1. Center for Urban & Regional Analysis (CURA) at VCU Kathryn Howell, PhD John Accordino, PhD, FAICP Research to Strategies to Action to Change: Stakeholder Engagement Richmond, Virginia

2.  Research – design it so it connects with action and change.  Engage Stakeholders from the beginning. Research: A Moment In The Change Process

3.  Iterative process (stakeholders & consultants):  Study purpose & design  Quantitative results  Stakeholders interpret results  Stakeholders suggest solutions  Research of best-practice cases  Stakeholders vet, discuss, create additional options  Implementation  Monitoring Research: A Moment In The Change Process

4.  Housing Policy  Housing Policy Advocates / Change Agents  Capital Region Collaborative  Partnership for Housing Affordability  Regional Housing Alliance  Study Steering Committee  Consultants: VCHR & CURA@VCU Stakeholder Engagement – This Study

5.  Housing Policy  Housing Policy Advocates / Change Agents  Capital Region Collaborative  Partnership for Housing Affordability  Regional Housing Alliance  Study Steering Committee  Consultants: VCHR & CURA@VCU Stakeholder Engagement The study is their tool.

6.  12 regional experts on results of quantitative analysis  Nonprofit housing advocates and service providers  Government agency staff  Foundations  Engaged & educated key actors/leaders, provided depth of understanding, informed structure of survey. Interviews with Key Housing Actors

7.  Survey: 700 regional stakeholders – 162 responses  Elected Officials  Nonprofit housing advocates and service providers  Government agency staff  Nonprofit and for-profit developers  Foundations  Community-based advocates Survey of Regional Stakeholders

12.  65 local participants –  public, private non-profit, private for-profit  Engaged & educated actors/leaders, moved from problem toward policy ideas & constraints Workshop on Policy Solutions

13.  Improve connections between transportation & housing  Increase job training & education opportunities  Link affordable housing & new development  Increase density  Greater engagement by public officials  Community land trust Workshop on Policy Solutions

14.  Scan of Best Practices across United States  Yielded Policy Recommendations & Examples Follow-up Research on Workshop Recommendations

15.  Develop flexible, dedicated funding source for affordable housing  Housing Trust Funds: Lexington, Washington DC, Atlanta, Seattle  Improve access to the regional transit system, including dedicated funding, expansion, or new service  Richmond BRT is a Beginning  Transportation Trust Funds – Northern VA is Model Approaches to Housing Affordability

16.  Preserve & renovate existing affordable housing  Rehabilitation Loan Program for Small Rental Properties (Montgomery County, MD)  Portland 11 x 13 Preservation Campaign (Portland, OR)  Support access to affordable housing thru employee assistance  House Keys for Employees and Live Near Your Work (Baltimore, MD)  Housing Trust of Silicon Valley – CA  American Family Life Assurance Company (AFLAC) (Columbus, GA) Approaches to Housing Affordability

17.  Community Land Trust to support long-term affordable housing  Dudley Street Neighborhood Initiative (Boston, MA)  Westmoreland County Land Bank (Westmoreland County, PA) Approaches to Housing Affordability

18.  Strengthen local & regional coalitions to advocate policy, do projects  Regional demonstration projects based on joint contributions of public, private & non- profit sectors that reflect best-practices in mixed-use & mixed-income development  South Richmond Single-Room Occupancy (Henrico, Chesterfield, Richmond)  South Hampton Roads Regional Task Force to End Homelessness (Chesapeake, Franklin, Isle of Wight, Norfolk, Portsmouth, Southampton, Suffolk, Virginia Beach + 12 non-profits)  Ohio Preservation Compact  Coalition for Nonprofit Housing & Economic Development (Washington, DC) Approaches to Housing Affordability

19.  Incentives / requirements: affordable housing near job centers  Affordable Dwelling Unit / Inclusionary Zoning (Fairfax County, VA)  Affordable Housing Incentives (King County, WA) Approaches to Housing Affordability

20.  Expand by-right development through zoning  Suburban Mixed-use (West Broad Village, Reston Town Center)  Accessory Dwelling Units / Caregiver Suites (Arlington County, VA)  Infill Redevelopment (Austin, TX) Approaches to Housing Affordability

21.  Partnership for Housing Affordability is:  Educating the Region about Needs & Policy Options  Monitoring the Region’s Progress on Affordable Housing Toward Actions

22. Center for Urban & Regional Analysis (CURA @ VCU) John Accordino, Director jaccordi@vcu.edu jaccordi@vcu.edu