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HAC National Rural Housing Conference 2008 Working for Change: Building Our Future

Conference at a Glance

Tuesday, December 2

  • Registration/Information  
 7:30 am - 7:30 pm
  • Pre-Conference Meetings
 8:30 am - 4:30 PM
  • Exhibit Hall  
 4:00 PM - 7:30 PM
  • Kick-Off Reception
 6:30 PM - 8:30 PM

Wednesday, December 3

  • Registration/Information
 7:30 am - 7:30 PM
  • Exhibit Hall
 8:00 am - 7:30 PM
  • Opening Plenary
    Keynote by Jim Hightower, Author, Activist, and Radio Personality
 8:00 am - 9:30 am
  • Concurrent Workshops
    A1:    Rehabbing it Right: Effective Rehab for Single- and Multifamily Housing
    A2:    Single-Family I: An Overview
    B1:    Connecting with Policy Makers
    B2:    Building and Maintaining Strong Nonprofit Staffing and Leadership
    C1:    Accessing Intermediary Loan Fund Capital
    C2:    Innovative Revenue Generation Models for Nonprofits
    C8:    Fundraising for Self-Help Housing Development Organizations
    D1:    Innovative State HFA Models for Rural Communities
    D2:    Reentry Housing
 10:00 am - 11:30 am
  • Lunch Plenary
    Addressing the Foreclosure Crisis
 12:00 noon - 2:00 PM
  • Concurrent Workshops
    A3:    Financing Affordable Rental Housing
    A4:    Single-Family II
    A6:    Self-Help Housing Development Issues
    B3:    Measure Twice, Cut Once: Performance Measurement for Rural Housing Organizations
    B4:    Telling Your Story: Developing a Communications Plan
    C3:    Grantwriting 101: From Opportunity to Award
    C4:    Establishing and Managing a Revolving Loan Fund
    D3:    Rural Rental Housing Preservation Practice and Policy
    D4:    Green Building in Rural America: Best Practices
 2:00 PM - 5:00 PM


Thursday, December 4

  • Registration/Information

7:30 am - 7:30 pm
  • Exhibit Hall

8:00 am - 7:30 pm
  • Morning Plenary
    USDA Rural Development & HUD: the Nuts and Bolts

8:00 am - 10:00 am
  • Concurrent Workshops
    A5:    Using the 502 Program: Best Practices
    B5:    Planning for a Crisis
    B6:    Financial Management: A Refresher Course on Federal Compliance for Nonprofits
    B9:    Post-purchase Counseling and Foreclosure Prevention for Self-Help Homebuyers
    C5:    Foundation and Corporate Philanthropy for Rural Housing
    C6:    Funding Green Affordable Housing Development
    D5:    Connecting With Your Community
    D6:    Housing Trust Funds: National Update, Local Results

10:30 am - 12:00 noon
  • Lunch Plenary
    National Rural Housing Coalition Luncheon

12:30 pm - 2:00 pm
  • Concurrent Workshops
    A7:    Rental Housing Property Management
    A8:    Going Green on a Budget: Low- and No-Cost Greening Techniques for Single-Family Housing Development
    B7:    Using HOME in Rural Areas
    B8:    Creating a Foreclosure Counseling Program
    C7:    Rural Rental Housing Preservation Deals: Feasibility and Financing
    D7:    Manufactured Housing: Challenges and Opportunities in Rural America
    D8:    Minimizing Rural Homelessness: Methods that Work
    D9:    Working With Families and Your Community

2:30 pm - 5:30 pm
  • Rural Housing Awards Banquet

7:00 pm - 10:00 pm

Friday, December 5

  • Registration/Information  
 7:30 am - 12:00 noon
  • Exhibit Hall
8:00 am- 12:00 noon
  • Closing Breakfast Plenary
    Creating a Rural Housing Platform
 9:00 am - 11:30 am
  • Conference Wrap-up  
 11:30 am - 12:00 noon

~Workshops in gold print are self-help sessions.

~Workshops in green print are green building sessions, sponsored in part by the Home Depot Foundation.

~Workshops in burgundy print are preservation sessions, sponsored in part by the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation.

~Workshops in purple print are homeownership/asset building sessions.

 

When Wednesday, December 3, 2008 8:00 AM - Friday, December 5, 2008 12:00 PM  
Where
Hyatt Regency on Capitol Hill
400 New Jersey Avenue NW
Washington, District of Columbia 20001
202-737-1234
 
 
Planner HACconference2008@ruralhome.org
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Additional Conference Information, Housing Assistance Council, Hyatt Regency Washington on Capitol Hill

 

Need to contact HAC's National Rural Housing Conference 2008 staff?
Phone: 202-842-8600, ext. 108 | Fax: 202-347-3441 | Email HACconference2008@ruralhome.org