NHPF Thought Leadership: Symposia

2022 Symposium: Richard F. Burns, CEO, NHPF

The 6th Annual NHP Foundation Symposium, One Paycheck Away from Homelessness: Building Popular Support for Affordable Housing, is our first Symposium since the start of the Pandemic to be completely in-person. The strong appeal of this event has always included the opportunity to network with people from all corners of the affordable housing universe. We all know how reliant successful business is on the relationships you make, so we hope you will be able to build new relationships and revive old ones during this Symposium. The occasion is also marked by the generous outpouring

of sponsorship and contribution dollars received. We have raised over $600,000 for our Resident Services subsidiary, Operation Pathways, a record for the six years we have held this event. This generosity will provide much needed support for the terrific programs they provide to improve the lives of the residents of our properties. Nearly 25% of this year’s sponsors are new to the Symposium, attracted to the quality programs and speakers as well as the opportunity to develop meaningful business relationships among our developers, asset managers, investors, and a variety of other participants. At each Symposium we distribute a topically relevant research report to the sponsors and attendees. This year’s report is on homelessness. During this past year, we gathered opinions from non-governmental organizations in the affordable housing world as well as the general public about the precariousness of near homelessness and the urgency of building support for the affordable housing that every county in the United States is lacking. The challenges become evident in the responses we received, as there is favorable opinion on the need, but some disagreement when it comes to how to solve it. Many of these challenges are addressed tonight by notable figures in the industry who have achieved remarkable successes in overcoming neighborhood negatives and getting some significant housing built. We will all learn something from their presentations. We hope that by the end of the program you will take the conclusions and recommendations of our speakers back with you and hopefully implement some good ideas to further your own affordable housing goals.

8 One Paycheck Away from Homelessness: Building Popular Support for Affordable Housing

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