Homeownership Program Design: A Municipal Perspective

This intermediate level course is for professionals administering lasting affordable homeownership programs, including policymakers, municipal program staff, and nonprofit program staff that partner or contract with municipalities. More and more municipalities are incentivizing or requiring lasting affordability in their housing programs, including inclusionary housing programs. This session focuses on the program design and implementation considerations that are unique to publicly administered or funded programs. With an emphasis on transparency, compliance, enforcement and partnerships, this session highlights best practices and tough lessons learned from a variety of municipal programs.