ULI Corporate Partnerships & Strategy Presents: New Perspectives on Solving the Growing Housing Affordability Crisis

Tue Oct 29 4:00 PM — 5:00 PM (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time Resorts World Las Vegas - Level 2, Lotus AB

Type AIA LU AICP CM Concurrent Session Open to All Attendees

The lack of housing affordable and attainable to American families has spread from coastal cities into communities across the country. It seems nowhere is immune to the pressures of providing adequate housing, causing challenges to families, employers, and the economic well-being of communities. Innovative solutions across the public and private sector have emerged to address these challenges: design and construction techniques that lower the cost of housing; financing tools to leverage funding sources; policy changes that unlock land, zoning, and public resources; and private sector involvement in building and preserving affordable housing. This panel will include diverse stakeholders in the affordable housing industry, sharing their insights and solutions for meeting housing needs.

Speakers

Moderator

Ms. Rosie Hepner

Vice President, Terwilliger Center for Housing Urban Land Institute

Rosemarie Hepner serves as Vice President of the ULI Terwilliger Center for Housing. In this role, Rosie oversees the Center's wide-ranging activities, including its technical assistance engagements, housing awards program, and annual housing conference. Before joining ULI in 2017, she worked for two international development nonprofits, most recently as the International Capital Markets Specialist at Habitat for Humanity International. In that role, Rosie supported the…

Panelist

Mr. Ryan Goins

Winstead

With more than a decade of experience representing owners and investors in complex business transactions, Ryan Goins focuses his practice on the acquisition, development, financing, operation, and disposition of commercial real estate properties. Ryan’s practice encompasses a wide range of high value real estate transactions, including restructuring and distressed asset proceedings. In addition, he served as in-house counsel for a privately held energy and investment…

Panelist

Mr. Phillip Kash

HR&A Advisors, Inc.

Phillip Kash is a nationally recognized practitioner and leader of H&RA's housing affordability practice. With over 15 years of experience tackling the most pressing challenges facing cities, Phillip works with governments, community advocates, and private stakeholders to develop policies, programs, strategies, and tactics as it relates to land use, subsidies, tenancy, fund design, and underwriting support. He has overseen underwriting for $1B+ units of affordable…

Panelist

Mr. David Quart

Northeast Regional Real Estate Market Leader VHB

David Quart, AICP, serves as the Northeast Regional Real Estate Market Leader at VHB, a national planning, design, and engineering firm with clients in diverse sectors, including real estate, institutions, transportation, local government, and energy. In his role, David spearheads the expansion of VHB’s integrated real estate services practice throughout the New York metropolitan area, in support of new development, redevelopment, land acquisition, permitting compliance,…

Panelist

Mr. Senthil Sankaran

Managing Principal, Housing Equity Fund Amazon

Senthil Sankaran, Managing Principal of the Amazon Housing Equity Fund, is responsible for the oversight, deployment and management of Amazon’s commitment of over $2 billion in below-market capital, in the form of loans and grants, to preserve and create over 20,000 affordable homes in Amazon’s ‘hometown’ communities: The Puget Sound region of Washington State, the Arlington, VA/Greater Washington region, and Nashville, Tennessee.

Prior to Amazon,…