2018 Dane County Housing Summit
Hosted Dane County Housing Initiative (DCHI)
Closing the Housing Gap: Dane County Community Initiatives Lead the Way
Thursday, October 25, 2018, 9:00 am – 12:30 pm networking lunch and presentations to follow
Alliant Energy Center
9:00 – 10:00am
Introductions, and welcome by Dane County Executive, Joe Parisi and County Board Chair, Sharon Corrigan
Minding the Gap: The Housing Crisis in Dane County - film screening
Video Link
Who Needs It? Demographics and Demand for Workforce and Affordable Housing
Kurt Paulsen, Professor, UW Madison Urban and Regional Planning
Updates on Dane County Housing Trends and Challenges
Dane County Senior Housing Crisis: What You Need to Know about Dane County’s Senior Population
Cheryl Batterman, Director, Dane County Area Office on Aging. The size of our senior citizen population is growing. Hear about Dane County’s senior population, the housing challenges they are facing, and what can be done.
Dane County Senior Housing Crisis
Dane County Senior Housing Challenges: Resource and Stories
2018 Case Management Service Reports: Housing Challenges
Fair Housing 50 Year Anniversary! – What is Fair Housing, and Why it Matters?
Byron Bishop, Division Manager, Equal Opportunities, City of Madison Department of Civil Rights. This talk will address fair housing within communities and the problems, symptoms and solutions as it relates to housing discrimination.
Approaches to Fair Housing
Dane County Employer Survey Results: Good News, Bad News, What Next?
Olivia Parry, Sr. Planner, Dane County Planning and Development Department
Dane County Employer Survey Results
10:00 – 11:40
Closing the Housing Gap: Dane County Community Initiatives Lead the Way
Dane County communities discuss their housing initiatives, who’s involved, current strategies, their progress and lessons learned.
Fitchburg Affordable Housing Plan
Facilitator -- Mayor Paul Esser, City of Sun Prairie
Mount Horeb -- Carol Johnson, Executive Director, Mount Horeb Area Economic Development Corporation
Mt. Horeb Housing Report
DeForest -- Abigail Lowery, Trustee, Village of DeForest, Chair of the DeForest Housing Authority
Current Housing Status - Deforest
Oregon -- Jenna Jacobson, Trustee, Village of Oregon
Sun Prairie -- Mayor Paul Esser; Scott Kugler, Community Development Director; Neil Stechschulte, Director of Economic Development
Sun Prairie presentation
Fitchburg -- Aaron Richardson, Alder, City of Fitchburg, and Co-Chair Fitchburg Housing Taskforce
Middleton -- Mike Davis, Administrator, City of Middleton
Workforce Strategy Report
BREAK - 10 minutes
11:50 – 12:30
Strategies and Tools for Communities Interested in Affordable Workforce Housing
Professor James LaGro, UW Madison, Urban and Regional Planning Department. Professor James LaGro introduces guidelines developed as part of the Dane County UniverCity Program and partnership. Hear an overview of resources and best practices for developing affordable workforce housing and sustainable communities.
Affordable Workforce Housing Report
Can We Talk: Communication Strategies for Discussing the Housing Gap
Ann Smith, Executive Director, Sun Prairie Chamber of Commerce. In this presentation you will hear about a wide variety of communication tools and strategies Sun Prairie used to bring the discussion of workforce and affordable housing to the Sun Prairie community, residents and businesses.
Sun Prarie Workforce Housing Communication
Growing Successful Communities , Why Transportation is Key
Bill Schaefer, Transportation Planning Manager, Madison Area Transportation Planning. This presentation will discuss the role of transportation in Creating Healthy, Vibrant, and Affordable Communities.
Housing + Transportation Presentation
Tips on Financing Local Projects & Attracting Mixed-Income Development to Your Community
Joe’Mar Hooper, Wisconsin Market Leader, Common Bond Communities, Wisconsin. Learn what it takes to finance mixed-income housing, and what you can do to facilitate affordable and workforce housing development in your community.
Developing Workforce Housing
On the Doorstep of Home
Brenda Konkel, Executive Director of Tenant Resource Center. Do you want to help? Learn about a direct way you, your family, business or community can provide a home for a resident or family in Dane County. Brenda shares information about the Tenant Resource Center housing fund that enables Dane County residents to get housing, immediately.
12:30 Break (15 minutes) - get lunch, drink, find a seat
12:45 – 1:20 Lunch Presentations
State and Federal Policy Updates - New Reporting Requirements for WI Municipalities
Kurt Paulsen, Professor, UW Madison Urban and Regional Planning. Learn about the new public policy developments related to mixed-income (affordable/workforce) housing and financing housing, at both the state and federal level.
State and Federal Housing Updates
2018 Dane County Affordable Housing Development Fund Awards
Todd Violante, Director, Dane County Planning and Development Department will share the results of the 2018 Affordable Housing Funds request for proposals.
Dane County Affordable Housing Fund Awards 2015-2018
A Greater Madison Vision
Steve Steinhoff, Deputy Director of the Capital Area Regional Plan Commission (CARPC). Over the next 25 years the region’s population will grow by over 150,000 people. We’ll need to adapt to driverless cars, a changing climate, AI and job automation, growing inequality, and a doubling of the aging population. How will we do this?
A Greater Madison Vision
What’s the Big Idea?
Tom Landgraf, Real Estate Professor, UW School of Business; Dimension Development. James LaGro, UW Madison, Urban and Regional Planning Department. Learn about the next generation of planning and community development, and how your community can become part of the future! UW Madison and Dane County applied for the DreamUp challenge, a new venture called Schmidt Futures, funded by Eric Schmidt, former Google CEO. We won the first round, but no matter what happens in the next round of funding, this initiative is moving forward. We hope you can join us in this exciting next step!
Dream Up