2017 Dane County Housing Summit - Live Video
Workforce Housing Gap: Meeting the Needs of Dane County Employers and Employees
Thursday, May 18, 2017, 9:00 – 12:00 noon – Alliant Energy Center
9:00 am – 9:10
Introductions, Welcome Dane County Executive, Joe Parisi, County Board Chair, Sharon Corrigan. Dane County Housing updates, DCHI Coordinator.
9:10 – 9:40 Workforce Housing Trends in Dane County Wyman Winston, Executive Director, Wisconsin Housing and Economic Development Association (WHEDA). Mr. Winston will offer a primer on WHEDA, discuss the current housing gap, development trends, pressing issues and opportunities for housing development in Dane County communities.
9:45 – 10:55 am Panel One Workforce Housing Gap - Exploring the Impacts on Dane County Employers and Employees Panelists will discuss their companies, provide a workforce profile and share any impacts the housing gap may have on their business and workforce, community or family.
Workforce Profile Presentation
11:00 – 12:00 Panel Two Model Developments: Filling the Workforce Housing Gap Developers will discuss how they work with communities to understand and address their needs, share examples of their developments, common obstacles, incentives, and tips for an effective development process.
Lunch 12:00 – 1:00 You’re invited! Box lunch, optional – Lunch will provide an opportunity for interested stakeholders to continue their discussion over a casual lunch. Cost $5.00 for first 50 participants. $14.95 regular price.
FAQ Workforce Housing and Economic Development
Dane County Workforce Housing Gap Fact Sheet
2017 Housing Summit Video
2017 Dane County Housing Summit – Time Outline
0-4:00 Welcome, Olivia Parry, DCHI Coordinator
4:15 – Opening Remarks – Dane County Executive Joe Parisi, County Board of Supervisors Chair Corrigan Keynote – Workforce Housing
11:26 – Keynote – Trends in Housing, Dane County - Wyman Winston, Executive Director, WHEDA
PANEL ONE - EMPLOYERS
46:20 – Panel One – Exploring the Workforce Housing Gap: Dane County Employers and Employees
49:00 – Kurt Paulsen, Professor, Urban and Regional Planning, UW Madison – Dane County Workforce Housing Gap Profile
54:40 – Mike Davis, Administrator, Middleton Workforce Housing Committee and Initiatives
1:05 – Todd Costello, Executive Director, Community Living Alliance, Madison, WI (healthcare employer)
1:16:45 – Jeffrey Nutt, VP/General Manager, Pan O’ Gold Baking Company, Sun Prairie, WI, Sun Prairie Workforce Housing Committee
1:21:05 – Kris Koenig, Owner, Natura Clean, Middleton WI (small business)
1:32:15 Dane County Employer Survey Presentation, Olivia Parry, DC Sr. Planner
Panel Topics:
Employee retention; turnover; senior healthcare shortages due to lack employees; employer assisted housing; risks to aging in place; homeless workers; employer employee survey responses; shorter commute times improve productivity and retention, increases local spending; Sun Prairie Workforce Housing Committee purpose; need for starter homes and smaller single family; municipal tools for funding workforce housing; land use policies that restrict workforce housing; policy tools to advance housing development including local housing committees, public/private partnerships, ongoing public outreach and communication.
PANEL TWO – DEVELOPERS
1:53:45 – Dane County Employer Workforce Housing Survey Summer 2017
1:56:00 – Panel Two Workforce Housing Developers - Model Developments: Filling Workforce Housing Gap Rob Dicke, DC Housing Authority, Facilitator
1:59.50 - Helen Bradbury, President, Stone House Development, 2:04:00 Workforce Housing Rental Prices
2:11:55 – Justice Castañeda, Executive Director, Common Wealth
2:27:50 – Nicole Solheim, Developer, Gary Gorman and Co.
2:40 – Q & A, 2:58:00 – WRAP UP NEXT STEPS…
Panel Topics:
Examples of workforce housing; who lives in them; income requirements; need for local funding to develop workforce housing; what the community can do to help local employers and build workforce; housing integral to community health, safety and sustainable neighborhoods; need for permanent affordable housing; land trust model; housing as public goods?; need for communities to work closely with developers to be competitive for WHEDA section 42 tax credits; housing discrimination against poor, formerly incarcerated, what to do? housing first; local municipalities 90% of all NIMBYism throughout the state is in Dane County 2:48:30; should WHEDA ask developers to connect with local employer for tax credit application? 2:54:34 Dane County UniverCity Initiative/Partnership.