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Aligned Action for Housing Solutions (Terner Center/NLC Webinar)

  • 1.  Aligned Action for Housing Solutions (Terner Center/NLC Webinar)

    Posted 16 hours ago

    If you have a moment, please check out this event from the Terner Center and the National League of Cities happening on March 5th, 9am-12pm PST.

    Aligned Action for Housing Solutions (Livestream) Tickets, Thu, Mar 5, 2026 at 12:00 PM | Eventbrite

    Overview

    Join Terner Labs and the National League of Cities for our annual housing innovation symposium, online on Thursday, March 5.

    For more and more people, the United States' housing shortage is putting safe, stable housing out of reach. We need policy alignment and capital deployment powerful enough to meet this massive need.

    During this livestreamed event, we'll dig into where policy, capital, and innovation can most effectively work together for housing affordability, equity and access.

    We'll explore questions like:

    • Which innovative ideas have the most potential to change housing for the better?
    • How should policy evolve to support their potential?
    • What can local leaders do to influence their communities and the national landscape?
    • How can we access the resources we need to build opportunity?

    Join us to hear candid discussions among leaders working to challenge the status quo and meet innovators pushing the limits of our current housing system.

    Speakers include:

    • Leila Bozorg, Deputy Mayor for Housing and Planning, NYC Office of the Mayor
    • Shaun Donovan, Chief Executive Officer & President, Enterprise Community Partners; former Secretary of the Department of Housing and Urban Development and Director of the U.S. Office of Management and Budget
    • RuthAnne Visnauskas, Commissioner, New York State Division of Housing and Community Renewal
    • Jeff Lubell, Senior Fellow, Urban Land Institute
    • Chris Chen, Executive Vice President, Arnold Ventures
    • Julie Mahowald, Chief Financial Officer, Housing Trust Silicon Valley
    • Ventures from our current Housing Venture Lab cohort

    Agenda

    Specific timing may change as additional speakers are confirmed.

    Part 1: Aligning Policy Systems (12 - 1:30 pm)

    • Panel: Policy for scaling housing solutions
    • Making complex financing simple (BuildTrust)
    • Community power for climate relocation (Buy-In Community Planning)
    • Effective public-private collaboration (Infilla)

    Part 2: Aligning Funding Systems (1:30 - 3 pm)

    • Keynote: From cutting edge to mainstream
    • Panel: Capital for innovation & affordability
    • Community leadership and localization (Community Rebuilds)
    • Dismantling barriers to access (Project Own)
    • Homeownership for today (Grounded Solutions Network and Jubilee Homes)


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    Adrianne Steichen FAIA
    Principal, PYATOK architecture + urban design
    Past Chair, AIA HCD KC
    Oakland, CA
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