During a two-day academy on August 6-7, 2024 at the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis, our Rural Communities team brought together elected officials, financial experts, housing providers, and state, and federal agencies to explore solutions. Part of a series of no-cost academies, the Rural Rental Housing Preservation Convening attracted participants from Virginia to Minnesota to Oregon.
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Funding Beyond Rural Development
Remarks by Senator Tina Smith (D-MN)
- Introduced by Jennie Rodgers, Enterprise Community Partners
Remarks by the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis
- Libby Starling, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis
Private Financing Tools for Preservation and Rehabilitation - Capital Needs and Private Debt
- Bob Morton, Bellwether Enterprise
- Philip Porter, Enterprise Housing Credit Investments
- Moderator: Janel Salinas, Enterprise Community Partners
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USDA RD Housing - Section 515 Overview
- Robin Wolff, Enterprise Community Partners
- Stephanie Vergin, United States Department of Agriculture
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CDFI Programs to Support Housing Preservation in Rural Communities
- Eileen Neely, Housing Assistance Council
- Joseph Mattingly, Enterprise Community Loan Fund
- Moderator: Robin Wolff, Enterprise Community Partners
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Housing Providers' Perspectives on Rural Markets
- Ben Horowitz, Federal Reserve Back of Minneapolis
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Case Studies: Current Examples of USDA Section 515 Preservation
- Kendra Home, Enterprise Community Partners
- Jake Martinez-Parry, Office of Rural and Farmworker Housing
- Jill Henrickson, Minnesota Housing Partnership
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National, State and Local Policy
Remarks by the Commissioner of Minnesota Housing
- Jennifer Leimaile Ho, Commissioner of Minnesota Housing
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State Policy Panel
- Dan Kitzberger, Minnesota Housing
- Daniel Lightfoot, Intergovernmental Relations Representative
- Senator Lindsay Port (DFL), Housing and Homelessness Prevention Committee
- Moderator: Elizabeth Glidden, Minnesota Housing Partnership
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Fireside Chat with the Rural Housing Service Administrator
- Joaquin Altoro, United States Department of Agriculture
- Moderator: Robin Wolff, Enterprise Community Partners
National Policy Panel
- Jonathan Harwitz, Housing Assistance Council
- Mark Kudlowitz, Local Initiatives Support Corporation
- Eric Oberdorfer, National Association of Housing and Redevelopment Officials
- Ayrianne Parks, Enterprise Community Partners
- Moderator: Emily Nosse-Leirer, Enterprise Community Partners
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