Plenaries 2024 - Housing CA 2025 Conference

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Thursday, March 7 | 9:00 AM – 10:30 AM

Opening Plenary Session – Pacific Ballroom

Celebrating Successes and Shaping the Future: Building a System and Movement to Achieve Housing Justice

Sponsored by Chase Bank

Achieving a housing system that truly meets the needs of low-income Californians will require a paradigmatic shift, both in terms of our strategies and our allies. How can we build on our existing infrastructure for delivering affordable housing, while also creating space to reimagine and actualize a future where government, residents, developers and service providers are working together? And how do we build a movement with real power – one that extends beyond traditional housing stakeholders to people with lived experience and groups that are part of the broader movements for racial and economic justice? Panelists will discuss a future of housing that is grounded in both pragmatism and the systemic change that this crisis demands.

Plenary Speakers

Chione Flegal – Moderator
Housing California, Executive Director

Diane Yentel
National Low Income Housing Coalition, President and CEO

Tomiquia Moss
Business, Consumer Services and Housing Agency, Secretary

William Goodwin
Hope Solutions, Housing Policy Consultant

Thursday, March 7 | 4:05 PM – 5:00 PM

Afternoon Plenary Session – Pacific Ballroom

Financing Our Future: Campaigns to Grow our Revenue for Affordable Housing

Sponsored by Merritt Community Capital Corporation

In 2021, Housing CA in collaboration with the California Housing Partnership launched Roadmap Home 2030, a bold, long-term plan to create the future we want for California by building affordable homes, protecting low-income renters, ending homelessness, and advancing racial equity and economic inclusion. California will need to invest approximately $18 billion per year to deliver on these goals. Join a lively discussion with housing leaders who are taking this challenge to the voters and translating recent wins into change on the ground. Hear about the work they are leading to secure and direct billions of dollars of new public funding to advance housing justice.