MAG Housing Webinar Series

Housing Webinar Series

As part of a quarterly series around Housing Best Practices and Vitalyst’s Promising Housing Practices in Arizona publication, the Arizona Community Foundation’s Affordable Housing Collaborative is hosting webinars on different topics. Learn more about different topics in each of the Webinars, and breakout sessions, below. Partners of the Affordable Housing Collaborative include Arizona Housing Coalition, Arizona State University’s Knowledge Exchange for Resilience and Morrison Institute on Public Policy, Garcia Family Foundation, JP Morgan Chase, Maricopa Association of Governments, Urban Land Institute, and Vitalyst Health Foundation.

Promising Housing Practices Webinar

On March 7, 2023, the Affordable Housing Collaborative hosted a webinar to give an overview of some of the practices outlined in the “Promising Housing Practices in Arizona” publication.

Affordable Housing Webinar and Breakout Sessions

On May 2, 2023, the Affordable Housing Collaborative Affordable Housing Funding Webinar to share case studies that demonstrate how to acquire appropriate and sustainable funding for affordable housing, particularly from diverse sources. This is part one of that Webinar.

Part 1 of Affordable Housing Webinar

This is Part 1 of the Affordable Housing Funding Webinar to share case studies that demonstrate how to acquire appropriate and sustainable funding for affordable housing, particularly from diverse sources.

Part 2 of Affordable Housing Webinar

This is Part 2 of the Affordable Housing Funding Webinar to share case studies that demonstrate how to acquire appropriate and sustainable funding for affordable housing, particularly from diverse sources.

Breakout Session Braiding Funding

This breakout session is titled Braiding Funding and features DeDe Yazzie Devine and Joe Keeper of Native American Connections.

Breakout Session: Working with Diverse Funders

This breakout session is titled Working with Diverse Funders and the featured speaker is Lance Gilliam of Waterman Steele Real Estate Advisors.

Breakout Session: The Team Approach to Affordable Housing

This breakout session is titled The Team Approach to Funding Affordable Housing and the featured speaker is Tami Bohannon of FSL.

Breakout Session: Community Land Trusts

This breakout session is titled Community Land Trusts and the featured speaker is Stephanie Brewer of Newtown CDC CLT.

Promising Practices: City of Tucson's Accessory Dwelling Unit Ordinance

Koren Manning with the City of Tucson explains the City’s ADU ordinance and how residents can build their own casitas.

Promising Practices: CUADRO's Adobe Accessory Dwelling Units

Sharayah (Shay) Jimenez of CUADRO Design Explains CUADRO’s Adobe Accessory Dwelling Units project. The design/build initiative aims to provide affordable, low-carbon footprint, site-built ADU’s for Tucson’s Historic Barrios and beyond.

Promising Practices: Vivablox

Kevin Volk with Vivablox explains how he and partners began converting used shipping containers to residential units to play a meaningful role in solving the housing affordability crisis. More information is available at https://vivablox.com/

Promising Practices: Tanner Community Development Corporation

Kerwin Brown, Executive Director of Tanner Community Development Corporation, shares more about Thomas Village for Veterans.

Strengthening Opportunities for Successful Housing Development Partnerships - Nov. 9, 2023

The Arizona Republic’s Senior Real Estate Journalist, Catherine Reagor, moderated a panel of experts on topics that include Economic Development – Chris Camacho, President and CEO, Greater Phoenix Economic Council; Land Use – Wendy Riddell, Founder and Partner, Berry Riddell, LLC.; Multi-Family Development – Jon Garshick, Development Director, Alliance Residential; Transportation – Ed Zuercher, Executive Director, Maricopa Association of Governments; Water – Grady Gammage Jr., Co-Founder and Partner, Gammage & Burnham. Learn about the speakers here. View all webinar slides here.

Building Housing People Can Afford: Tools, Tactics, and Tips - Jan 18, 2024

This webinar featured innovative strategies for housing across sectors and the different ways housing can be created. The event featured tools, promising practices, co-location strategies and actionable, tactical ways to work well with partners such as schools, faith-based communities, federally qualified healthcare centers, local/tribal governments and the private sector.