BUILDING MICHIGAN COMMUNITIES CONFERENCE 2020
With over 1,300 attendees, the Building Michigan Communities Conference has quickly become one of the largest conference of its kind in the United States. The conference is attended by service providers, nonprofit and for-profit developers and financiers.
2020 SPEAKER LINEUP
Introducing this Year's Exciting Speaker Lineup...
Ibram X. Kendi
Jeff Donofrio
Stockton Williams
CONFERENCE AT-A-GLANCE
| Tuesday | Wednesday | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 8:00am-9:00am | Networking Breakfast | 8:00am-9:00am | Breakfast |
| 9:00am-10:00am | Welcome and Opening Speaker Ibram X. Kendi | 9:00am-10:15am | Sessions |
| 10:15am-11:30am | Sessions | 10:30am-11:45am | Sessions |
| 11:45am-1:15pm | Lunch | 11:45am-1:15pm | Lunch with Speakers Jeff Donofrio and Stockton Williams |
| 1:30pm-2:45pm | Sessions | 1:45pm-3:00pm | Sessions |
| 3:00pm-4:15pm | Sessions | 3:15pm-4:30pm | Sessions |
| 4:30pm-6:00pm | Reception | ||
TOGETHER WE BUILD COMMUNITIES
Session Titles by Audience
MULTI FAMILY DEVELOPERS SESSION LIST
Advanced Tax Topics: How Tax Can Impact Structuring and Uwinding Real Estate Deals
Best Practices In Community Engagement
"CDFI Collaborations: ""The Real Deal"""
Creating Healthy Homes and Healthy Communities
Debt Options for Affordable Housing Developments from Pre-development to Stabilization
Detroit Preservation Action Plan – Implementation of a Strategy through Public/Private Partnership
Disability Awareness: A Pathway to Access & Inclusion
Domicology: Sustainably Addressing The Structural Life Cycle.
Financing Workforce Houisng Without LIHTC
Help! I Think My Client is Being Abused!
HUD-RAD for PRAC and Other Preservation Topics
Improving Rural Home Affordability Through Policy Change
Increasing Housing Options Through Landlord Engagement
LIHTC 101
LIHTC 201
LIHTC 301
Opportunity Zones
Policy and Advocacy Update
Poverty Simulation
Preserving Affordable Housing in the Age of Climate Change
Preserving Affordable Housing: Scattered-Site Rental & Community Land Trusts
Racial Equity Pushes the Needle to Advance Opportunities
Retaining Residents in Revitalizing Neighborhoods
"State of Housing In Black America: Educate, Empower, Mobilize"
Supportive Housing - Making It Work
Syndicator Panel
"Tenant Relocation Rights, Requirements and Reasonableness in Public Housing Conversion"
The Creamery: Leveraging Social Impact Investing for Aspirational Community Development
The Development Process
The Stinging Impact of Implicit Bias on Individuals and Communities
Title from the QAP Perspective
Train the Trainer: Do You Know Your Net Worth
Women In Affordable Housing
Working with Limited English Speakers
Yoga for All
HOME OWNERSHIP SERVICES AND DEVELOPERS SESSION LIST
Advanced Tax Topics: How Tax Can Impact Structuring and Uwinding Real Estate Deals
Best Practices In Community Engagement
Bridging Neighborhoods - Community Benefits from Advocacy to Implementation
"CDFI Collaborations: ""The Real Deal"""
Creating Healthy Homes and Healthy Communities
Creating Safer Communities with Lead Hazard Control Programs
Detroit Preservation Action Plan – Implementation of a Strategy through Public/Private Partnership
Disability Awareness: A Pathway to Access & Inclusion
Domicology: Sustainably Addressing The Structural Life Cycle.
Help! I Think My Client is Being Abused!
How Match Savings Can Protect New Homeowners from Financial Crisis
Improving Rural Home Affordability Through Policy Change
Incremental Development Using Land Banks and MicroTIF
MSHDA's Homeownership Programs - Delivering the Dream to Michigan Families
Opportunity Zones
Poverty Simulation
Preserving Affordable Housing: Scattered-Site Rental & Community Land Trusts
Racial Equity Pushes the Needle to Advance Opportunities
"Safety for All: Creating Safe Systems, Programs, and Communities for LGBTQ+ Youth."
"State of Housing In Black America: Educate, Empower, Mobilize"
The Stinging Impact of Implicit Bias on Individuals and Communities
Train the Trainer: Do You Know Your Net Worth
Women In Affordable Housing
Working with Limited English Speakers
Yoga for All
HOMELESS SERVICE PROVIDERS SESSION LIST
Affordable Housing: Policy and Politics in 2020
CDFI Collaborations: ""The Real Deal
Disability Awareness: A Pathway to Access & Inclusion
Help! I Think My Client is Being Abused!
HUD-RAD for PRAC and Other Preservation Topics
Increasing Housing Options Through Landlord Engagement
"Safety for All: Creating Safe Systems, Programs, and Communities for LGBTQ+ Youth."
The Creamery: Leveraging Social Impact Investing for Aspirational Community Development
The Stinging Impact of Implicit Bias on Individuals and Communities
Train the Trainer: Do You Know Your Net Worth
Working with Limited English Speakers
CoC/Public Housing Response to Local Emergency
From Homeless to Homeownership
Health Through Housing
HUD Continuum of Care Program Updates
Listening Session: MSHDA ESG
MSHMIS Roundtable - Using HMIS Data to Build Community Dashboards
Poverty Simulation
Quality Customer Service- Tailoring Services to Meet the Unique Needs of Each Customer
State ID and Birth Certificate Roundtable
Updates on Michigan Affordable Housing Policy
Women In Affordable Housing
Yoga for All
NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS SESSION LIST
A Tax Incentive to Support Community Economic Development in Michigan
Advanced Tax Topics: How Tax Can Impact Structuring and Uwinding Real Estate Deals
Best Practices In Community Engagement
Borrower of the Future
Bridging Neighborhoods - Community Benefits from Advocacy to Implementation
"CDFI Collaborations: ""The Real Deal"""
Creating Healthy Homes and Healthy Communities
Creating Safer Communities with Lead Hazard Control Programs
Debt Options for Affordable Housing Developments from Pre-development to Stabilization
Detroit Preservation Action Plan – Implementation of a Strategy through Public/Private Partnership
Disability Awareness: A Pathway to Access & Inclusion
Disaster Recovery Considerations: Preparing for and Responding to Disasters
Domicology: Sustainably Addressing The Structural Life Cycle.
Entrepreneurship Bootstrapping When There Are No Boots.
Equitable Redevelopment Through Community Centered and Neighborhood Based Instructional Design-
Financing Workforce Houisng Without LIHTC
From Homeless to Homeownership
Help! I Think My Client is Being Abused!
How Match Savings Can Protect New Homeowners from Financial Crisis
HUD Continuum of Care Program Updates
HUD-RAD for PRAC and Other Preservation Topics
Improving Rural Home Affordability Through Policy Change
Increasing Housing Options Through Landlord Engagement
Listening Session: MSHDA ESG
MSHDA's Homeownership Programs - Delivering the Dream to Michigan Families
Payday Loan Alternatives: Justice in Consumer Lending
Poverty Simulation
Preserving Affordable Housing in the Age of Climate Change
Preserving Affordable Housing: Scattered-Site Rental & Community Land Trusts
Quality Customer Service- Tailoring Services to Meet the Unique Needs of Each Customer
Racial Equity Pushes the Needle to Advance Opportunities
Retaining Residents in Revitalizing Neighborhoods
"Safety for All: Creating Safe Systems, Programs, and Communities for LGBTQ+ Youth."
State ID and Birth Certificate Roundtable
"State of Housing In Black America: Educate, Empower, Mobilize"
Statewide Homeowner Rehab Need and Available Financing Options
Strengthening Communities Through Code Compliance
"Tenant Relocation Rights, Requirements and Reasonableness in Public Housing Conversion"
The Creamery: Leveraging Social Impact Investing for Aspirational Community Development
The Stinging Impact of Implicit Bias on Individuals and Communities
Train the Trainer: Do You Know Your Net Worth
Updates on Michigan Affordable Housing Policy
Women In Affordable Housing
Working with Limited English Speakers
Yoga for All
LENDERS SESSION LIST
Advanced Tax Topics: How Tax Can Impact Structuring and Uwinding Real Estate Deals
B Corps Are Good for Michigan
Borrower of the Future
Bridging Neighborhoods - Community Benefits from Advocacy to Implementation
"CDFI Collaborations: ""The Real Deal"""
Creating Healthy Homes and Healthy Communities
Debt Options for Affordable Housing Developments from Pre-development to Stabilization
Detroit Preservation Action Plan – Implementation of a Strategy through Public/Private Partnership
Disability Awareness: A Pathway to Access & Inclusion
Entrepreneurship Bootstrapping When There Are No Boots.
Equitable Redevelopment Through Community Centered and Neighborhood Based Instructional Design-
Financing Workforce Houisng Without LIHTC
From Homeless to Homeownership
Help! I Think My Client is Being Abused!
How Match Savings Can Protect New Homeowners from Financial Crisis
HUD-RAD for PRAC and Other Preservation Topics
MSHDA's Homeownership Programs - Delivering the Dream to Michigan Families
Poverty Simulation
Preserving Affordable Housing: Scattered-Site Rental & Community Land Trusts
Racial Equity Pushes the Needle to Advance Opportunities
"State of Housing In Black America: Educate, Empower, Mobilize"
Statewide Homeowner Rehab Need and Available Financing Options
"Tenant Relocation Rights, Requirements and Reasonableness in Public Housing Conversion"
The Creamery: Leveraging Social Impact Investing for Aspirational Community Development
The Stinging Impact of Implicit Bias on Individuals and Communities
Train the Trainer: Do You Know Your Net Worth
Women In Affordable Housing
Working with Limited English Speakers
Yoga for All
LOCAL GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS AND STAFF SESSION LIST
A Tax Incentive to Support Community Economic Development in Michigan
B Corps Are Good for Michigan
Best Practices In Community Engagement
Bridging Neighborhoods - Community Benefits from Advocacy to Implementation
"CDFI Collaborations: ""The Real Deal"""
CoC/Public Housing Response to Local Emergency
Community Economic Development Programs Helping to Strengthen Rural Michigan
Creating Healthy Homes and Healthy Communities
Creating Safer Communities with Lead Hazard Control Programs
Detroit Preservation Action Plan – Implementation of a Strategy through Public/Private Partnership
Disability Awareness: A Pathway to Access & Inclusion
Domicology: Sustainably Addressing The Structural Life Cycle.
Entrepreneurship Bootstrapping When There Are No Boots.
Equitable Redevelopment Through Community Centered and Neighborhood Based Instructional Design-
Financing Workforce Houisng Without LIHTC
Help! I Think My Client is Being Abused!
How Match Savings Can Protect New Homeowners from Financial Crisis
HUD Continuum of Care Program Updates
HUD-RAD for PRAC and Other Preservation Topics
Increasing Housing Options Through Landlord Engagement
Listening Session: MSHDA ESG
MSHDA's Homeownership Programs - Delivering the Dream to Michigan Families
Poverty Simulation
Preserving Affordable Housing in the Age of Climate Change
Preserving Affordable Housing: Scattered-Site Rental & Community Land Trusts
Quality Customer Service- Tailoring Services to Meet the Unique Needs of Each Customer
Racial Equity Pushes the Needle to Advance Opportunities
Retaining Residents in Revitalizing Neighborhoods
"Safety for All: Creating Safe Systems, Programs, and Communities for LGBTQ+ Youth."
State ID and Birth Certificate Roundtable
"State of Housing In Black America: Educate, Empower, Mobilize"
Statewide Homeowner Rehab Need and Available Financing Options
Strengthening Communities Through Code Compliance
"Tenant Relocation Rights, Requirements and Reasonableness in Public Housing Conversion"
The Creamery: Leveraging Social Impact Investing for Aspirational Community Development
The Stinging Impact of Implicit Bias on Individuals and Communities
Updates on Michigan Affordable Housing Policy
Using Property-Level Data to Increase Impact in Your Community
Women In Affordable Housing
Working with Limited English Speakers
Yoga for All
REALTORS SESSION LIST
Borrower of the Future
Bridging Neighborhoods - Community Benefits from Advocacy to Implementation
"CDFI Collaborations: ""The Real Deal"""
Creating Healthy Homes and Healthy Communities
Debt Options for Affordable Housing Developments from Pre-development to Stabilization
Detroit Preservation Action Plan – Implementation of a Strategy through Public/Private Partnership
Disability Awareness: A Pathway to Access & Inclusion
Help! I Think My Client is Being Abused!
Incremental Development Using Land Banks and MicroTIF
MSHDA's Homeownership Programs - Delivering the Dream to Michigan Families
Opportunity Zones
Poverty Simulation
Preserving Affordable Housing in the Age of Climate Change
Racial Equity Pushes the Needle to Advance Opportunities
"State of Housing In Black America: Educate, Empower, Mobilize"
The Stinging Impact of Implicit Bias on Individuals and Communities
Women In Affordable Housing
Working with Limited English Speakers
Yoga for All
VENUE INFORMATION
The Building Michigan Communities Conference is held annually at the Lansing Center in Lansing, MI.
333 Michigan Ave., Lansing MI 48933
(517) 483-7400
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Building Michigan Communities Conference
April 28-29, 2020
Lansing Center, Lansing, MI
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