Housing Is Summit 2023: Session Recordings & Materials

 

Rep. Bonamici discusses her CLPHA-endorsed Build Housing with Care Act, a bill she recently introduced that would make childcare more accessible to people who live in affordable housing. The Build Housing with Care Act advances our shared goal of co-locating childcare centers at affordable housing areas to vastly improve access to housing and childcare for low-income families. Rep. Bonamici's remarks continue our long-standing Summit discussions about how affordable, convenient childcare in low-income housing communities can increase families' access to early childhood education, economic opportunities, housing stability, and other resources that can improve their life outcomes.

• Congresswoman Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR)
• Introduction by Ivory Mathews, CLPHA Board Member and CEO, Home Forward

 

 

From summer youth employment to college to job training programs and jobs that pay a living wage, PHA residents’ engagement with workforce development is critical to improving life outcomes. Our featured speaker shares new initiatives and ideas from the current administration that can expand work opportunities for low-income residents, and foster partnerships with PHAs that connect their residents to workforce opportunities.

• Chike Aguh, Second-Ever Chief Innovation Officer, U.S. Department of Labor
• Introduction by Karen DuBois-Walton, CLPHA Board Member and President, Elm City Communities

 

 

 

CLPHA has long championed data sharing among organizations from local service providers to federal government agencies. We believe that taking a collaborative approach to utilizing data gathered from the programs we operate and people we provide services to is critical to helping entities who serve low-income families to identify overlap in assisted populations, establish shared goals, and determine if interventions intended to improve life outcomes are working. While challenges such as privacy concerns, siloed systems, and communication barriers among partners can make this work difficult, sharing data can streamline duplicative interventions, reduce costs and inefficiencies, and lead to expanded access to social services for the people that need them most.

• FEATURED SPEAKER AND MODERATOR: Solomon Greene, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary, Office of Policy Development and Research, HUD
• Ross Santy, Associate Commissioner, Administrative Data Division, National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education
• Lydia Taghavi, Chief Data Officer, HUD
• Veronica Eva Garrison, Analyst and Team Lead—Data and Research, Office of Policy Development & Research, HUD

 

 

 

Healthcare and housing partnerships have the power to improve health outcomes for low-income residents. This roundtable examines how managed care organizations can support community capacity building and infrastructure investments in communities to increase access to affordable housing. It also spotlights markets and focus areas, as well as policy issues around health and housing such as data sharing.

• Abbie Gilbert, Associate Director, Office of the Chief Medical Officer, Health Equity & Social Impact, Humana
• Andy McMahon, Vice President Of Community Investment And Innovation, UnitedHealthcare Community & State
• Blair Harrison, Policy Director, Community & Social Health, UnitedHealthcare Community & State
• MODERATOR: Sandra Wilkniss, Senior Program Director, National Academy of State Health Policy

 

 

 

KeyBanc Capital Markets is one of the nation’s largest affordable housing lenders, and they have helped housing authorities across the county increase affordability in their communities by creatively leveraging their status as governmental entities. This session will highlight the unique abilities PHAs have to access customized financing with competitive rates.

• Anthony Pass, Senior Vice President, KeyBanc Capital Markets
• Sam Adams, Managing Director, KeyBanc Capital Markets

 

Over the past decade, Medicaid administrators at both the state and federal level have come to recognize the role that stable housing plays in improving health outcomes and lowering costs. To this end, new initiatives have been approved to cover costs to provide health, behavioral health, and tenancy support services through state Medicaid programs and more robust alignment with state behavioral health resources. This session will provide the audience with an overview of state Medicaid work in the health and housing space and discuss cross-agency partnerships at the state level that weave together Medicaid and behavioral health resources to support services needed for successful supportive housing approaches. Level-setting on Medicaid and behavioral health will be followed by a dialogue with the audience on the value of PHAs, Medicaid, and state behavioral health payers partnering to maximize investments toward common supportive housing goals.

• Sandra Wilkniss, Senior Program Director, National Academy of State Health Policy
• Robin Wagner, Independent Consultant
• Hannah Katch, Senior Advisor, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, HHS

 

 

Many PHAs use Mainstream vouchers successfully to help people with disabilities transition from care facilities or homelessness to stable housing — but others face challenges when trying to utilize these vouchers. This session will provide examples of successful implementation by a state and a local PHA and explore what HUD’s Community of Practice has found to be the ingredients of success. With 4,500 new Mainstream vouchers going online in 2022/2023 and the extraordinary admin fees just awarded to PHAs, this is an opportune time to talk about best practices.

• Dominic Mitchell, Deputy Executive Director, Minneapolis Public Housing Authority
• Diane Dressler, Consultant, Maryland Inclusive Housing
• Lisa Sloane, Director, Technical Assistance Collaborative
• Emily Warren, Senior Housing Program Specialist, HUD

 

 

What do we know about the health, economic, and residential stability outcomes of people who exit from housing assistance? This session presents data from Seattle/King County, WA on factors associated with exits as well as outcomes such as changes in housing stability, physical and behavioral health, and wages in the year following exit. This HUD-funded research confirms that positive exits are associated with better outcomes. The panelists will also discuss related implications for programs and services provided by public housing authorities and cross-sector partners.

• Annie Pennucci, Director of Impact & Evaluation, King County Housing Authority
• Alastair Matheson, Assistant Chief, Data and Informatics Strategy, Public Health—Seattle/King County
• Andy Chan, Strategic Advisor, Seattle Housing Authority

 

 

 

The Chicago and Cook County Flexible Housing Pool (FHP) is an innovative program funded through a public/private partnership comprised of local government, managed care organizations, health systems, and philanthropy. The FHP provides supportive housing for those who are interacting with crisis systems including ERs, jails, and shelters. Partners aim to reduce crisis system use while increasing housing stability and improving health outcomes. To achieve success, the FHP centers racial equity and the expertise of tenants in service delivery and program outcomes. Public/private partnership is central to this project’s success, with leadership from the City of Chicago, Chicago Housing Authority, and Cook County Health underscoring that importance.

• Julie Nelson, Associate Director, Corporation for Supportive Housing
• Dave Thomas, Program Director, Center for Housing and Health
• Chanté Gamby, Housing Director, Cook County Health
• Mary Howard, Chief Resident Services Officer, Chicago Housing Authority