AGENDA
2025 Conference Agenda
**Subject to change
Wednesday, Nov 19
7 am- 5 pm | NORTH ENTRY FOYER
Registration
10:30 AM - 12 PM | Roanoke Ballroom
OPENING PLENARY |
HFV Special Presentation
Presented by HousingForward Virginia: Rezoning for Abundance with Eric Kronberg
12 PM - 1:15 PM | Roanoke Ballroom
Networking Lunch
1:30 PM -3 pm
BREAKOUT SESSIONS
- Leveraging Legal Aid Partnerships & Targeted Landlord Outreach to Optimize System-Level Impacts on Eviction Rates
- Community-Based Feasibility Analysis for Catalytic Development
- Economic Development 101: Back to the Basics
- A Public-Private Partnership: Building Deeply Affordable Housing with Childcare
- Leadership Through Learning: George Mason University and Virginia Housing Strengthen Affordable Housing Through Education, Planning, and Real-World Engagement
- Bridging the Gap: Strengthening Coordinated Entry & Victim Services Collaboration to Better Serve Survivors
- Clean Energy Retrofits for Affordable Housing: Tools, Incentives, and Success Stories
- The Missing Piece: What Makes Housing Actually Work for Adults with DD
- Rural Virginia Opportunity Dashboard
3 PM - 3:30 pm | Crystal Foyer
Break
3:30 PM - 4:30 pm | Roanoke Ballroom
KEYNOTE PLENARY | Virginia Zoning Atlas, Sara C. Bronin
4:30-6 p.m. | Crystal Ballroom
OPENING RECEPTION | EXHIBIT HALL
Thursday, Nov 20
7 AM - 5 PM | NORTH ENTRY FOYER
REGISTRATION
7:30 AM - 8:30 am | ROANOKE BALLROOM
BREAKFAST
8:30 AM - 9:45 AM | ROANOKE BALLROOM
9:45 AM - 10 AM
BREAK
10 AM - 11:30 AM
breakout sessions
- Innovation in Action: Reshaping Resilience for Flood-Prone Communities
- Unlocking Homeownership in Unlocked Times: Strategic Partnerships for Equity and Impact
- From Capitol Hill to the Commonwealth: What Changing Federal Housing Budgets Means for Virginia
- Breaking the Barriers: Working with Non-profit Funders in Affordable Housing
- Designing for Dignity: Scaling Permanent Supportive Housing in the Suburbs
- Modernizing Public Housing: Lessons from My First Section 18/RAD Conversion
- Creating a Coordinated Entry System for Consumers and Providers
- St. Paul's Transformation--A Resilience Strategy Putting People First
- The Long Road to a Long-Range Housing Plan: Loudoun County's Unmet Housing Needs Strategic Plan
11:30 AM - 11:45 AM
BREAK
11:45 AM - 1:15 PM | ROANOKE BALLROOM
VAGHC HOUSING AWARDS LUNCHEON
1:15 PM - 1:30 PM
BREAK
1:30 PM - 3 PM
breakout sessions
- Rebuilding Rural: How Innovation Can Transform the Mobile Home Market
- Amplifying the Moral Voice: Faith Leaders in Housing Development and Advocacy
- From Patchwork to Progress: Statewide Solutions for Virginia's Housing Future
- Permanent Affordability in Homeownership through Developer Partnerships
- Bringing Families Home: Bridging the Gap between School and Housing Insecurity for Students and Their Families
- Expanding Permanent Supportive Housing in Virginia: Regional Strategies and Investment by DBHDS
- Expanding and Preserving the Supply of Affordable Housing with Manufactured Homes
- Rapid Re-Housing: Right Tool, Wrong Job?
- Own Your Space: Finding Focus in the Movement to Reimagine Housing
3 PM - 3:30 PM | CRYSTAL BALLROOM
BREAK/EXHIBIT HALL
3:30 PM - 5 PM
breakout sessions
- Accelerating ADU Design Innovation: From Pre-Approval to Community Impact
- Advocacy/Messaging Toolkit for Affordable Housing
- Zero Step Age in Place Modular Homes
- Partnership in Action: The Carlton Mobile Home Park Acquisition
- Eviction Diversion Program: Building Community Resilience and Housing Stability
- Home as the Foundation: Supportive Housing and Community Wellbeing
6:30 PM - 8 PM | TAUBMAN MUSEUM OF ART
RECEPTION
Friday, Nov. 21
8 AM - 9 AM | NORTH ENTRY FOYER
REGISTRATION
8:30 AM - 9:30 am | ROANOKE BALLROOM
BREAKFAST
9 AM - 10 AM | ROANOKE BALLROOM
CLOSING PLENARY
10 AM - 11 AM
TOURS
