In California, acquisition-rehab (acq-rehab) has gained significant momentum in the past few years to create affordable housing and stabilize communities. A handful of local pilot programs has inspired policy campaigns across the state and significant public investment both at the local and state level. The preservation of occupied properties that are affordable without subsidy (often referred to as “NOAH”) is an exciting place-based strategy that can help fight racialized displacement, convert investment properties to permanently affordable housing, and build community power.
This session will feature three panels with speakers from across the state and the field discussing technical capacity, innovative capital, and transformative policy – all critical ingredients to making acq-rehab successful. Join Enterprise to learn about the work happening on the ground, get inspired, and take action to ask the State to support this work through policy and a catalytic $500 million public investment!
Speakers include:
Senator Anna Caballero, District 12
Jack Avery, Policy Associate, Housing California
Debbie Chen, Director of Real Estate Development, Little Tokyo Service Center
Meghan Horl, Housing Development Coordinator, City of Oakland
Chris Iglesias, CEO, The Unity Council
Aboubacar "Asn" Ndiaye, Partnership for the Bay's Future Challenge Grant Fellow, San Jose
Oscar Monge, Associate Director / Community Development Director, TRUST South LA
Stephen Pelz, Executive Director, Housing Authority of the County Kern
Andrés Ramos, Legislative Counsel, Public Advocates
Mark Stivers, Director of Legislative and Regulatory Advocacy, California Housing Partnership
Cindy Wu, Executive Director, LISC