2023 Housing Supply Symposium

This symposium will showcase how housing innovation from the Terner Center's Housing Lab 2022 Cohort, emergent private sector programs, and nonprofit programs and projects can help revitalize neighborhoods, communities, and cities. The event will also draw connections between private sector solutions, shifts in public policy, and investor practices needed to achieve lasting impact.

Agenda and Speakers

Welcome (1:05 PM - 1:15 PM)

Lauren Lowery, Director, Housing and Community Development, National League of Cities

Panel 1: Equitably increasing the housing supply: Innovative models centering racial justice and community empowerment (1:15 PM - 2:05 PM)

• Joshua Morrison, Creative Director and Co-Founder, Frolic Communities 

• Nikishka Iyengar, Founder and Chief Ecosystem Officer, The GUILD 

• Imani Yasin, Director of Strategic Initiatives, Parity 

• Chris Herbert, Managing Director, JCHS (Moderator)

Panel 2: Emerging models for inclusivity: Increasing access to mixed-income, subsidized, and disability-forward housing (2:15 PM - 3:05 PM)

• Micaela Connery, Co-founder and CEO, The Kelsey 

• Christine Wendell, Co-founder and CEO, Pronto 

• Lionel Lynch, Director of Community Development Banking Capital Solutions,  JP Morgan Chase

Panel 3: The future of houses: New approaches for reducing the cost and increasing the sustainability of construction (3:15 PM - 4:15 PM)

• Brian Gaudio, CEO, Module 

• Tyler Pullen, PhD researcher, Terner Center for Housing Innovation
• Reed Jordan, Housing Affordability Grant Program Manager, Wells Fargo (Moderator)

Closing (4:15 PM - 4:45 PM)

• Ben Metcalf, Managing Director, Terner Center for Housing Innovation, UC Berkeley  

• Solomon Greene, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy Development and Research, US Department of Housing and Urban Development 

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