Five plenary sessions featuring leaders in the field, including:
Twelve breakout sessions covering a breadth of manufactured and affordable housing topics, including:
The 2018 I’M HOME Conference, from December 3-5, is jam-packed with great content and plenty of networking opportunities. The at-a-glance agenda will be updated periodically so please check back soon for the most up-to-date information including session content & speakers.
All times and content outlined below are subject to change.
Keynote Address
Mayor of Nashville, David Briley (Invited)
Speakers:
This session is a crash-course in manufactured housing. Speakers will discuss the opportunities that manufactured housing offers and its importance in the broader affordable homeownership landscape. This session is tailored to first-time participants, those relatively new to the field and anyone who wants a refresher course.
Have you ever wondered what it takes to get involved with the politics of manufactured housing? This session brings together advocacy experts from around the country to share their experiences of effective policy change and lead attendees in a hands on exercise in crafting an advocacy campaign.
This session will focus on the development of three beautiful, high-performing factory-built homes in the City of San Bernardino. The effort aims to revitalize neighborhoods throughout the city while creating homeownership opportunities for low-income families. With the cost of developing site-built homes skyrocketing, factory-built homes are a viable option for economies of scale, especially when developing scattered vacant lots.
Networking Breakfast
Sponsored by the Center for Indian Country Development
Morning Plenary Manufactured Housing and Native American Homeownership
Manufactured housing is increasingly at risk of displacement due to poor protections for homeowners. This session will include resident voices, explore the impact of displacement on families.
In more than 20 states, owners of manufactured homes in MH communities have been buying their communities for economic security, community engagement and the chance to build home equity. We will learn more about how these communities work through the experience of resident leaders and explore market and policy-based efforts to support them.
This session will explore best practices and lessons learned from a successful program that Family Promise of Grand Rapids, Michigan piloted in which families participating in transitional housing programs directly transition to permanent housing in the form of manufactured homes.
Lunch Plenary One Year In: An Update on the Implementation of Duty to Serve
Nashville and the surrounding area is facing rising housing costs and the challenges of affordable housing is impacting families across the region. Local housing and community development experts will identify the unique issues and address the potential opportunities.
Access to quality financing options means lower costs for manufactured housing residents. Lenders from across the country will provide updates on new products to finance housing giving manufactured homeowners greater choices in their financing options.
Manufactured housing can play an important role in post-disaster recovery. Hear from state emergency management officials on how we can better plan for and recover from floods, hurricanes and other disasters.
This October, the I'M HOME Communications is leading a campaign to reduce the stigma of manufactured housing across the board, engaging with local politicians, potential homebuyers, and existing community members. This session will go over the campaign's results and explore the next steps of this important conversation.
Residents of manufactured housing often spend more on energy costs than those who live in site built homes. But it doesn’t have to be that way, manufactured housing can be energy efficient, cost-effective and a healthier option for families. This session will explore current models of energy efficient homes, and how families may lower their energy bills along the way.
Morning Plenary
Everything is Local: The Role of Local Government in Manufactured Housing
Local government plays a vital role in manufactured housing, whether through zoning decisions, federal government disbursements and planning opportunities. This panel will discuss the ins and outs of how local decisions influence where manufactured housing is placed, and how long it can stay.