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Building HOPE and HOUSING Through Community Connections September 19–21 Embassy Suites, Charleston, WV 1
WELCOME to the West Virginia 2018 Housing Conference The West Virginia Housing Conference is a vital forum and learning opportunity for housing leaders from across the region and nation. Advocates, lenders, developers, administrators and policy makers from the non-profit, public and private sectors are here to create opportunities and make certain that safe, affordable housing is an option for everyone in the Mountain State. This year, our theme is Building Hope and Housing Through Community Connections. Our event will feature 60+ sessions and numerous opportunities to engage and network with local, state and national experts from across the housing spectrum. With topics ranging from housing’s role in the fight against drug addiction to how we use safe, secure housing to mitigate the long-term effects of poverty and economic insecurity to the latest in housing finance, we are certain every attendee will find a session or track that works for them. Please join us as we share thought-provoking ideas, best-practice models and have a little fun as we find new and innovative ways to unlock housing for all West Virginians. Follow us on Facebook! Share your event photos on Twitter! www.facebook.com/WVHousingConference #WVHousingConference 3
CONFERENCE AT-A-GLANCE Wednesday, September 19, 2018 Wednesday, September 19, 2018 9:00 am – 4:00 pm Registration (Coat Room) Welcome (Salons D/E) Eric Preston, United National Bank, President – CommunityWorks in West Virginia, Inc. Board of Directors 12:00 pm – 1:15 pm Luncheon & Opening Keynote: Innovation in Community Development Lending Jay Plum, Executive Vice President, Huntington Banks Introduced by Ted Ranson, Senior Vice President, West Virginia Area Manager, Huntington National Bank Concurrent Sessions A A1 A2 A3 A4 A5 A6 Rental Development/ Revitalization – Homeless – What is Elderly/ Senior Domestic Violence – Drug & Alcohol – Drug Compliance – Rental Introduction to a Continuum of Housing and State of the State of Trends and Awareness 1:30 pm – Housing Management Property Tax Lien Care? Services – Elder Domestic Violence in (Salon B) 2:30 pm Track – Part 1 Sales Understanding Abuse: What Is It WV (Room 227) (Salon C) (Salon A) What Is Available in & What Can I Do? My Community (Room 230) (Charleston Board Room) 2:30 pm – 2:45 pm Break (Exhibit Area) Concurrent Sessions B B1 B2 B3 B4 B5 B6 Rental Development/ Revitalization – BAD Homeless – Elderly/ Senior Domestic Violence – Drug & Alcohol – 2:45 pm – Compliance – Rental Buildings: Balancing Processes and Housing and Using Social Remediation Process 3:45 pm Housing Management Demolition, New Models for Ending Services – Aging Enterprise to Support and Related Costs: Track – Part 2 Construction, and Homelessness at Home with Housing and Crime Scene, Needles, (Salon C) Preservation (Charleston Board Support and Programs, Part 1 Meth and Mold (Salon A) Room) Services (Room 227) (Salon B) (Room 230) 3:45 pm – 4:00 pm Break (Exhibit Area) Concurrent Sessions C C1 C2 C3 C4 C5 C6 Rental Development/ Revitalization – Homeless – Home Elderly/ Senior Domestic Violence – Drug & Alcohol – 4:00 pm – Compliance – Rental Addressing Vacant Ownership Model Housing and Using Social Housing for People 5:00 pm Housing Management and Dilapidated (Veterans) Services – Enterprise to Support with Behavioral Health Track – Part 3 Buildings through (Charleston Board Hoarding, Loss, Housing and Needs (Salon C) Partnerships and Room) and the Stuff of Programs, Part 2 (Salon B) Legal Tools Our Lives (Room 227) (Salon A) (Room 230) Dinner on your own View presenter bios online at WVHousingConference.com 5
Thursday, September 20, 2018 7:30 am – 8:15 am Continental Breakfast & Registration (Exhibit Area) Plenary: Rural Housing Policy & Trends (Salons D/E) 8:30 am – David Lipsetz, Chief Executive Officer, Housing Assistance Council 9:30 am Introduced by Dave Clark, Woodlands Development Group, President Emeritus – CommunityWorks in West Virginia, Inc. Board of Directors 9:30 am – Break (Exhibit Area) 9:45 am Concurrent Sessions D D1 D2 D3 D4 D5 D6 D7 Rental Revitalization – Homeless – The Elderly/ Senior Domestic Drug & Alcohol – Housing Issues & Development/ Property Taxes, Urban Legend of Housing and Violence – Recovery Point – Services – Housing 9:45 am – Compliance – Affordable Urban Services – Can Economic “Recovery IS a Persons with 10:45 am Rental Housing Housing, and Homelessness Senior Housing Empowerment Process” HIV/AIDS Management Nonprofits (Charleston Board Assist with Your Activities and (Salon B) (Room 226) Track – Part 4 (Salon A) Room) Economic Impact on Self- (Salon C) Development Sufficiency Strategy? (Room 227) (Room 230) 10:45 am – Break (Exhibit Area) 11:00 am Concurrent Sessions E E1 E2 E3 E4 E5 E6 E7 Rental Revitalization – Homeless – Elderly/ Senior Domestic Drugs & Alcohol Housing Issues & Development/ Affordable Homelessness and Housing and Violence – – Rea of Hope Services – 11:00 am – Compliance – Housing Deals for Healthcare Services – The Housing Stability Fellowship Home Winning Policy 11:50 am Rental Housing Beginners (Charleston Board YWCA Shanklin for Survivors of (Salon B) Changes: How to Management (Salon A) Room) Center for Domestic Be More Effective Track – Part 5 Senior Violence - (Room 226) (Salon C) Enrichment Rental Examples (Room 230) (Room 227) Luncheon & Keynote: Planning for Aging (Salons D/E) 12:00 pm – 1:15 pm Dana Johnson, Community Development Director, Cobb County, GA Introduced by Mandy Weirich, LSW, MSW, Healthy Home Program Manager, Randolph County Housing Authority Concurrent Sessions F F1 F2 F3 F4 F5 F6 F7 Rental Revitalization – Homeless – Elderly/ Senior Domestic Drug & Alcohol – Housing Issues & Development/ Downtown “Good News” Housing and Violence – Medication Services – CRA a 1:30 pm – Compliance – Redevelopment: Mountaineer Services – How Housing Stability Assisted Practical 2:30 pm Rental Housing Lessons from the Garage Helping to Do Palliative for Survivors of Treatment Discussion for Management Field Families Care Domestic (Salon B) Banks and Non Track – Part 6 (Salon A) throughout West (Room 230) Violence – Profits (Salon C) Virginia Homeownership (Room 226) (Charleston Board Opportunities Room) (Room 227) 2:30 pm – 2:45 pm Break (Exhibit Area) Concurrent Sessions G G1 G2 G3 G4 G5 G6 G7 Rental Revitalization – Homeless – Elderly/ Senior Domestic Drug & Alcohol – Housing Issues & Development/ Opportunity Housing Housing and Violence – Best Panel Discussion: Services – Making 2:45 pm – Compliance – Zones: Accommodations Services – Practices for Not All the Dream of 3:45 pm Rental Housing Connecting for the Homeless Investing in WV Property Treatments Are Homeownership Management Capital, Assets, (Charleston Board and the Management of Alike a Reality: Track – Part 7 and Stakeholders Room) Region: Policy Domestic (Salon B) Partnerships for (Salon C) in WV and Messaging Violence Progress (Salon A) (Room 230) Facilities (Room 226) (Room 227) 3:45 pm – 4:30 pm Networking Reception (Exhibit Area) Dinner on your own 6
Friday, September 21, 2018 Friday, September 21, 2018 7:30 am – Continental Breakfast & Registration (Exhibit Area) 8:15 am Plenary: Find Your Fit: Financing Your Housing Development (Salons D/E) 8:30 am – 9:30 am Moderator: Nathan Testman, Senior Division Manager – Multifamily Lending, WV Housing Development Fund 9:30 am – 9:45 am Break (Exhibit Area) Concurrent Sessions H H1 H2 H3 H4 H5 H6 H7 Rental Revitalization – Homeless – Elderly/ Senior Domestic Drug & Alcohol – Housing Issues & Development/ Mortgage Loan Home4Good Housing and Violence – Building Blocks Services – WV Compliance – Origination and Program Services – Building the for Addressing Olmstead Forum Rental Housing Servicing – (Charleston Board Livable Capacity of Substance Use (Room 226) Management Considerations Room) Communities - Your Disorders 9:45 am – Track – Part 8 and Common What Makes a Organization to (Salon B) 10:45 am (Salon C) Pitfalls Town or City a Begin a Housing (Salon A) Great Place to Development Live? Program - How (Room 230) to Become a Community Housing Development Organization (Room 227) 10:45 am – Break (Exhibit Area) 11:00 am Concurrent Sessions I I1 I2 I3 I4 I5 I6 I7 Rental Revitalization – Homeless – Best Housing Issues Domestic Homelessness – Elderly/ Senior Development/ WV Practices in and Services – Violence – The Impact of Housing and Compliance – Redevelopment Apartment Temporary Policy Discussion Poverty on Brain Services – 11:00 am – Rental Housing Policy Updates, Management for Assistance for Related to Development: Greenville Senior 11:50 am Management Outlook, and Formerly Needy Families Domestic We Need Bigger Living and Track – Part 9 Ways to Get Homeless (TANF) Program Violence Bootstraps Community (Salon C) Involved Individuals and (Room 230) (Room 227) (Salon B) Center (Salon A) Families (Room 226) (Charleston Board Room) Closing Luncheon and Awards Presentation (Salons D/E) 12:00 pm – West Virginia Affordable Housing Hall of Fame Award 1:15 pm West Virginia Housing Awards Introduced by Mary Skeens, Executive Director, CommunityWorks in West Virginia, Inc. EXHIBITORS AARP Red Stone Equity Partners BB&T Terzetto Creative Capital Real Estate Consultants United Bank Fannie Mae West Virginia Housing Development Fund FHLBank Pittsburgh Woodlands Development Group Huntington National Bank 7
Guest Speaker Biographies Dana Johnson Community Development Director, Cobb County, GA Dana Johnson was appointed Director of the Cobb County Community Development Agency in 2015. In his time leading Community Development he has focused on the nuts and bolts of the agency to ensure that it is running smoothly and efficiently concentrating on the end user experience. In 2017, Mr. Johnson assisted with the reorganization of Economic Development within Cobb County into the Community Development Agency. His desire is to ensure that the agency’s customers and the public are able to engage and conduct their business with ease and transparency. Mr. Johnson has a B.A. in Marine Affairs from the University of Rhode Island and a Masters in City Planning from the Georgia Institute of Technology. He has a Certificate of Local Government Management from the University of Georgia Carl Vincent Institute. He has also completed Leadership Cobb and the Regional Leadership Institute. He has worked with the City of Marietta and Cobb County for over seventeen years. He is happily married and lives in East Cobb. David Lipsetz Chief Executive Officer, Housing Assistance Council David Lipsetz is the CEO at the Housing Assistance Council (HAC) and a leading expert in affordable housing and sustainable community development. David came to HAC after holding several White House- appointed positions, most recently serving as the Associate Administrator for Rural Housing and Community Facilities at the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA). His office oversaw policy development and program administration of more than $100 billion in direct lending, mortgage guarantees, grants and technical assistance for community and economic development in rural America. Prior to USDA, David was at the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), where he served as a Deputy Assistant Secretary and Senior Advisor for Public and Indian Housing, and as an Acting Chief of Staff to the Deputy Secretary. Prior to HUD, David managed policy, large-scale initiatives and organizational development for housing agencies in New York City and Oakland, CA. He also worked for the 8
Guest Speaker Biographies San Francisco Bay Area’s regional planning authority; and Dresden, Germany’s Institute for Ecological and Regional Development. His career began as a Legislative Assistant for domestic policy issues in the Office of U.S. Congressman John Dingell. David was born and raised in Ohio. He earned a Bachelor’s degree in Political Science from Michigan State University, and Master’s degrees in Sociology and City and Regional Planning from the Ohio State University. He currently resides in Washington, DC with his wife and kids. Jay Plum Executive Vice President of Home Lending and Card Products, Huntington Bank A 30-year veteran of the lending industry, Jay Plum is executive vice president of home lending and card products for Huntington Bank, a Columbus, Ohio-based regional bank with $105 billion of assets. In his senior leadership role, Jay oversees all aspects of originations for mortgage, home equity, credit card, debit card, unsecured and other consumer lending loans. Jay joined Huntington in 2009 as director of consumer lending. Two years later, he took over the leadership of the bank’s home lending business, which added mortgage originations and all of servicing to his responsibilities. And this year, he assumed oversight of the bank’s card products. Under Jay’s leadership, Huntington has become the top mortgage lender in Ohio and the third largest in its eight-state region across the Midwest. The bank is currently ranked eighth nationally for home equity and has been honored by J.D. Power for customer satisfaction. Before Huntington, Jay was president of Home Lending Solutions at RBS Citizens. Focusing on credit and customer service, his team originated more than $10 billion in total loans in 2009 during his final year at the bank. He also has held leadership positions in consumer lending at Provident Bank and Bank One. Jay earned his bachelor’s degree from Colgate University and master’s degree in business administration from Vanderbilt University. A native New Yorker, he now resides in his adopted city of Cincinnati. 9
SESSION DESCRIPTIONS Wednesday, September 19, 2018 9:00 am – 4:00 pm when the property is “sold to state”. Discussion Registration / Coat Room questions, based on audience interest, may include opportunity for preferential bidding at 12:00 pm – 1:15 pm tax sales by housing agencies (currently only Welcome (Salons D/E) allowed by land banks) and assistance locating Eric Preston, United National Bank, President - a property owner when a tax sale has occurred. CommunityWorks in West Virginia, Inc., Board of Directors A3: Homeless – What Is a Continuum of Care? Understanding What Is Available in Luncheon & Opening Keynote: Innovation in My Community (Charleston Board Room) Community Development Lending Traci Strickland, Director of Homeless Programs, Jay Plum, Executive Vice President, Prestera Center for Mental Health Services Huntington Banks What is a Continuum of Care? Many times Introduced by Ted Ranson, Senior Vice homeless providers seem to live in a world President, West Virginia Area Manager, of their own, and it is important for providers Huntington National Bank to have a basic knowledge of their local Continuum of Care system. Over the past 1:30 pm – 2:30 pm Concurrent Sessions A few years, housing crisis response systems have gone through multiple changes. From A1: Rental Development- Compliance – coordinated entry to system performance Rental Housing Management Track – Part 1 measures, communities are moving towards (Salon C) operating as a system to make homelessness Evan S. Einhorn, President and Founder, rare, brief, and one-time only for the people Affordable Housing Training & Consulting they serve. This session will provide you with Services, LLC basic knowledge of the community supports Evan Einhorn, with the Affordable Housing available, what they do and how to access. Training and Consulting Services will provide From street outreach to permanent housing workshops for Rental Housing Owners, there are multiple programs with different management agents, and property staff. The definitions and criteria and everyone needs workshops will include the Enterprise Income to learn to speak the same language. Verification (EIV) system that functions within the Real Estate Assessment Center (REAC). The A4: Elderly/ Senior Housing and Services Tenant Rental Assistance Certification System – Elder Abuse: What Is It & What Can I Do? (TRACS 203.A) and Tenant File Management. (Room 230) Megan Mason, MSW, LGSW, GC-G, Adult A2: Revitalization – Introduction to Property Services Program Specialist, Bureau for Tax Lien Sales (Salon A) Children and Families Nathan Fetty, Managing Attorney, WVU Land Elder abuse is not just an issue within the Use and Sustainable Development Law Clinic home; it is an issue within the community, Katherine (Kat) Garvey, Director, WVU Land the state and the nation. No one particular Use and Sustainable Development Law Clinic person is a target of elder abuse. When a property owner fails to pay property Perpetrators do not discriminate on age, tax, the county will sell a tax lien at public gender, sexual orientation, socioeconomic auction subject to several procedural and status, or religion. Elder abuse is a complex notice requirements. This process impacts issue that intertwines with many disciplines, the availability of housing and the rights of such as social work, medical providers, property owners. Property law attorneys advocates, law enforcement, religious from the WVU College of Law will describe leaders, and housing authorities. This the property tax lien sale process including presentation will focus on defining elder the redemption period, ownership during abuse, neglect, and financial exploitation, the redemption period and what happens understanding mandated reporting 10
laws, identifying warning signs of adult This session will provide attendees an overview maltreatment, connecting with resources, of models currently being used by service and becoming an advocate. providers as we work to end homelessness. Models will include : Permanent Housing, A5: Domestic Violence – State of the State of Permanent Supportive Housing, Rapid Domestic Violence in WV (Room 227) Rehousing, Transitional Housing and more. Tonia Thomas, MS, Team Coordinator, WV What can you do to help end homelessness Coalition Against Domestic Violence and help serve the most vulnerable individuals This overview session will introduce participants and families in your area? The session will also to housing and support services available to look at ways housing providers and service assist domestic violence survivors and learn the providers can work together for outcomes challenges in assisting survivors with their housing that are a win for the housing provider, service and social service needs. The group will be provider and the resident. updated on the work of the Housing Committee of the WV Coalition Against Domestic Violence. B4: Elderly/ Senior Housing and Services – Aging at Home with Support and Services (Room 230) A6: Drug & Alcohol – Drug Trends and Mandy Weirich, LSW, MSW, Healthy Home Awareness (Salon B) Program Manager, Randolph County Chad Napier, Prevention & Education Housing Authority Coordinator, Appalachia HIDTA This session will explore the importance of The Drug Trends and Awareness presentation is housing and supportive services working designed to be an introduction to drug use and together to improve the lives of seniors. misuse, and aims to provide a basic knowledge Better health for our aging population means of drugs and other related substances and the living longer, happier lives at home. Service health issues surrounding them. The presentation Coordination is an evidence based program covers both legal and illegal substances and that benefits tenants, landlords, and our health looks at their effects and consequences of the care system. This session will explore the success drug epidemic. The presentation will cover the of service coordination in senior housing with a current drug trends in the Appalachia area and particular focus on the Healthy Home Program. the direction the drug trades appears to be heading in the future. B5: Domestic Violence – Using Social Enterprise to Support Housing and Programs 2:30 pm – 2:45 pm Break / Exhibit Area Part 1 (Room 227) Cheri Bever, CE, President/CEO, Goodwill 2:45 pm – 3:45 pm Concurrent Sessions B Industries of Kanawha Valley, Inc. Debby Weinstein, CEO, YWCA Charleston, WV B1: Rental Development- Compliance – Rental David L. Michael, Executive Director/CEO, Housing Management Track – Part 2 (Salon C) Huntington WV Area Habitat for Humanity See Session A1 for description A social enterprise is an organization or venture (within an organization) that B2: Revitalization – BAD Buildings: Balancing advances a social mission through market- Demolition, New Construction, and based strategies. These strategies include Preservation (Salon A) receiving earned income in direct exchange Shae Strait, BAD Buildings Program Manager, for a product, service, or privilege. In addition WV BAD Buildings Program to providing an alternative revenue source, Healthy cities hold a variety of people social enterprises provide other benefits, and functions across their landscape. including direct on-the-job (OTJ) training Their buildings should be no different, opportunities for targeted employees, especially when it comes to the age of marketing advantages, and the integration them. It is critical to find a balance between of innovative business frameworks into preservation and new construction within our thinking and planning. Hear from our expert communities. But where should the line be panelists about several different social drawn between the need for new and old? enterprise models and lessons learned from these ventures, including retail, contracts B3: Homeless – Processes and Models for Ending and production operations that generate Homelessness (Charleston Board Room) resources to support mission activities. Traci Strickland, Director of Homeless Programs, Prestera Center for Mental Health Services 11
B6: Drug & Alcohol – Remediation Process Participants will have an opportunity to delve and Related Costs: Crime Scene, Needles, into the model’s origination, methodology Meth and Mold (Salon B) for house design, choosing recipients, project Jennifer McQuerrey, Crime Scene, Needle, financing, and additional applications for the Meth and Mold Remediator, Affordable model in the housing market/continuum. Cleanup LLC Learn what to do when there’s a suicide and C4: Elderly/ Senior Housing and Services – Hoarding, there are bodily fluids and blood everywhere. Loss, and the Stuff of Our Lives (Room 230) When you find heroin needles, find out how Sky Kershner, Executive Director, KPCC Counseling to handle and dispose of them. Learn about Hoarding creates challenging situations for those state laws on meth labs and the steps you’ll interested in safe and healthy housing. What is have to go through before renting the unit going on with hoarding and with the people again. Learn about preventing mold and who engage in it? And what can we do to help cleaning it up when it does occur. people make decisions about their things that can reduce the painful and frustrating situations they 3:45 pm – 4:00 pm Break / Exhibit Area sometimes put themselves in. 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm Concurrent Sessions C Sky Kershner appeared as a guest therapist on the Discover Studios show “Hoarding: C1: Rental Development- Compliance – Rental Buried Alive.” In this talk /workshop he will Housing Management Track – Part 3 (Salon C) describe they ways hoarding gets started and See Session A1 for description the challenges of managing it. Sky is also a popular trainer in Motivational Interviewing, C2: Revitalization – Addressing Vacant and which is an evidenced based approach Dilapidated Buildings through Partnerships to helping people deal with addiction and and Legal Tools (Salon A) behavior change. Katherine (Kat) Garvey, Director, WVU Land Use and Sustainable Development Law Clinic C5: Domestic Violence – Using Social Many West Virginia communities face the Enterprise to Support Housing and Programs daunting challenge of how to handle vacant Part 2 (Room 227) and dilapidated buildings. These properties Claudette Karr, Real Estate Coordinator, can be a blight and a safety hazard, and Coalfield Development Corporation can discourage investment in a community. Belinda Harness, Executive Director, Housing However, viewed differently, these properties Authority of Mingo County/ The Lighthouse may present opportunities for community Community Investment Agency redevelopment and renewed opportunity. A social enterprise is an organization or venture This session will cover common legal tools (within an organization) that advances a social used by local governments including mission through market-based strategies. These ordinances as well as partnership models strategies include receiving earned income used to address dilapidated properties. in direct exchange for a product, service, or Session led by the WVU Land Use and privilege. In addition to providing an alternative Sustainable Development Law Clinic. revenue source, social enterprises provide other benefits, including direct on-the-job (OTJ) C3: Homeless – Home Ownership Model training opportunities for targeted employees, (Veterans) (Charleston Board Room) marketing advantages, and the integration of David L. Michael, Executive Director/CEO, innovative business frameworks into thinking and Huntington WV Area Habitat for Humanity planning. Hear from our expert panelists about The Home Ownership Model (Veterans) several different social enterprise models and Session will discuss an alternative model lessons learned from these ventures. for serving the formerly homeless Veteran population in the City of Huntington. C6: Drug & Alcohol – Housing for People with Huntington WV Area Habitat for Humanity’s Behavioral Health Needs (Salon B) Veterans Housing Initiative (VHI) has received Robert H. Hansen, Director of Addiction national (2015) and state (2016) awards for Services, Marshall University Joan C. Edwards housing innovation. The VHI has also been a School of Medicine and Marshall Health topic of workshops at numerous conferences, conference calls, and meetings discussing Veteran housing issues and house size. 12
Thursday, September 20, 2018 7:30 am – 8:15 am housing. People who are experiencing Continental Breakfast & Registration (Exhibit Area) homelessness do not want to go to the shelter because there are rules. Statements like these 8:30 am – 9:30 am are uttered in every community. What are the Plenary: Rural Housing Policy & Trends realities? This session will look at the trends in David Lipsetz, Chief Executive Officer, Point in Time counts across the state over the Housing Assistance Council (Salons D/E) past 5 years, including the number of people Introduced by Dave Clark, Woodlands living in unsheltered situations. Performance Development Group, President Emeritus – outcomes from around the state will be CommunityWorks in West Virginia, Inc. Board discussed. The results of two needs assessment of Directors surveys will be reviewed and we will answer Please join the CEO of Housing Assistance some of the tough questions. Council, David Lipsetz, as he provides an overview of recent policies and of funding D4: Elderly/ Senior Housing and Services – Can and investment trends that affect rural Senior Housing Assist with Your Economic housing organizations and their communities. Development Strategy? (Room 230) David is a leading expert in affordable housing Dana Johnson, Community Development and sustainable community development. Director, Cobb County, GA There are a multitude of ways to increase jobs 9:30 am – 9:45 am Break (Exhibit Area) and expand prosperity for local governments. Should our local governments be encouraging 9:45 am – 10:45 am Concurrent Sessions D the retention or increasing the quantity of senior populations in your community? How D1: Rental Development- Compliance – Rental would you go about doing this? What benefits Housing Management Track – Part 4 (Salon C) can be gained? Are there any potential pitfalls See Session A1 for Description we should be cautious of? Let’s explore the linkages between economic growth, increased D2: Revitalization – Property Taxes, investment, and seniors in your communities to Affordable Housing, and Nonprofits (Salon A) find mechanisms for how local governments David Stiles, Staff Attorney, West Virginia and housing authorities can work together to State Tax Department increase opportunity for all. In devising affordable housing and other community development projects, D5: Domestic Violence – Economic advocates must consider how real estate Empowerment Activities and Impact on Self- taxes affect a project’s viability. There Sufficiency (Room 227) are key factors to determine whether real Andrea Miller, Director, Economic estate taxes will be assessed and how Empowerment Programs, KY Coalition much they will be. Learn from the West Against Domestic Violence Virginia State Tax Department about the Kenosha Davenport, Executive Director, property tax appraisal and assessment Family Refuge Center process. Also learn about the procedure Panelists will share best practices and for requesting exemptions from real estate innovative programs to empower survivors taxes, particularly as to property belonging of domestic violence to regain control to entities such as local development and rebuild their lives. Topics will include authorities and affordable housing providers. economic empowerment activities and social service assistance programs. D3: Homeless – The Urban Legend of Urban Homelessness (Charleston Board Room) D6: Drug & Alcohol – Recovery Point – Traci Strickland, Director of Homeless Programs, “Recovery IS a Process”(Salon B) Prestera Center for Mental Health Services J. Matt Boggs, Executive Director, Recovery Is homelessness increasing? Are people Point West Virginia really coming to my community for our Attendees will learn about the recovery homeless services? People who are process through personal experience and experiencing homelessness don’t want the Recovery Point program. 13
D7: Housing Issues & Services – Housing E3: Homeless – Homelessness and Health Persons with HIV/AIDS (Room 226) Care (Charleston Board Room) Michael Vincent, LSW, M.Div., Residential Ellen Allen, MBA, Executive Director, and Resource Program Coordinator, Covenant House Covenant House Homeless people are three to six times more Low income persons living with HIV/AIDS likely to become ill than housed people deal with both their chronic health condition (National Health Care for the Homeless and the stigma our society places upon Council, 2008). Homelessness precludes good them. That combination can often make nutrition, good personal hygiene, and basic finding and maintaining decent housing first aid, adding to the complex health needs a challenge. Some of the most vulnerable of homeless people. Additionally, conditions amongst us often face the toughest barriers. which require regular, uninterrupted But housing for persons living with HIV/AIDS treatment, such as tuberculosis and HIV/ is health care. Having safe, sanitary, and AIDS, are extremely difficult to treat or control secure housing has been shown to improve among those without adequate housing. health outcomes for persons with HIV/AIDS and reduces the risk of transmission of the E4: Elderly/ Senior Housing and Services – The disease. This session will first address the stigma YWCA Shanklin Center for Senior Enrichment around HIV (including the fears and concerns (Room 230) housing providers may have) through a HIV Kyla Nichols, BSW, Program Director - YWCA 101 review: how the disease is (and isn’t) Shanklin Center, YWCA Charleston transmitted, what socioeconomic groups Debby Weinstein, Chief Executive Officer, are most vulnerable, the effects on personal YWCA Charleston relationships, how the disease is treated, and Jennifer Goddard, Chief Program Officer, how persons living with the disease deal with YWCA Charleston its social implications. Time will then be given The YWCA Shanklin Center is a small community to specific issues around housing, including a of independent-living, handicap-accessible review of specific assistance that is available apartments, which provide permanent housing in West Virginia for persons living with HIV and for elder abuse victims who became homeless the agencies that provide such services. as a result of that abuse. Living costs are subsidized, and residents contribute one-third of 10:45 am – 11:00 am Break / Exhibit Area their income to cover a portion of maintaining the apartments. The first facility of its kind in 11:00 am – 11:50 am Concurrent Sessions E West Virginia, the YWCA Shanklin Center also provides comprehensive case management E1: Rental Development- Compliance – Rental and support services to help seniors navigate Housing Management Track – Part 5 (Salon C) the difficult physical, emotional and financial See Session A1 for Description challenges that come with age and to help them live in peace and with dignity. E2: Revitalization – Affordable Housing Deals for Beginners (Salon A) E5: Domestic Violence – Housing Stability Michelle Yarbrough Korb, Counsel, Buchanan for Survivors of Domestic Violence – Rental Ingersoll & Rooney PC Examples (Room 227) While many in the affordable housing industry Mary O’Doherty, Deputy Director, Kentucky have become familiar with the common Coalition Against Domestic Violence methodologies pursuant to which affordable Nikki Thomas, Advancement Director, housing revitalization and development take Golden Girl Group Home place (e.g., a 9% low-income housing tax Participants will be provided an overview credit financed transaction), there are many of how the Kentucky Coalition Against organizations that either haven’t participated Domestic Violence constructed and or are ready to go from the sidelines to the financed 71 rental units as a solution to driver’s seat by serving as the developer. This finding stable, affordable housing for survivors session aims to move beyond the conceptual when emergency shelter or group home and dig into the process, the decisions to be settings are no longer a viable option. This made, and what staff will be expected to session will also focus on how to create do throughout the process in either scenario. partnerships that provide resources, including There will be ample time for questions. a FHLB Affordable Housing Program grant, 14
for special housing projects. We will look at the model of the Golden Heart Apartment Healthy Home Program Manager, Randolph Complex that provides affordable housing County Housing Authority for girls aging out of the Golden Girl Group America, much like the rest of the world, is Home program and are transitioning to rapidly aging. There are many factors that independent living. are contributing to a sea change for how and how long we age in America. As Baby E6: Drug & Alcohol – Rea of Hope Fellowship Boomers age and reach the new normal Home (Salon B) for retirement, how will we prepare our Marie Beaver, Executive Director, Rea of communities to assist in their transitions? Can Hope Fellowship Home we assist them in remaining engaged in their This session will address the challenges, communities? These are large questions that highlights and lessons learned from a West every local government must address in order Virginia housing professional with a different to prepare for these demographic shifts. This perspective than the everyday developer. phenomenon will have a profound impact This session will focus on the struggles and on how we work, live, and recreate together successes of females dealing with addiction. as a community. What societal changes are Learn about the mission of Rea of Hope we experiencing and what do we expect to which is to provide safe affordable housing occur next? Are our communities prepared for West Virginia women in a positive for this change? What can we do to make homelike environment that fosters recovery it easier for people to age in place? How from alcohol and/or drug addiction and do you assist in making this change without promotes self-sufficiency. Rea of Hope has alienating the people you are trying to also successfully implemented a program help? I will be happy to share with you our that allows children to be reintroduced into experiences from Mableton, GA. A small the homelike environment. suburban town in Metro Atlanta that has tried to tackle these issues. E7: Housing Issues & Services – Winning Policy Changes: How to Be More Effective (Room 226) Allison Karakis, Government Relations 1:30 pm – 2:30 pm Concurrent Sessions F Manager, Federal Home Loan Bank of Pittsburgh (Moderator) F1: Rental Development- Compliance – Rental Mary Elisabeth Eckerson, State Director, Office Housing Management Track – Part 6 (Salon C) of U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (Panelist) See Session A1 for Description Kimberly Good, Deputy State Director for Constituent Services, Office of U.S. Senator Joe F2: Revitalization – Downtown Redevelopment: Manchin (Panelist) Lessons from the Field (Salon A) Policy changes are happening at the state Dustin Smith, Project Manager, Woodlands and federal level that impact every industry. Development Group Is your voice being heard? Join us to learn the In this session Dustin Smith, a Project Manager “how’s” and “why’s” of building relationships for Woodlands Development Group, with your members of Congress so that you examines the role that housing organizations can be an effective advocate for your industry. can take when it comes to revitalizing West Panelists Mary Elisabeth Eckerson, State Virginia’s downtowns. Dustin will discuss how Director for U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito WDG is addressing downtown revitalization and Kimberly Good, Deputy State Director throughout Barbour, Randolph, and Tucker for Constituent Services for U.S. Senator Joe Counties, and lessons that have been Manchin will provide insight on the structure of a learned along the way. congressional office and discuss best practices for meeting with an elected official. F3: Homeless – “Good News” Mountaineer Garage Helping Families throughout West 12:00 pm – 1:15 pm Virginia (Charleston Board Room) Luncheon & Keynote: Planning for Aging Jennifer Thacker, MBA, Executive Director, (Salons D/E) Good News Mountaineer Garage Dana Johnson, Community Development Good News Mountaineer Garage is a non-profit Director, Cobb County, GA organization dedicated to providing reliable Introduced by Mandy Weirich, LSW, MSW, transportation to West Virginia families working 15
toward their goal of financial independence. Learn about available affordable mortgage In many parts of West Virginia, with limited or options and down payment assistance no options for public transportation, a person programs. Also, discover the advantages of without a vehicle can’t keep a job. Lack of financial education and the use of Individual transportation also limits access to safe and Development Accounts and tax refunds as a affordable housing, medical care, educational source of down payment. opportunities and even groceries. Through generous vehicle donations, Good News F6: Drug & Alcohol – Medication Assisted Mountaineer Garage has been able to repair, Treatment (Salon B) retitle and repurpose still useful cars - truly giving Lois Vance, CACC, CRC, MAT Care recipients a vehicle for success. Manager, Cabin Creek Health Systems It is obvious that one form of treatment does Currently, Good News Mountaineer Garage not work for all individuals that are battling works with the West Virginia Department of addiction. Attend this session to find out Health and Human Resources Temporary about treatment with medication. Assistance to Needy Families to provide vehicles to qualified recipients, throughout F7: Housing Issues & Services – CRA a the state, annually. Good News accepts Practical Discussion for Banks and Non Profits donated vehicles, makes necessary repairs, (Room 226) and coordinates with caseworkers to the Theodore C. Ted Ranson, Senior Vice find the best car fit for the receiving family. President, West Virginia Area Manager, Since our inception in 2001, we have given Huntington National Bank out approximately 2,500 vehicles to West Marlo Long, Senior VP & Community Virginia families. Development Specialist, BB&T F4: Elderly/ Senior Housing and Services – 2:30 pm – 2:45 pm Break / Exhibit Area How to Do Palliative Care (Room 230) Amy Wirts, MD 2:45 pm – 3:45 pm Concurrent Sessions G Palliative care is an essential part of aging and everyone’s lives. It is even more so in G1: Rental Development- Compliance – Rental people suffering with chronic, life limiting Housing Management Track – Part 7 (Salon C) disease, which is a growing part of modern See Session A1 for Description society and families. In this interactive workshop we will explore how to prepare for G2: Revitalization – Opportunity Zones: a good end of life, discuss trending models Connecting Capital, Assets, and Stakeholders of today’s medicine and palliative care, in WV (Salon A) review advanced directives and the value of Michelle Yarbrough Korb, Counsel, Buchanan palliative care in the aging community. Ingersoll & Rooney PC Wesley White Esq., General Counsel, West F5: Domestic Violence – Housing Stability Virginia Department of Commerce for Survivors of Domestic Violence – Aaron Sporck, Director of Economic Homeownership Opportunities (Room 227) Development for U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito Debra A Payne, Executive Director, Religious The Opportunity Zone tax incentive program Coalition for Community Renewal is designed to spur economic resurgence, job Andrea Miller, Director, Economic creation, and wealth building in low income Empowerment Programs, KY Coalition and distressed communities. How can Against Domestic Violence Opportunity Zones help the WV communities Jon M. Rogers, Senior Division Manager, we serve? How could they integrate with Single Family Lending, West Virginia Housing our work in communities? Join Michelle Development Fund Yarbrough Korb, an attorney from Pittsburgh, Patti Shamblin, Division Manager, Single Wesley White from the WV Department of Family Lending, West Virginia Housing Commerce, and Aaron Sporck with U.S. Development Fund Senator Capito’s Office, to help us better Molly Savilla, AVP, Mortgage Loan Officer, understand this new tax incentive, provide Huntington Bank an overview, and explain how Opportunity Come learn about Community Housing Zones might benefit WV communities. Development Organization’s (CHDO’s) and their role in developing affordable homes. 16
G3: Homeless – Housing Accommodations for life of an addict and although the issues the Homeless (Charleston Board Room) seem so similar, some available West Virginia Debra A Payne, Executive Director, Religious programs are very different. Coalition for Community Renewal David Bennett, Assistant Director, Covenant House G7: Housing Issues & Services – Making John Thompson, CEO, Roark-Sullivan Lifeway Center the Dream of Homeownership a Reality: This presentation will share information on Partnerships for Progress (Room 226) how the Kanawha Valley Collective, the Kris Warner, State Director, USDA Rural Continuum of Care of Central West Virginia Development in West Virginia (COC), works with the homeless population Kris Warner, State Director of USDA Rural to help them move from homelessness to Development in West Virginia, will provide permanent housing. Information will be an overview of agency programs. Mr. shared about our Centralized Assessment Warner will discuss the single-family direct Team, which is where we have homeless loan and grant programs as well as the families and individuals start. The presenters single-family guaranteed loan program. He will then share the part that each of their will also highlight the recently formalized organizations plays in the process. partnership expected to be approved with CommunityWorks, who will serve as G4: Elderly/ Senior Housing and Services – a packager for USDA housing programs. Investing in WV and the Region: Policy and The presentation will explore additional Messaging (Room 230) opportunities for partnership while describing Alex Dadok, Director of Advocacy, Fahe the agency’s commitment to promoting During this session we will look at major prosperity in West Virginia’s rural communities. community development investments coming to the Appalachian region and West Virginia, 3:45 pm – 4:30 pm Networking Reception and consider how housing contributes to (Exhibit Area) community development in the context of those major investments. We will also discuss how proposed policy changes impact those investments, and why good narrative framing is critical to long term improvements in housing and communities more broadly. G5: Domestic Violence – Best Practices for Property Management of Domestic Violence Facilities (Room 227) Kenosha Davenport, Executive Director, Family Refuge Center Discover best practices for the management of domestic violence facilities. Discussion will focus on safety, rapid re-housing, and other management and maintenance protocols. G6: Drug & Alcohol – Panel: Not All Treatments Are Alike (Salon B) J. Matt Boggs, Executive Director, Recovery Point West Virginia Marie Beaver, Executive Director, Rea of Hope Fellowship Home Lois Vance, CACC, CRC, MAT Care Manager, Cabin Creek Health Systems This session will focus on programs that are available for individuals that have made the decision to get control of their addiction. We will learn about common Drug and Alcohol issues that arise in the day to day 17
Friday, September 21, 2018 Bren Pomponio, Co-Director, Mountain State 7:30 am – 8:15 am (Exhibit Area) Justice Continental Breakfast & Registration Affordable housing agencies should aim to make mortgage loans with terms that 8:30 am – 9:30 am are manageable for borrowers. And when Plenary: Find Your Fit: Financing Your Housing servicing such loans, these agencies must Development (Salons D/E) take care in its treatment of those borrowers. Moderator: Nathan Testman, Senior Division Consumer protection laws can provide Manager - Multifamily Lending, WV Housing remedies for borrowers in these situations. Development Fund Learn about the most common ways that Panelists: mortgage lenders run afoul of consumer • Marlo Long, Senior Vice President, protection laws, and hear about missteps that Community Development Specialist, BB&T mortgage loan servicers often take. Gather • Donna Martino, Multifamily ideas of how to make responsible mortgage Development Officer, West Virginia loans and implement best practices for Housing Development Fund collecting payments under those loans. • Nadine Liggett, Vice President, Session led by Mountain State Justice. Community Development Lending, Huntington Banks H3: Homeless – Home4Good Program • Megan Krider, Manager, Affordable (Charleston Board Room) Housing and Community Development, Donna Martino, Multifamily Development Officer, FHLBank Pittsburgh West Virginia Housing Development Fund • Cathy Colby – Senior Manager – HOME Katherine Swanson, Manager, Economic & HTF Programs, West Virginia Housing Development and Special Initiatives, Federal Development Fund Home Loan Bank Pittsburgh • Mary Skeens, Executive Director, Home4Good is a newly-created program CommunityWorks in West Virginia, Inc. developed by the Federal Home Loan Bank • Penny Thaxton, Multifamily Housing Pittsburgh and the West Virginia Housing Specialist, USDA Development Fund to address unmet and This session will provide a broad overview of critical needs in the existing Continuums of financing products and services available Care across the state. for the development of affordable housing. Conference attendees will hear from Session attendees will learn about this new several financing providers and will have the initiative that will provide a flexible source of opportunity for open dialogue through Q&A funding for organizations working to address and group discussion. This session is intended homelessness in West Virginia with the primary for all tracks (Homelessness, Domestic Violence, objective of ensuring that if an individual is Drug & Alcohol, Elderly/Senior, Revitalization/ faced with homelessness it is rare, brief and Stabilization and Rental Development) non-recurring. 9:30 am – 9:45 am Break (Exhibit Area) H4: Elderly/ Senior Housing and Services – Livable Communities - What Makes a Town or 9:45 am – 10:45 am Concurrent Sessions H City a Great Place to Live? (Room 230) H1: Rental Development- Compliance – Linda Bunn, Associate State Director, AARP West Virginia Rental Housing Management Track – Part 8 Livable towns, cities and neighborhoods have (Salon C) See Session A1 for Description a sense of place. They are destinations, not sprawl. They are communities for spending time H2: Revitalization – Mortgage Loan Origination in, not passing through. They are communities and Servicing – Considerations and Common with housing options that enable people to live Pitfalls (Salon A) safely, comfortably and independently. They Jennifer Wagner, Co-Director, Mountain are places where people of all ages can live, State Justice work, learn, play, relax and gather. 18
A Livable Community is safe and secure, has Virginia’s Olmstead Plan, and solicit affordable and appropriate housing, diverse stakeholder input and feedback for updating transportation options, and supportive the goals, objectives and action steps of community features and services. Once in West Virginia’s Olmstead Plan. place, these resources enhance personal independence and health, and engage 10:45 am – 11:00 am Break / Exhibit Area residents in an area’s civic, economic and social life. Well-designed, livable communities 11:00 am – 11:50 am Concurrent Sessions I promote well-being and sustain economic growth, and they make for happier, healthier I1: Rental Development- Compliance – Rental residents - of all ages. Housing Management Track – Part 9 (Salon C) See Session A1 for description Learn how hundreds of communities across the country are working towards becoming I2: Revitalization – WV Redevelopment Policy more livable, and more age-friendly. Get Updates, Outlook, and Ways to Get Involved resources, tips and ideas to help you make (Salon A) your community more livable. Taylor Bennett, Policy Coordinator, West Virginia Community Development HUB H5: Domestic Violence – Building the Abandoned and dilapidated buildings Capacity of Your Organization to Begin a present a huge challenge for communities in Housing Development Program - How to WV, as do other downtown redevelopment Become a Community Housing Development challenges, and figuring out the best way Organization (Room 227) to tackle the issue can be difficult. Come Cathy Colby, Senior Manager-HOME discuss how to identify policy solutions for & HTF Programs, West Virginia Housing vacant, abandoned, and dilapidated Development Fund properties; learn about initiatives that are If your domestic violence nonprofit is already taking place across the state; and interested in learning how to become make a plan for how you can take action a Community Housing Development in your community. Presented by the Policy Organization (CHDO) to construct Coordinator from the WV Community permanent housing options for domestic Development HUB. violence program, then this session is for you! Learn what a CHDO is and what they I3: Homeless – Best Practices in Apartment do. Learn about the benefits of becoming a Management for Formerly Homeless Individuals CHDO including special funding available to and Families (Charleston Board Room) support CHDO project. And finally, discover Amanda Coleman, Ph.D., Executive Director, the process for becoming a certified CHDO Cabell-Huntington Coalition for the Homeless and next steps to take. Using the Cabell-Huntington Coalition for the Homeless’ affordable housing program as a H6: Drug & Alcohol – Building Blocks for model, this session will explore best practices Addressing Substance Use Disorders (Salon B) in managing apartments occupied by those Nancy J. Sullivan, MAJ, Assistant to the who have been homeless. Special issues Secretary, West Virginia Department of often need to be taken into consideration Health and Human Resources Office of the in order to remove barriers to housing for Secretary this population. The presenter will discuss Session will provide attendees with an overview issues including hygiene, substance use, of the current state of the Drug Epidemic nonpayment of rent, and the adjustment to in West Virginia and an overview of existing living in permanent housing and will provide programs and opportunities for serving those specific examples of how these potential with Substance Use Disorders. barriers have been addressed. H7: Housing Issues & Services – Housing Issues I4: Housing Issues and Services – Temporary & Services – WV Olmstead Forum (Room 226) Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) Vanessa VanGilder, Olmstead Coordinator, Program (Room 230) WV DHHR April Saunders, Senior Policy Specialist, WVDHHR The goal of this session is to share information Provide information on Temporary Assistance about the Olmstead decision and West for Needy Families (TANF) program, otherwise 19
known as WV WORKS. Introduce Mobility I7: Elderly/ Senior Housing and Services – Coaching as an additional tool to assist low Greenville Senior Living and Community income participants in achieving self-sufficiency. Center (Room 226) Russell “Skip” Heath, Monroe County Council I5: Domestic Violence – Policy Discussion on Aging Related to Domestic Violence (Room 227) In this session, we will provide an update on Tonia Thomas, MS, Team Coordinator, WV a project to provide low-income housing Coalition Against Domestic Violence to seniors in Monroe County. Four years Kenosha Davenport, Executive Director, ago, The Monroe County Council on Aging Family Refuge Center (MCCOA) developed plans to expand their Hear panelists discuss pressing national senior services program to include housing. and state policy issues related to domestic We will discuss the latest status on this project, violence, support services and housing. which includes the recent completion of the “Greenville Senior Manor” and MCCOA’s I6: Homeless – The Impact of Poverty on Brain approach to begin renting these units in 2018. Development: We Need Bigger Bootstraps (Salon B) 12:00 pm – 1:15 pm Marianna Footo Linz, Ph.D., Marshall University Closing Luncheon and Awards Presentation This session will focus on understanding West Virginia Affordable Housing Hall of Fame how growing up in poverty can impact Award the neurodevelopmental system. Risk and West Virginia Housing Awards (Salons D/E) resilience factors will be considered and Introduced by Mary Skeens, Executive Director, implications for educational and social policy CommunityWorks In West Virginia, Inc. will be discussed. 2018 West Virginia Housing Planning Committee S.H.E.D., Inc. of West Virginia Kathy Gentry CommunityWorks in West Virginia, Inc. Mary Skeens Kristina Elliott Woodlands Development Group Denise Cosby Dave Clark Emily Wilson-Haugher West Virginia Housing Development Fund Coalfield Development Crystal Toney Claudette Karr Nathan Testman Randolph County Housing Authority BB&T Mandy Weirich Marlo Long Huntington National Bank SunTrust Theodore Ranson Scott Horchler 20
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