2019 I'M HOME Conference

We are excited for this year's jam-packed program with great content and plenty of networking opportunities. Below you will find the current 2019 I'M HOME Conference Program* with session descriptions and speakers.

*Please note that information is being updated periodically, so keep checking back for more details!

2019 I'M HOME Conference Program:

All times and content outlined below are subject to change.

MONDAY, NOVEMBER 18

8:30 AM-12 PM	Pre-Conference Site Visit - FULL! Oak Leaf and Arbor Mobile Home Parks Our site visit will include a tour of Oak Leaf Mobile Home Park and Arbor Mobile Home Park. We will hear from residents who organized to preserve their communities and about Energy Trust of Oregon's pilot to replace aging homes and reduce residents' energy costs. Registration is free for conference attendees. The capacity for this event has been reached. Please reach out to imhome@prosperitynow.org to be placed on the waiting list.
12 -1 PM	Lunch
1-1:15 PM	Opening Remarks & Keynote Address Speakers: Doug Ryan, Prosperity Now Gary Cunningham, Prosperity Now Ted Wheeler, Mayor of Portland
1:15-2 PM	Opening Plenary Together We Will: Using Community Organizing To Create and Preserve Mobile Home Parks This session will feature community organizers and manufactured home residents. Participants will discuss their work preserving communities in Oregon and creating and maintaining Palanco mobile home parks in the Coachella Valley in California. Speakers: Sergio Carranza, Pueblo Unido CDC Mayra Torres, Living Cully Yaneth Andrade-Magaña, Pueblo Unido CDC Victor Johanson; Resident Leader, Oak Leaf MHP
2-2:30 PM	Manufactured Housing Documentary That’s How We Roll Join us for a screening from the upcoming documentary "That's How We Roll", featured in the recent John Oliver episode on manufactured housing. Producer and director Sara Terry will lead a conversation with two participants from the film, and answer questions about her work documenting the challenges and opportunities of manufactured housing. Speakers: Sara Terry, Director and Producer Barbara Davis, Documentary Participant Luz Galicia, Documentary Participant
2:30-3 PM	Networking Break
3-4:15 PM	Afternoon Plenary State Housing Finance Agencies: Leading Innovation in Manufactured Housing Finance Hear from several state housing finance agency leaders exploring innovations in manufactured housing finance and preservation. Speakers: Greg Zagorski, National Council of State Housing Agencies (Moderator) Margaret Salazar, Oregon Housing and Community Services Maura Collins, Vermont Housing Finance Agency Ignatius MacLellan, Managing Director, Homeownership, New Hampshire Housing
4:30-5:45 PM	CONCURRENT SESSIONS 1 Manufactured Housing A to Z: This updated 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 to get updates on newest trends and emerging best practices. Speakers: Grant Beck, Next Step (Moderator) Lori Dibble, Manufactured Homeowners Association of New Jersey Mary O'Hara, ROC USA Tara Reardon, New Hampshire Community Loan Fund Ben Roche, Palm Harbor Homes Problem Solving with Public Policy: In this session, speakers will discuss ways public policy can be used as a tool to solve challenges facing manufactured housing communities. Speakers: Anju Chopra, Prosperity Now (Moderator) Carolyn Carter, National Consumer Law Center Crystal Launder, City of Boulder John VanLandingham, Lane County Legal Aid/Oregon Law Center New Manufactured Housing Research: This session will feature an interactive discussion about new and emerging research on manufactured housing residents and natural disasters, resident displacement and more. Speakers: Katherine MacTavish, Ph.D., Oregon State University (Moderator) Esther Sullivan, Ph.D., University of Colorado Andrée Tremoulet, Ph.D., Commonworks Consulting Allison Formanack, Ph.D., Amherst College
6- 7:30 PM	I’M HOME Conference 15th Anniversary Celebration/Reception

TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 19

8-9:15 AM	Networking Breakfast For this Networking Breakfast, we would like attendees to sit according to the following regions: Oregon, Rocky Mountains, Northeast, South, and Midwest. Attendees are encouraged to self-select region based on their state.
9:15-9:30 AM	Remarks from Senator Ron Wyden of Oregon* Invited Speaker (confirmation pending)*
9:30-10:30 AM	Morning Plenary Duty to Serve Year 2: What did 2019 bring for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac? 2019 is the second year of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac's Duty to Serve plans. The Enterprises will discuss successes, challenges and an outlook for 2020. Speakers: Doug Ryan, Prosperity Now (Moderator) Ben Navarro, Fannie Mae Jose Villareal, Fannie Mae Dennis Smith, Freddie Mac Agnes Kucharski, Freddie Mac
10:30-10:45 AM	Break
10:45 AM-12 PM	CONCURRENT SESSIONS 2 Portland’s Zoning Ordinance: This session will tell the story of Portland's 2018 zoning change, which protects 58 mobile home parks from closure and redevelopment by restricting the allowed land use. This change protects 3,000 affordable homes citywide and preserves tight-knit communities. Speakers: Andrés Oswill, Landlord-Tenant Policy Coordinator, City of Portland Tom Armstrong, Portland Bureau of Planning and Sustainability Claire Adamsick, Senior Policy Director, City of Portland To Preserve and Protect: Models for Nonprofit Affordable Housing Developer Acquisition and Rehab: Discussion will focus on various models, best practices, challenges, and successes for nonprofit affordable housing developer acquisition and preservation of manufactured home communities. Speakers: Brian Augusta, Housing Advocates (Moderator) Alicia Sebastian, California Coalition of Rural Housing Maurilio Leon, Community Housing Opportunities Corporation Suzanne Taylor, Augusta Communities The Roles and Impact of Investors in Manufactured Housing: The last few years have seen record investments in manufactured home communities by real estate investment trusts, private equity and even foreign funds. What does this all mean for communities and residents? Speakers: Elisabeth Voigt, MH Action (Moderator) Matt Chapman, MH Action Sandy Overlock, Manufactured Home Federation of Massachusetts Gail Travers, Akron (NY) Mobile Home Park Tenants Association
12-12:30 PM	Lunch
12:30-1:45 PM	Lunch Plenary Manufactured Housing State Policy Wins The 2018-2019 state legislative sessions brought success for manufactured home community residents and homeowners unlike any year in recent memory. We'll highlight a few of the wins and see how other states may adopt these approaches and policies. Speakers: Kaia Peterson, NeighborWorks Montana (Moderator) Summer Laws, Boulder County Commissioners' Office Rep. Pam Marsh, Oregon House Representative Miles Nowlin, Northwest Cooperative Development Center Natividad Seefeld, All Parks Alliance for Change
1:45-2 PM	Break
2-3:15 PM	CONCURRENT SESSIONS 3 Doing More with Less: Energy Efficiency in Manufactured Housing: Manufactured housing has enormous potential to lead the way for energy efficient building and green living. Hear from experts in the field as they discuss their work in innovative building techniques and opportunities for residents to benefit from improved energy efficiency. Speakers: Mark Wyman, Energy Trust of Oregon (Moderator) Brady Peeks, Northwest Energy Works Alison Donovan, Vermont Energy Investment Corporation Callie Lawson, Craft3 We Own It!: 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. Speakers: Paul Bradley, ROC USA (Moderator) Marco Montes, Horizon Homeowners Cooperative Gayle Parrish, CASA of Oregon Member, Colorado Lake Cooperative Tom Powers, Board President, Clackamas River Community Cooperative Legal Strategies: When and How to Access Lawyers: Lawyers can be powerful allies for manufactured housing advocates beyond just eviction defense. This session will highlight stories from around the country to demonstrate the breadth of issues lawyers can assist with. Speakers: Laurie Hauber, Oregon Law Center (Moderator) Megan Dorton, Legal Aid Services of Oregon Frances Leos Martinez, University of Texas Law - Community Economic Development Clinic
3:15- 3:45 PM	Networking Break
3:45-5 PM	CONCURRENT SESSIONS 4 Lending for Manufactured Housing: The lending landscape for manufactured homes is growing and evolving, as more non- traditional lenders are making loans on high performance, energy-efficient homes. Perfect for nonprofit organizations interested in making loans on manufactured homes in their communities, this panel explores the experiences of both nonprofit and industry lenders working in the factory-built housing space. Speakers: Pat Curry, Next Step (Moderator) Jen Hopkins, New Hampshire Community Loan Fund Chris Linder, MaineStream Finance Cody Pearce, Cascade Financial Services, LLC Callie Lawson, Craft3 Money Matters: How can affordable housing and community-based organizations design and embed programs and services that can improve Manufactured Housing park homeowners' financial capability? Come to this session to practitioners discuss implementing a financial capability program tailored to manufactured homeowners! Speakers: David Frei, Anoka County Family Promise (Moderator) Lisa Donnot, Family Promise of Yellowstone Valley Pilar Karlin, CASA of Oregon Rebekah Bassett, CASA of Oregon Let's Talk About It: This session will highlight the importance of non-stigmatizing language and explore best practices to effectively communicate about manufactured housing with practitioners, community stakeholders, and how homeowners and parks can engage the media for their benefit. Speakers: James Durrah, Prosperity Now (Moderator) Dave Anderson, National Manufactured Homeowners Association Maggie Bernard, Family Promise Audrey Eason, Clayton Melissa Proulx, ROC USA

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 20

8-9 AM	Networking Breakfast
9-9:15 AM	Closing Plenary Introduction Speaker: Connie Wright, Wells Fargo
9:15-10:30 AM	Closing Plenary The Native American Experience and Manufactured Housing Tribal entities and leaders are examining the current and future roles of manufactured homes on tribal lands. We'll hear about new initiatives as well as the challenges ahead. Speakers: James Colombe, Center for Indian Country Development Moriah McGill, Northern Circle Indian Housing Authority Jamie Navenma, Northern Circle Indian Housing Authority
10:30-11 AM	Lightning Talks Best Case Practices from the Past Year Lightning talks are our version of TEDx talks crossed over with Professional Speed dating. This series of short talks is intended to convey fresh, compelling information in a creative, clearly articulated message. Presentations may highlight: Key research findings with meaningful implications for policy and practice in manufactured housing Promising practices or innovative initiatives that represent a leap forward in serving Manufactured Housing communities Big ideas, proposals or hypotheses that have the potential to move the Manufactured Housing field forward or in new directions Speakers: Kelly Fleck, Frontier Housing Jenn Sharp, Housing Development Center Aja Tessier, Community Loan Fund
11 AM-12 PM	I'M HOME Network Working Group Meetings
12-12:10 PM	Closing Remarks