As an active participant in HAC’s Technical Assistance programs, please join us for a two-part training on Leveraging Smart Building Techniques, Volunteers, and Sweat Equity to Overcome Escalating Costs. An announcement is coming soon for Session 2, planned for Fall 2022. Attendees are encouraged but not required to attend both training events.
Registration is open to active participants in HAC’s Technical Assistance Program and limited to 25 attendees. HAC kindly requests that groups limit enrollment to two people per organization.
Description
By leveraging smart building techniques, utilizing volunteers, and implementing a sweat equity component, rural affordable housing developers can help offset some of the rising construction costs and labor shortage issues they’re currently experiencing.
During this two-part series, training attendees will take factory tours, learn about innovative construction technology, visit peer organizations, and share best practices. The discussion will include the benefits and drawbacks of tiny homes, panelized and pre-built construction options, 3-D printing, sweat-equity, and volunteer labor.
Session I Highlights:
- Tuesday, August 23rd – 8:00 am – 5:30 pm
Attendees will visit, Boxable, a leading manufacturer of tiny homes that unfold out of shipping containers and Gigacrete, a high-impact, green and abuse-resistant building coating company. An afternoon session will include training and discussion on using volunteers and sweat equity as a labor solution. - Wednesday, August 24th – 8:00 am – 5:30 pm
Chicanos Por La Causa, our peer organization, will host training participants at their Las Vegas office and visit projects under construction. They will highlight some of their most successful programs, like YouthBuild. - Thursday, August 25th – 8:00 am – 12:30 pm
During this half-day morning session, trainers will lead discussions about how attendees can apply the concepts learned from the manufacturer tours and peer organization visits to their projects.
Travel
HAC has reserved a room block at the Luxor Hotel under the room block GHAC0822LX/Housing Assistance Council for an average of $100 per night plus tax and is available until August 15th. To book online visit, https://book.passkey.com/go/GHAC0822LX. Attendees are required to make their own travel and hotel accommodations. The Luxor Hotel is at 3900 S Las Vegas Blvd, Las Vegas, NV; transportation to the hotel can be found at Las Vegas Transportation – Luxor Hotel & Casino (mgmresorts.com).
Please have credit card details readily available for the Luxor as a deposit will be collected in the amount of first night’s room rate and tax.
The credit or debit card used to reserve your reservation will be required upon arrival to register with the Luxor. They will place an authorization against this account to cover applicable charges for room, tax and resort fees, as well as a $150.00 incidental amount per day (maximum $600.00) to allow you access to room charging privileges and may result in additional authorizations should your charges exceed the originally approved amount. Guests using a debit card in lieu of a credit card acknowledge unused funds are released upon check-out may take 3-7 business days for domestic banks and up to 30 days for international banks to become available through their financial institution.
Every effort will be made to accommodate your requests for specific room type and location however, we are unable to guarantee any requests as rooms are not assigned until check in. Please note that creating a room block with Social Groups Sales does not constitute as an agreement that all rooms or suites will be assigned within close vicinity or on the same floor as rooms are not assigned until check in.
Check in time is 3:00 PM and check out time is 11:00 AM.
Check in from anywhere with the MGM Resorts app. The most convenient, contactless way to check in is as easy as reaching for your phone. Enable Notifications and we’ll send you a push as soon as your room is ready. Check in from anywhere with the MGM Resorts app. The most convenient, contactless way to check in is as easy as reaching for your phone. Enable Notifications and we’ll send you a push as soon as your room is ready. MGM Resorts App can be downloaded from the App Store or Google Play.
Scholarship
There is no registration fee. If your plans change and you cannot attend, please let us know at registration@ruralhome.org as soon as possible.
HAC will provide a reimbursable travel scholarship for up to $1,500 per attendee and a maximum of 2 attendees per organization. Travel scholarships must comply with Federal Travel Regulations, and eligible expenses include transportation, hotel sleeping rooms, meals, and incidentals. Organizations will be reimbursed 4-8 weeks after submission of a completed reimbursement form and receipts. Full attendance of the training is required to receive the scholarship.
HAC COVID Policy
Please review HAC’s COVID Policy for in-person events prior to registering.
Sponsored by
This initiative is funded US Department of Housing and Urban Development – Rural Capacity Building Program.
If you have any questions, please email registration@ruralhome.org or contact your HAC Capacity Building Coordinator.
*Due to funding and program restrictions, this is a closed training. Only active participants in HAC’s Rural Capacity Building Program are able to attend.
