Conducting a Brand Refresh for your PHA
A PHAs brand sets the stage for just about every endeavor they will undertake. The brand influences hiring, determines community support, and even holds weight to how many vouchers you’re able to lease up. AMA experts will guide attendees through a live, on-site, brand refresh. They will teach on the importance of a solid brand for PHAs, how to determine your PHAs brand personality, as well as how to leverage your PHAs brand for influence and growth. Additionally, PHAs will walk through a live, on-site brand refresh, providing attendees with all they need to implement a new, or reimagined, brand strategy within their agency.
The Rising Cost of Insurance and its Impact on Affordable Housing
A panel discussion focusing 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.
Choice Neighborhoods: Funding for Revitalizing Neighborhoods and Redeveloping Distressed HUD-Assisted Housing
This session will provide a brief overview of the Choice Neighborhoods program and how it allows PHAs to go beyond repositioning and public housing investment with neighborhoods in mind. The overview will be followed by an interactive panel discussion with leaders representing Choice Neighborhoods sites in Louisiana. From larger urban areas to smaller cities, this dynamic panel will bring perspectives from PHAs, local governments, developers, and social service agencies on creating lasting neighborhood change.