| Tuesday, May 12, 2026 |
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| 7:30 AM - 9:00 AM | Registration / Breakfast / Vendor Marketplace & Networking | | | | | |
| 9:00 AM - 9:30 AM | Welcome & Opening Remarks | | | | | |
| 9:30 AM - 10:15 AM | Opening Plenary: Connecting the Dots: Economic Trends Shaping the Future of Housing in Michigan | Jane Dokko
Anna Shires
Jessica AcMoody | | | | |
| 10:15 AM - 10:45 AM | Vendor Marketplace & Networking | | | | | |
| 10:45 AM - 11:45 AM | Building a More Future Proofed Community Development Sector | Madhavi Reddy
Angela Carlberg | Community & Economic Development | | | |
| 10:45 AM - 11:45 AM | Federal Home Loan Bank: Development Gap Funding | Jason Blain
Brandon Hodges
Dawn Everett | Rental Finance & Development | | | |
| 10:45 AM - 11:45 AM | One Front Door, Many Pathways: Streamlining Homeownership Support in Detroit* | Aaron Hall
Linda Smith
Shama Mounzer | Homeownership Finance & Development | | | |
| 10:45 AM - 11:45 AM | Carlton Lofts: Advancing Adaptive Housing Through Community-Centered Design* | Angela Gillisse
Maranda VanZegeren | Preventing & Ending Homelessness, Rental Finance & Development | | | |
| 10:45 AM - 11:45 AM | Capital Stacks and Creative Financing for Small Developers | Jill Ferrari | Rental Finance & Development | | | |
| 10:45 AM - 11:45 AM | Bed Bugs 201 | Gary Offenbacher | Asset Management | | | |
| 10:45 AM - 11:45 AM | Tribal Housing 101 | | Community & Economic Development, Homeownership Finance & Development, Preventing & Ending Homelessness, Rental Finance & Development | | | |
| 10:45 AM - 11:45 AM | Building Civic and Community Infrastructure: Lessons Learned from the Detroit Home Repair Fund* | Faizh Sahdad
Larry Shirley
Michael Walker | Homeownership Finance & Development | | | |
| 10:45 AM - 11:45 AM | Community Investment Funding: Changing the Model of Real Estate Investment to Benefit Local Again | Christopher Miller
Brent Forsberg
Roxanne Case | Community & Economic Development, Homeownership Finance & Development, Rental Finance & Development | | | |
| 10:45 AM - 11:45 AM | 2025 HOME Final Rule’s Impact | Brandy Morrell | Asset Management | | | |
| 10:45 AM - 11:45 AM | TRACS and Everything That Goes Into Monthly Voucher Reporting | Hilary Crowell
Richard Crowell | Asset Management | | | |
| 11:45 AM - 1:00 PM | Lunch & Keynote | Shola Richards | | | | |
| 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM | AI and Equity in Action: Designing the Future of Michigan Communities | Breck Crandell
Scott Shall
Kurt Neiswender | Community & Economic Development | | | |
| 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM | Renewing a Project Based Section 8 Contract | Ken Callicutt | Asset Management | | | |
| 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM | Creating Home: Culturally Responsive Housing Solutions for Native Americans Off-Reservation | | Asset Management, Community & Economic Development, Homeownership Finance & Development, Preventing & Ending Homelessness, Rental Finance & Development | | | |
| 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM | Extraordinary Neighbors Program: A successful partnership for housing development in Saginaw* | Dylan Hellus
Wayne Hofmann
Abbegail Stemple | Homeownership Finance & Development | | | |
| 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM | Fair Housing and Housing for Subpopulations* | Liz Keegan | Preventing & Ending Homelessness | | | |
| 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM | AI in Affordable Housing: Demystifying the Myths, Unlocking the Value | Jeffrey Promnitz | Asset Management | | | |
| 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM | Healing by Design: Creating Safe, Empowering Spaces for All* | James Pappas
Jessica Pappas | Preventing & Ending Homelessness | | | |
| 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM | Developing Policy to Address Housing Shortages Through Partnership* | Nicholas Cook
Jennifer Rigterink
C.j. Felton | Community & Economic Development | | | |
| 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM | Building Public-Private Partnerships That Deliver Housing Solutions | Ashley McLeod
Linh Song
Lauren Strickland
Eric Hanna | Community & Economic Development, Homeownership Finance & Development, Rental Finance & Development | | | |
| 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM | MSHDA Data Analytics and Policy Development | Chad Benson
Ben Honeyford
Tony Lentych | Rental Finance & Development | | | |
| 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM | Modular housing: Opportunities & challenges in addressing our housing crisis | Sandra Pearson | Homeownership Finance & Development, Rental Finance & Development | | | |
| 2:00 PM - 2:30 PM | Vendor Marketplace & Networking | | | | | |
| 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM | The ABCs of Self-Care: From Awareness to Zzz’s* | Allison Green | Preventing & Ending Homelessness | | | |
| 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM | MSHDA's New Development Pipeline Tracking Software | Jacob Albert
Chad Benson
John Hundt | Rental Finance & Development | | | |
| 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM | Tribal Nations Housing Development Assistance Program - Updates | | Community & Economic Development, Homeownership Finance & Development, Preventing & Ending Homelessness, Rental Finance & Development | | | |
| 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM | LIHTC 101 | Brianna Wilson
Brooke Allen
Max Olive | Rental Finance & Development | | | |
| 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM | Fair Housing: Reasonable Accommodations and Modifications | Natalie Meador | Asset Management | | | |
| 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM | Housing Opportunity through Modernization Act (HOTMA) /HUD Updates | Andy Uzzle
Susie Sapilewski | Asset Management | | | |
| 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM | Centralizing the Expertise of Those Most Impacted* | Tamika Wilkins
MIchelle Johnson
Reeta Chandler | Preventing & Ending Homelessness | | | |
| 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM | From Fragmentation to Forward Motion: The Story of Housing Now* | Christopher Germain | Community & Economic Development | | | |
| 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM | Housing and Homeless Supports for Older Adults: Challenges and Opportunities* | Lynn Hendges
Tammy Lemmer | Preventing & Ending Homelessness | | | |
| 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM | Housing Zoning Atlas Project in NW Michigan | Yarrow Brown | Community & Economic Development | | | |
| 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM | Moving Millions: How Michigan Can Maximize Its Down Payment Assistance Programs* | Briana Mason
Chelsea Neblett
Krysta Pate | Homeownership Finance & Development | | | |
| 3:45 PM - 4:45 PM | LIHTC 201 | Jeremy Bergwerff
Justin Kremers
Matt Miller | Rental Finance & Development | | | |
| 3:45 PM - 4:45 PM | Imagining a Michigan with Rent Control* | Caitlin Homrich
Rachel Udabe | Preventing & Ending Homelessness, Rental Finance & Development | | | |
| 3:45 PM - 4:45 PM | From Investment w/ Justice to Community Quarterbacking: Countering Gentrification’s Impact | Donald Alexis
Marria McIntosh
Randy Vander Weit
Kevin Watkins | Community & Economic Development | | | |
| 3:45 PM - 4:45 PM | MSHDA Homeownership Programs: Delivering the Dream to Michigan Families | Barbara Deering | Homeownership Finance & Development | | | |
| 3:45 PM - 4:45 PM | Updates on Recent MSHDA Programs | Chad Benson
Joshua Campbell
Tony Lentych | Rental Finance & Development | | | |
| 3:45 PM - 4:45 PM | Housing the Microbusiness Economy | Ashley Jankowski
Richard Murphy | Community & Economic Development | | | |
| 3:45 PM - 4:45 PM | Submitting Budget-Based Rent Adjustments, Utility Allowance Analyses, and Rent Comparability Studies | Ken Callicutt | Asset Management | | | |
| 3:45 PM - 4:45 PM | The Power of Rural Brownfields: A Peek Behind the Curtain for Housing and More | Travis Alden | Homeownership Finance & Development, Rental Finance & Development | | | |
| 3:45 PM - 4:45 PM | Real Estate Assessment Center / National Standard of the Physical Inspection of Real Estate | Denise Williams
Steve Krolczyk | Asset Management | | | |
| 4:45 PM - 6:00 PM | Vendor Marketplace & Networking & Reception | | | | | |
| Wednesday, May 13, 2026 |
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| 7:30 AM - 8:30 AM | Breakfast & Networking | | | | | |
| 8:30 AM - 8:45 AM | Welcome Back | | | | | |
| 8:45 AM - 9:30 AM | Plenary | | | | | |
| 9:30 AM - 9:45 AM | Break | | | | | |
| 9:30 AM - 11:00 AM | Housing Bus Tour | | | | | |
| 9:45 AM - 10:45 AM | Shared Housing Solutions: Matching Older Homeowners and Home Seekers to Prevent Homelessness* | Danielle Bryant
Janet Hunko
Lana Payne | Preventing & Ending Homelessness | | | |
| 9:45 AM - 10:45 AM | How Immigration Restrictions Impact Michigan's Housing, Community and Economic Development Efforts* | Steve Tobocman | Community & Economic Development | | | |
| 9:45 AM - 10:45 AM | Tribal Supportive Housing: Building Community and Resiliency | | Asset Management, Community & Economic Development, Preventing & Ending Homelessness | | | |
| 9:45 AM - 10:45 AM | Technical Assistance and New Tools for Housing Ecosystem Building | Selma Tucker
Eureka People | Community & Economic Development | | | |
| 9:45 AM - 10:45 AM | Rental Assistance Demonstration (RAD) program | Shelly Cease
Beverley Cramner | Asset Management, Rental Finance & Development | | | |
| 9:45 AM - 10:45 AM | Municipalities as Development Partners: How Communities are Removing Barriers to Housing Development | Emily Reyst | Homeownership Finance & Development, Rental Finance & Development | | | |
| 9:45 AM - 10:45 AM | Leveraging Medicaid to Fund Supportive Housing Services* | Aubrey Patino
Catherine Distelrath
Molly Smith | Preventing & Ending Homelessness | | | |
| 9:45 AM - 10:45 AM | Innovative Strategies for Age-Inclusive Community Development* | Kiera Quigley
Mac Farr
SaTrice Coleman-Betts | Community & Economic Development | | | |
| 9:45 AM - 10:45 AM | HOTMA in Action! | Natalie Meador | Asset Management | | | |
| 9:45 AM - 10:45 AM | Preparing Tenant Files in the HOTMA Era | Brandy Morrell | Asset Management | | | |
| 9:45 AM - 10:45 AM | Multi-sector Housing Solution for Chronically Homeless Individuals with SMI and SUD* | Thelma Ensink
Jennifer Chaffer
Mark Contreras | Preventing & Ending Homelessness | | | |
| 9:45 AM - 10:45 AM | Investor/Lender Update: A discussion with lenders and LIHTC equity providers | Ben Stehouwer | Rental Finance & Development | | | |
| 10:45 AM - 11:00 AM | Break | | | | | |
| 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM | Navigating Systems and Support for Emerging Developers & Community-Based Housing Organizations | Diana Bartlett
RESHANE LONZO
Stan Parker | Homeownership Finance & Development, Rental Finance & Development | | | |
| 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM | The Deliverables of Inclusive Design and Community Planning* | David Bulkowski
Amy Vansen
Jolene DeJong | Community & Economic Development | | | |
| 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM | Permanent Supportive Housing Topics and Case Study | Lindsey Bishop Gilmore
Catherine Distelrath | Preventing & Ending Homelessness, Rental Finance & Development | | | |
| 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM | Creative Partnerships & Financing for Mixed-Income Homeownership | Dave Rozman
Steve Grose | Homeownership Finance & Development | | | |
| 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM | Regeneration Begins Within: Healing the Mind, the Land, and the Soul of Community* | Andrez Chuney | Community & Economic Development | | | |
| 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM | The Development Process | Mark McDaniel | Rental Finance & Development | | | |
| 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM | Foundation + EDO: Why a Philanthropy/Economic Development Duo Accelerates Projects | Bonnie Gettys
Jennifer Heinzman | Community & Economic Development | | | |
| 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM | Poverty Solutions in YOUR Town: Community Action Leading the Way* | Brian McGrain
Lori Johnson
MIGUEL RODRIGUEZ | Preventing & Ending Homelessness | | | |
| 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM | Opportunity Zones 2.0: A Roadmap for Michigan Communities | Kavei Murangi | Community & Economic Development | | | |
| 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM | Preparing for a Management Occupancy Review | Natalie Meador | Asset Management | | | |
| 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM | Tribes and the Qualified Allocation Plan - Low-Income Housing Tax Credits | | Asset Management, Community & Economic Development, Homeownership Finance & Development, Preventing & Ending Homelessness, Rental Finance & Development | | | |
| 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM | Opioid Settlement Funding and Recovery Housing* | Megan Zabinski
Katie Abraham
Zienab Fahs | Preventing & Ending Homelessness | | | |
| 12:00 PM - 12:50 PM | Lunch & Duvernay Awards | | | | | |
| 12:50 PM - 1:00 PM | Closing Remarks | | | | | |
