Transition to NSPIRE: What to Expect with HUD Inspections
HUD has begun a complete review and revamp of the Real Estate Assessment Center (REAC) inspection protocols. The changes will affect Public Housing, Multifamily housing, and even the Housing Choice Voucher programs. This session will help attendees understand and start preparing for the implementation of NSPIRE (National Standards for the Physical Inspections of Real Estate). During this training, participants will learn about the new NSPIRE protocol, including standards, scoring, and administration, as well as why HUD is implementing the new protocol. NSPIRE for the Housing Choice Voucher programs will also be discussed.
Presenter:
Dennis Morgan, NAHRO Faculty; Senior Associate, D L Morgan & Associates
How Will the New Davis Bacon Regulations Impact You?
How will the New Davis Bacon Regulations Impact you? In March 2022, the US Department of Labor proposed over 50 different changes to the Davis Bacon regulations. Comments were closed in May in 2022 and final regulations were published in August 2023. How will those changes impact the procurement of construction work for an agency? This session will cover changes in bid specifications, contract clauses and how conformances will be handled moving forward. Credits for fringe benefits and amortization of certain benefits may also change.
Presenters:
Deborah Wilder, President, Contractor Compliance and Monitoring, Inc.
Ida Brooker, Labor Compliance Consultant, Construction Consulting Northwest
Jade Banks, Advisor on federal labor standards
Diane Lonergan, V.P. of Labor Standards Compliance, MDG Development Management Construction
Better Together: Jazz Up your PHA-Local Government Partnership for Amazing Success
This session will feature an informative and entertaining panel of executive directors and government leaders who will share some highlights of their collaboration experiences, including their most impactful successes and lessons learned as they have worked together to serve their communities’ housing needs. Our discussion will inform and equip PHA leaders to: identify opportunities for PHA-Local Government collaboration; prepare for and execute on partnering strategies to address the growing affordable housing needs in your community; align priorities of the housing authority and its local government for greater successes; and work together to maximize your collective, but limited, resources to best serve your community’s housing needs.
Moderator: Melanie (Villalobos) Campbell, Sr. VP, CVR Associates
Panelists:
Mary-Margaret Lemons, President, Fort Worth Housing Solutions
Victor Turner, Director, Neighborhood Services Dept, City of Fort Worth
Bobby Collins, CEO, Housing Authority of the City of Shreveport
Hayley Barnett, Director of Finance, Caddo Parish
Section 8 Homeownership Programs-It’s Easier Than You Think!
The Section 8 Homeownership Program sounds too good to be true, but it really is a simple as it sounds; agencies can use their existing HCV funding to assist their current participants achieve home ownership. Learn the basics of the program from a state housing finance agency and a housing authority that are leveraging resources to make the program work for households. You’ll also learn how to implement the program and how to leverage local resources to help participants achieve the best outcomes.
Presenters:
Joy Watson, Director of Housing, Rice County
Tal Anderson, Community Development Manager, Minnesota Housing Finance Agency
NAHRO 101
Do you understand the organizational make up of NAHRO? Do you understand the NAHRO leadership path? There are amazing leadership opportunities within the organization that can grow you professionally and personally. It all begins with understanding. Come learn how this organization could impact you, your agency, and your community by carving out a path to leadership.
Presenters:
Sunny Shaw, Executive Director, Twin Falls Housing Authority
Anna Judge, Director of Property Management, Dakota County Community Development Agency
Andrew Rodriguez, Executive Director, Nampa Housing Authority
Carl Richie, NAHRO Fellow, Commissioner, Austin Housing Authority
The Rising Cost of Insurance and its Impact on Affordable Housing
This session will focus on the three primary causes of the rise in housing premium insurance: increasing frequency of weather events, increasing cost of construction, the decreasing availability of insurance coverage options and how that is impacting housing authority operations.
Moderator:
Ailrick Young, Executive Director, Laurel Housing Authority
Panelists:
Helen Werby, Executive Director, Biloxi Housing Authority
Ryan Herringshaw, Chief Operating Officer, Providence Community Housing
Ed Malaspina, President and Chief Executive Officer, HAI Group
Matthew Willard, Louisiana State Representative for District 97
Why and How to do Strategic Planning
PHAs need to be proactive about our future. Where we focus our time and budget. Who we partner with and what issues we want to address. This session provides PHAs with thought provoking questions to bring back and discuss with the Board and Executive Director about the future of their PHA. It provides the basic tools to kick off a Strategic Planning initiative at your PHA. Strategic Planning is critical to the future of the industry. It is far too common to simply go from emergency to emergency, HUD changes, budget swings and lose sight of the big picture.
Presenter:
Tory Gunsolley, Founder, PHActory Consulting
ACES & Trauma-Informed Care for Resident Services (Part 1)
This session (Part 1) explores Adverse Childhood Experi¬ences (ACES) and why they matter. Presenters will answer the question: How can ACES affect the residents I work with (and me?). Come learn the current science about how trauma in childhood affects brain development. Once we know that, explore how Trauma-Informed Care can help us recognize and respond so that our programs better serve everyone! This session is for FSS, ROSS, Jobs Plus, and other resident services staff (or anyone who is curious about how trauma affects brain development).
Presenters:
Anice Schervish Chenault, FSS Program Manager, HUD
Jason Amirhadji, Neighborhood & Community Investment Specialist (NCIS), HUD