Housing Choice + Affordability

Raleigh Affordable Housing Summit

On August 17, the City hosted an Affordable Housing Summit to share information about how affordable housing gets built, some of the challenges for providing affordable housing in Raleigh, and opportunities for innovative programs and policies to ensure that more people have access to safe, sustainable, and affordable places to live.

You can view the full recording of the Summit on our City of Raleigh YouTube channel and view each of the presentations by clicking on the links below.

• Plenary: Homelessness is a Housing Problem (Gregg Colburn, University of Washington)
• Affordable Housing 101: The State of Housing in Raleigh (Emila Sutton and Patrick Young City of Raleigh)
• Affordable Housing 201: Affordable Rental Development (Mark Shelburne, Novogradac)
• Innovation in Affordable Housing (Nate Fields, New Orleans Director of Homelessness Services & Strategy)
• Innovation in Affordable Housing (Sheree Bouchee, Center for Public Enterprise)
• Innovation Applied: Using Creative Tools in Raleigh (Ashley Lomers-Johnson, Raleigh Housing Authority)
• Innovation Applied: Using Creative Tools in Raleigh (Keegan McDonald and Ken Bowers, City of Raleigh)

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