The I'M HOME Conference is Celebrating 15 Years. Join Us at the I'M HOME Conference to Commemorate this Occasion!
For the past 15 years, I’M HOME has convened a range of stakeholders interested in applying manufactured housing solutions to affordable housing challenges. Our annual conference brings together affordable housing developers, lenders, policymakers, industry experts, homeowners, community organizers and more. Last year’s conference in Nashville was our largest ever with almost 250 attendees. We hope to make this year's conference even better!
Monday, November 18, 2019 - Wednesday, November 20, 2019
Hilton Portland Downtown921 SW 6th AvenuePortland, OR 97204
The I’M HOME Conference brings together a diverse group of housing professionals to unlock the potential of manufactured housing, and create more access to a major source of unsubsidized and naturally occurring affordable housing in the U.S.
Speakers and attendees will include:
Since 2005, Prosperity Now and a select group of national partners including the Wells Fargo Housing Foundation, NeighborWorks® America, ROC USA®, Next Step®, Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae have worked to unlock the potential of manufactured housing through the Innovations in Manufactured Homes (I’M HOME) initiative. Our goal is to transform manufactured homes into valuable family assets offering the opportunity to build equity and achieve economic security. The basic hypothesis underlying I'M HOME is that holistic improvements across the following four areas will enable owners of manufactured homes to take advantage of factory-built housing’s affordability while also ensuring the opportunity to build wealth in a way that more closely resembles the experience of owners of site-built housing:
Check out all of the 2018 I'M HOME Conference materials here.
Prosperity Now's work makes it possible for millions of people to achieve financial security and contribute to an opportunity economy. We scale innovative practical solutions that empower low- and moderate-income people to build wealth. We drive responsive policy change at all levels of government. We support the efforts of community leaders across the country to advance economic opportunity for all. Prosperity Now was established in 1979 as the Corporation for Enterprise Development (CFED). In June of 2017, CFED changed their name to Prosperity Now. Prosperity Now works nationally and internationally through its offices in Washington, DC; Durham, North Carolina, and San Francisco, California.