Jensen and Kate Dirks
Nora Ladjahasan

Local Homelessness Planning Group Workshop
Erin Porterfield, Metro Area Continuum of Care for the Homeless
Judy Stoffel, United Way of Central Iowa

Using HUD Multifamily Programs to Their Fullest Potential
James Provenzale, U.S. Department of Housing & Urban Development

Professional Development Session Materials
Liz Bramlet Consulting's Training Center
Low-Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC) Program Update - 2011
Managing a HOME/LIHTC Project
Managing a Section 8, Section 236 or PRAC/LIHTC Project

Congratulations to the 2011 HousingIowa Award Winners!

Multifamily Housing Development
Family Crisis Centers of Northwest Iowa, Project Hope

Single-Family Housing Development
Dubuque Bank & Trust and Washington Neighborhood Partnership

Special Needs Housing Development
Community Action Agency of Siouxland, Welcome Home Project

Kay Anderson Friend of Iowa
Dr. Ida Johnson, United Neighbors