October 25, 2021| Bulletin #21-08
TWO FOR ONE SPECIAL EXTENDED!
Register Today and get both the
Single-Family Symposium AND Annual Meeting for $50.00
This Wednesday! October 27, 2021

Presented by:
Moderator:    
Deputy Director, Golden State Finance Authority
Speakers:     
CEO, California Association of Realtors (CAR)

Senior Vice President, Director of Operations & Customer Support, Down Payment Resource (DPR)
9:00 AM – 9:45 AM
Innovators in Down Payment Assistance
 
Learn about CAR’s Housing Affordability Fund, which raises funds through local REALTOR® associations and distributes those funds to help promote homeownership and increased housing supply in communities.

Hear about the groundbreaking integration of DPR’s web-based tool with the nation’s largest and most recognized subscriber-based multiple listing California Regional Multiple Listing Service, expanding awareness of local down payment assistance programs and helping these programs expand their reach.
Moderator:    
Director of Marketing, Golden State Finance Authority
Speakers:     
CEO and Founder of National Association of Minority Mortgage Bankers of America (NAMMBA)
Eric Lawrence Frazier MBA CEO and Founder of The Power is Now Media, Inc. (TPIN)
Director of Legislative Policy & External Affairs, New American Funding
9:45 – 10:45 AM
Building Minority Wealth
through Homeownership
 
Research overwhelmingly supports that homeownership leads to positive social and economic outcomes for families and communities and the country. Yet, the rate of homeownership amongst minority groups continues to remain far below those of white households.

Join this panel of real estate and mortgage professionals and fair housing advocates as they discuss best practices, tools and other resources that support the goal of increasing minority homeownership.
Speaker:
Chief Economic Development Officer,
Rural County Representatives of California (RCRC)
10:45– 11:15 AM
Advancing Rural Broadband
 
High-speed, ubiquitous broadband availability in rural California is one of the most critical missing infrastructure components. Its absence often precludes unserved and underserved communities from participating in the 21st Century economy.

Hear about the collective efforts underway to develop broadband infrastructure within rural communities.
Speaker:
Advanced Energy Program Lead, Trane Technologies
11:15 – 11:45 AM
Closed Loop Pump Storage – Wildfire/PSPS Prevention
 
The threat of catastrophic wildfires and regular loss of electricity are two of the largest threats to housing and economic stability found in rural California.

Lake and Tuolumne Counties are trying to do something about this, working to install a system that combines water tanks and pipelines equipped with hydro turbines to serve double duty as both an energy storage asset as well as a new firefighting resource.
Speaker:
Mary Ellen Shay,
CAL-ALHFA
11:45 – 12:00 PM
Closing and Acknowledgments
October 28, 2021
CAL-ALHFA Annual Meeting Agenda
Keynote Speaker:
State Program Update:
 
 
Representatives from our four main housing agencies
will fill you in on 2021 accomplishments and what to expect in 2022.
10:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.
 
Department of Housing Community Development
 
California Housing Finance Agency
Tiena Johnson Hall, Executive Director
 
Tax Credit Allocation Committee | California
Debt Limit Allocation Committee
Nancee Robles, Executive Director
 
Moderator: Wendy DeWitt, President, CAL-ALHFA
Legislative Update:
 
 
Key consultants and legislative advocates discuss highs and lows of 2021, and look to build on the affordable housing agenda in 2022.
11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
 
Senate Housing Committee
Alison Hughes, Consultant
 
Assembly Housing and Community Development Committee
Lisa Engel, Chief Consultant
 
California Housing Consortium
Marina Wiant, VP of Government Affairs
 
California YIMBY
Louis Mirante, Legislative Director
 
Moderator: Mary Ellen Shay, Executive Director,
CAL-ALHFA
Cal-ALHFA was established in 1989 to represent local housing professionals and agencies in the California State legislature and State housing programs and works on housing issues at the federal level. Cal-ALHFA is a non-profit organization with a broad based membership including public and private agencies which develop, finance, and administer programs to create affordable housing in California.
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