2019 Summit Program

2019 PROGRAM

Day 1
Nov 07 2019
8:00 am-9:00 am
Ballroom
Annie Fryman
Margaret Morales
Lynn Peterson
Taylor Smiley Wolfe
Eli Spevak

Changing the rules for residential neighborhoods: More choices, smaller homes

To kick off Build Small, we’ll be envisioning what our neighborhoods and communities will become over the next 5-10 years as they’re opened up to a wider variety of housing...
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Annie Fryman
Margaret Morales
Lynn Peterson
Taylor Smiley Wolfe
Eli Spevak
9:15 am - 10:30 am
Ballroom
Annie Fryman
Jeff Mapes
Margaret Morales
Taylor Smiley Wolfe

Radical Regulations – Innovative Housing Legislation on the West Coast

Get the latest information on which cities and policymakers are changing the housing legislative landscape to better serve their communities and the demand for more affordable options.     1.25...
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Annie Fryman
Jeff Mapes
Margaret Morales
Taylor Smiley Wolfe
9:15 am-10:30 am
Room 296 - 298
Dan Bryant
Mercedes Elizalde
Alan Evans
Regan Watjus

Creative Approaches for Temporary Housing Solutions

Tiny homes and small housing can give people experiencing homelessness a safe place to live while they seek permanent affordable housing. This session will take a look at three different...
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Dan Bryant
Mercedes Elizalde
Alan Evans
Regan Watjus
9:15 am-10:30 am
Room 327 - 329
Abdur Abdul-Malik
Kol Peterson
Eli Spevak

What’s New with ADUs? Legislation, Development Costs and Valuation

Since 2017, many legislative efforts and entrepreneurial initiatives have brought ADUs to the forefront of the conversation about urban infill housing opportunities within residential areas in cities facing affordable housing...
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Abdur Abdul-Malik
Kol Peterson
Eli Spevak
11:00 am-12:00 pm
Ballroom
Richard Rothstein

Keynote: Richard Rothstein

This presentation explodes the myth that individuals, or actions of private institutions like banks and real estate agencies, caused the divide of America’s cities by race. Learn about the forgotten...
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Richard Rothstein
12:00 pm-1:30 pm
Ballroom
Richard Rothstein

Lunch and Book Club with Richard Rothstein

Join the economic policy historian for some face-to-face time with Richard to discuss his book and the future of the housing landscape.
Richard Rothstein
1:30 pm-3:00 pm
Room 296 - 298
Sean Hubert
Molly Rodgers

SRO Revival – A Reemergence of Co-living

Single room occupancy housing was once a widespread housing type that provided an affordable option to the working class until post-WWII social norms led to their closure. Now cities are...
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Sean Hubert
Molly Rodgers
1:30 pm-3:00 pm
Room 327 - 329
Leonard Bauer
Elizabeth Decker
Eunice Kim
Zac Moody
Pete Walter

Meeting in the Middle – Effective Zoning Strategies for Missing Middle Housing

This discussion will spotlight code update stories from four diverse jurisdictions of various sizes and geographies across Cascadia, and how they approached zoning for ADUs, plexes, cottage clusters, small multifamily housing, and other innovative housing types.

Leonard Bauer
Elizabeth Decker
Eunice Kim
Zac Moody
Pete Walter
1:30 pm-3:00 pm
Ballroom
Steven Dietz
Larry Ellifritz
Robert Liberty
Rose M. Ojeda
Jack Woodruff

2019: The Year of Progress in ADU Finance Innovation

Transformational changes have been occurring with financing ADUs in 2019. Several financing options have come online this year to reduce the financial barrier to entry for homeowners who wish to...
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Steven Dietz
Larry Ellifritz
Robert Liberty
Rose M. Ojeda
Jack Woodruff
3:30 pm-5:00 pm
Room 296 - 298
Michael Andersen
Alexander Blair
Elizabeth Decker
Al Mowbray

Is this thing working? Measuring the effect of your housing tools and incentives

Code updates, zoning changes, incentives… cities across the country are taking steps to increase the supply of small and middle housing in their communities. But are these measures delivering results?...
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Michael Andersen
Alexander Blair
Elizabeth Decker
Al Mowbray
3:30 pm-5:00 pm
Ballroom
Leonard Bauer
Jo Ann Hardesty
Madeline Kovacs
Dani Madrone
Amelia Templeton

Making the Case for More Neighbors: Strategies for Passing “Missing Middle” Housing Legislation

This moderated panel discussion will focus on effective communication and engagement strategies for passing legislation – whether it’s state laws or local zoning ordinances – to enable more missing middle...
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Leonard Bauer
Jo Ann Hardesty
Madeline Kovacs
Dani Madrone
Dani Madrone
Amelia Templeton
3:30 pm-5:00 pm
Room 327 - 329
Dan Hill
Michelle Glass 
Carmel Perez Snyder
Eli Spevak
Morgan Tracy

Universal Design – Introducing Accessible Homes in Residential Zones

Over the past few decades, accessibility requirements have infiltrated most parts of our built environment, from commercial spaces to airports to multifamily apartments.  But they generally don’t apply to single...
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Dan Hill
Michelle Glass 
Carmel Perez Snyder
Eli Spevak
Morgan Tracy
5:00 pm-6:00 pm
Ballroom

Housing Stories and Innovations

Join us to hear five people’s housing journeys into living large in smaller homes. They will share what drew them to a small space, how they managed to scale down,...
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Day 1
Nov 08 2019
8:00 am-2:00 pm
PSU Smith Center

Friday Bus Tour: Fasten Your Seat Belts – It’s Been a Bumpy Ride… A Tour of Portland’s Hidden Discriminatory Housing History

Bus tour and facilitated discussion:  There was a time when Oregon was known as the most discriminatory state north of the Mason-Dixon Line. Until 1926, the Oregon Constitution stated it...
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8:30 am - 6:00 pm
Revolution Hall, Portland, Oregon
Kol Peterson

ADU Academy

ADU Academy is an educational event about ADUs for industry professionals. Specifically, it’s for designers, builders, lenders, realtors, appraisers, real estate investors, and developers.

Kol Peterson