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All activities scheduled at Portland State University\u2019s Smith Memorial Union Building (1825 SW Broadway, Portland, OR 97201) unless noted otherwise. All times and speakers subject to change.<\/p>\n
Smith Memorial Student Union Ballroom – Recording Link<\/a><\/strong> Candace Avalos<\/strong>, Verde, Portland: Neighbors Welcome Board Member What do Housing Providers Have to Say About Zoning Reform and City Policies? – Recording\u00a0Link<\/a> Julia Metz<\/strong>, Catholic Charities of Oregon Inclusionary Housing: A dial, not a switch – Recording\u00a0Link<\/a> Vivian Satterfield<\/strong>, Verde Cultivating Business Leadership for Abundant and Equitable Housing: Ryan Hashagen<\/strong>, Icicle Tricycles More Trees for More Neighbors – Recording\u00a0Link<\/a> Dr Vivek Shandas<\/strong>, Portland State University <\/p>\n Housing Abundance Requires Abundant Transportation –\u00a0Recording Link<\/a> Alex Baca<\/strong>, Greater Greater Washington <\/p>\n What’s Happening in the Federal Government? A presentation by Up For Growth – Recording Link<\/a> Mike Kingsella<\/strong>, Up For Growth Tenants Rights In Our Backyard – And Tenants In Our Coalition, Too – Recording Link<\/a> Tram Hoang<\/strong>, Housing Justice Center You’re a YIMBY? Great, Why Aren’t You a Small Developer Yet? – Recording Link<\/a> Neil Heller, <\/strong>Neighborhood Workshop Land Use Policy is Climate Policy is Housing Policy – Recording Link<\/a> The Future of Historic Preservation – Recording Link<\/a> Kristen Minor<\/strong> Developers Sound Off: Successes, Challenges, and Opportunities to Build All This Dang Housing – Recording Link<\/a> Ezra Hammer<\/strong>, TaylorMorrison Moderated by Michael Andersen<\/strong>, Sightline Institute<\/p>\n Keeping Our Neighbors Housed – Recording Link<\/a> Cole Merkel<\/strong>, HereTogether Oregon Equitable Schools Demand Equitable Neighborhoods – Recording Link<\/a> Courtney Westling<\/strong>, Portland Public Schools Winning Abundant Housing: Japan & New Zealand – Recording Link<\/a> Kirdan Lees, <\/strong>Sense Partners, Auckland <\/p>\n Hosted by Leah Benson <\/p>\n Parking Reform Network Happy Hour – 4:30 to 6:30 PM<\/strong> Fighting the Freeway Industrial Complex and What It Means for Housing – Recording Link<\/a> Anna Zivarts<\/strong>,\u00a0Disability Mobility Initiative Building Healthy Organizations and Sustainable Movements – Recording Link<\/a> Henry Honorof<\/strong>, Welcoming Neighbors Network What Does It Take To Pass Statewide Zoning Reform? – Recording Link<\/a> Brian Hanlon<\/strong>, California YIMBY Gender, Sexuality and Abundant Housing – Recording Link<\/a> Nancy Haque<\/strong>, Basic Rights Oregon Winning Abundant Housing: UK, Germany, and France – Recording Link<\/a> Yonah Freemark, <\/strong>Urban Institute <\/p>\n Showing up for All Our Neighbors: YIMBY and Houselessness – Recording Link<\/a> Dr. Marisa Zapata, PhD<\/strong>, PSU Homelessness Research & Action Collaborative Telling Stories and Building Narrative in a Distracted World – Recording Link<\/a> Allyson Woodard<\/strong>, Sunrise Movement – National Hub
Welcome to YIMBYtown! Welcome to Portland State University! And welcome to the Pacific Northwest.<\/p>\n
Alan Durning<\/strong>, Sightline Institute
Dr. Aaron Golub<\/strong>, Portland State University
Hosted by Aaron Brown<\/strong> and Steph Routh<\/strong>, YIMBYtown Co-Mayors<\/p>\n\u00a0<\/h5>\n
10:45am-12:00pm: Breakout Sessions<\/strong><\/h4>\n
Room 294<\/strong>
YIMBYs talk frequently about the benefits that zoning reform can bring towards increasing the supply of new market-rate housing, but affordable housing providers are also greatly impacted by municipal and statewide changes to housing policy, too. This panel interviews three housing providers about how Portland’s and Oregon’s zoning reforms will change the housing they build and speak about how to further collaborate with abundant housing advocates to maximize the number of homes they can provide to those in need.<\/p>\n
Paul Del Vecchio<\/strong>, Ethos Development
Preston Korst<\/strong>, Habitat for Humanity Portland Metro
Moderated by Jeannette Lee<\/strong><\/span>, Sightline Institute<\/p>\n
Room 296<\/strong>
For almost two decades, Oregon\u2019s cities were prohibited from using inclusionary housing as part of their toolkit to encourage new housing for people living on low-to-moderate incomes. What was the intent behind lifting this ban in 2016? Wat have we learned? How do we move forward? During this session, we have brought together those who initiated its inception and those who are tracking its progress so we can get past the hot takes for a solutions-focused conversation.
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Cassie Graves<\/strong>, Portland Housing Bureau
Stef Kondor<\/strong>, Related Northwest
Moderated by Kate McFarlane<\/strong>, Sightline Institute<\/p>\n
Presented by Business for a Better Portland – Recording\u00a0Link<\/a>
Room 327
<\/strong>How can housing advocates build relationships with business leaders to support a larger agenda of housing abundance? In an era in which municipal politics are often dominated by corporate-interests, civic leaders willing to speak out about the importance of proactive investment in equitable housing practices are a critical asset in the larger campaign to implement progressive policies for housing abundance and climate action. This panel features three Portland-based civic leaders who have used their positions as entrepreneurs to advocate for housing justice and transportation improvements for better urban form, and provides an opportunity for advocates to learn more about how to cultivate small business leadership in their own communities.
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Hope Beraka<\/strong>, Think Real Estate
William Henderson<\/strong>, Ride Report
Moderated by Mike Westling<\/strong>, Brink Communications<\/p>\n
Room 328
<\/strong>We love our urban tree canopy, and we love more neighbors. How do we ensure all neighborhoods—across income, race, and geography—can enjoy the benefits of greenscape and residential infill?
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Ted Labbe, Urban<\/strong> Greenspaces Institute
Roque Deherrera<\/strong>, Legacy Group Capital<\/p>\n12:15pm-1:15pm: Lunch Keynote<\/strong><\/h4>\n
Smith Memorial Student Union Ballroom<\/strong>
What do advocates for fair and abundant housing have in common with advocates for fair and abundant transportation, and how can they better collaborate to advocate for the neighborhoods we want? Four practitioners, advocates, and organizers break down why land use and transportation are so intertwined and what that means for the work ahead.<\/p>\n
Alex Contreras<\/strong>, Happy City Coalition
Jarrett Walker<\/strong>, Jarrett Walker Associates
Amy Stelly<\/strong>, Claiborne Avenue Alliance
Moderated by Michael Andersen<\/strong>, Sightline Institute<\/p>\n1:30pm-2:30pm: Breakout Sessions<\/strong><\/h4>\n
Room 294<\/strong>
What do advocates for fair and abundant housing have in common with advocates for fair and abundant transportation, and how can they better collaborate to advocate for the neighborhoods we want? Four practitioners, advocates, and organizers break down why land use and transportation are so intertwined and what that means for the work ahead.<\/p>\n
Taylor Smiley-Wolfe, <\/strong>Up For Growth Action Board Member<\/p>\n
<\/strong>Room 296
<\/strong>While there might be minor policy disagreements on the margins, the concepts of achieving housing justice by fighting for more homes to be built fighting for stronger tenant protections aren’t inherently contradictory. There’s clearly work to do, however, to organize at the speed of trust and find opportunities for common ground and build durable, broad coalitions for housing justice that pit YIMBYs and tenants not against each other but instead in collaboration against housing precarity and scarcity. This panel features speakers who have worked on numerous campaigns for renters’ rights to discuss successes and failures of building these coalitions, as well as charting a path forward for stronger alliances towards housing stability justice for everyone in our communities,
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Jamey Duhamel<\/strong>, City of Portland
Moderated by Shelby King<\/strong>, Shelterforce<\/em><\/p>\n
Room 328<\/strong>
After all these great pro-housing policies get passed, who is going to do the actual implementation of these building types in your community? Large-scale developers are not yet lining up to build triplexes and basement apartments in your neighborhoods. Come hear stories from advocates who decided they’d roll up their sleeves and add the housing and neighborhood amenities they wanted to see themselves. This presentation will also give an introduction to the basics of small scale infill development.<\/p>\n
Nicholas Papaefthimiou, <\/strong>infillPDX LLC
Payton Chung, <\/strong>Westover Green<\/p>\n
Smith Memorial Student Union Ballroom
<\/strong>Research says that to build low-carbon neighborhoods, we need to plan for regions filled with dense, walkable communities comprised of abundant and affordable housing connected by frequent and reliable transit. But how do we get there, and what role can abundant housing advocates play in coordinating with transit and climate advocates to spur these changes? This panel features the latest research on the significant of smart land use policy and advice from advocates on how to make the housing\/transportation link more durable.<\/p>\n
Joe Cortright<\/strong>, City Observatory
Ben Holland,<\/strong> Rocky Mountain Institute<\/div>\n\u00a0<\/h4>\n
2:45pm-4:00pm: Breakout sessions<\/strong><\/h4>\n
Room 294
<\/strong>Is the role of historic preservation to memorialize loss, or does it have an active role in building something different? What is the distinctive role of historic preservation in moving forward? Whatever your definition of these terms, you will be invited to hold them lightly during this conversation.
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Cleo Davis<\/strong>
Winta Yohannes<\/strong>, Albina Vision Trust
Moderated by Steph Routh<\/strong>, Sightline Institute, YIMBYtown Co-mayor<\/p>\n
Room 296<\/strong>
With legislation for missing middle housing rapidly sweeping the country, who is stepping up to build the duplexes, triplexes, and fourplexes that are now relegalized for America’s urban cores? This panel features developers currently building these new missing middle housing who will provide their perspective on how these new laws are and aren’t streamlining the construction of new places to live.<\/p>\n
Eric Thompson<\/strong>, Oregon Homeworks
Payton Chung, <\/strong>Westover Green<\/p>\n
Room 328
<\/strong>The crisis of homelessness dominates so many aspects of municipal politics here in Portland and other cities with a massive affordable housing shortage, and many crucial initiatives are currently susceptible to a growing, coordinated revanchist political revolt . How can advocates for abundant housing show up in these spaces to support advocates in their work of getting everyone housed, and also fight off the grumps more concerned that they have to see poverty and suffering than the fact such injustice exists in the first place? This panel provides speakers who will discuss the ongoing struggle to implement proven, humane policy solutions and what role YIMBYs can play in shifting the narrative about housing policy.
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Mercedes Elizalde<\/strong>, Central City Concern
Mindy Woods,<\/strong> Resident Action Project<\/p>\n
Room 329<\/strong>
Abundant housing advocates propose sweeping changes to zoning codes to hack away at segregation; education advocates have been attempting to integrate public schools for decades with at best a mixed record of success. Schools are the social center and bedrock of a neighborhood, and decisions about school boundaries are often at least as contentious as those of zoning, especially along lines of race and class. This panel features education and housing advocates to discuss the role public schools play in the future of upzoned urban neighborhoods and what YIMBYs should know as they work for housing affordability and social integration.<\/p>\n
Dan Reed<\/strong>, Just Up The Pike
Scott Bailey<\/strong>, Former Portland Public School Board Member
Moderated by Rachel Cohen<\/strong>, Vox Media<\/p>\n
<\/span><\/strong>Smith Memorial Student Union Ballroom<\/strong>
Not every country suffers from acute housing shortages, spiraling prices, displacement, and the rest of the NIMBY nightmare. In this session, we\u2019ll hear \u2013 via Zoom from Tokyo and Auckland \u2013 from leading observers about two fascinating places. Japan has the most affordable and stable home prices and rents in the industrial world. What\u2019s the story? And New Zealand has recently adopted one of the most sweeping upzones in the world. How did it accomplish that? Lessons from afar for YIMBYtown!<\/p>\n
Robin Harding, <\/strong>Financial Times, Tokyo
Jiro Yoshida, <\/strong>Pennsylvania State University and University of Tokyo
<\/strong>Moderated by Alan Durning,<\/strong> Sightline Institute<\/p>\nPublic Testimony: Housing Advocates Sound Off at the Story Slam*<\/strong><\/h4>\n
\u00a0<\/h5>\n
Doors at 6:00pm, Presentation at 7:30<\/strong><\/h5>\n
Stage 722 – 722 SE 10th Ave. Portland, OR 97214<\/strong>
[food and drink available for purchase from vendors at venue]<\/h5>\n
Steph Routh, <\/strong>YIMBYtown Co-Mayor
Councilmember Mitra Jalali<\/strong>, City of St Paul
Mindy Woods, <\/strong>Resident Action Project
Valeria McWilliams<\/strong>
Zach Wiley<\/strong><\/p>\n\u00a0<\/h4>\n
OFF CAMPUS, UNOFFICIAL, YIMBYTOWN PARTNER EVENTS MONDAY EVENING<\/h4>\n
Rogue Brewing
928 SE 9th Ave, Portland, OR 97214<\/p>\n
\nDay 2 – TUESDAY, APRIL 12<\/h2>\n
\u00a0<\/h5>\n
9:00am-10:30am: Breakout Sessions<\/strong><\/h4>\n
Room 294<\/strong>
Reducing urban car dependency is a necessary and integral initiative to making housing more affordable, neighborhoods more healthy, and lowering our emissions. Yet American transportation policy overwhelmingly continues to spend billions on freeways. How are transportation, climate, and housing advocates working to stymie the freeway industrial complex and what does it mean for the movement for abundant housing?<\/p>\n
Alex Contreras<\/strong>, A Happy City Coalition
Adah Crandall<\/strong>, Sunrise Movement PDX \/ Youth Vs ODOT
Martha Roskowski<\/strong>, Further Strategies
Moderated by Ryan Packer,<\/strong> The Urbanist<\/em><\/p>\n
Room 296<\/strong>
How do you create an advocacy organization that is inclusive, welcoming, and focused? How do you avoid burnout from staff and board members? How do you turn a small slack channel’s worth of housing advocates into a powerhouse organization shifting public policy at the city- and state-level? These aren’t easy questions to answer, but they are certainly the questions asked of anyone interested in building an organization. This panel features three leaders who have held leadership positions in numerous social movements, political campaigns and nonprofit organizations, where they will speak on the lessons learned to make sure our efforts support long term success.<\/p>\n
Jesse Kanson-Benavav<\/strong>, Abundant Housing Massachusetts
Sarah Weber-Ogden<\/strong>, Community Organizer<\/p>\n
Room 328<\/strong>
While the YIMBY movement got its start shooting spitballs at neighborhood associations and municipal governments, the last few years have seen housing advocates wil gamechanging legislation passed through their state capitols. Oregon’s HB 2001 in 2019 and California’s passage of SB 9 last fall represent a whole new path forward for proactive zoning reform to relegalize missing middle housing. This panel features three housing advocates from West Coast states sharing their perspectives on the key ingredients necessary for statewide victories, and how these campaigns differ from the municipal advocacy in terms of strategy, community engagement and messaging. Also, let’s celebrate these monumental victories!<\/p>\n
Mary Kyle McCurdy<\/strong>, 1000 Friends of Oregon
Alex Brennan<\/strong>, Futurewise<\/p>\n
Room 329<\/strong>
Cities have historically always been sanctuary for the queer community. Yet as American sexuality and gender roles have expanded and evolved, our housing paradigms have not, and the LGBTQ population suffers from higher rates of housing precarity on every metric. How can zoning codes and housing policy more broadly make a community more inclusive, welcoming and affordable? This panel will acknowledge the ways that the norms of “single family homes” mirror the norms of heteronormativity, and more broadly touch on the need for further overlap and collaboration between LGBTQ+ advocates and those for abundant and affordable housing.<\/p>\n
Dan Reed<\/strong>, Just Up The Pike
Esme Miller, <\/strong>Lewis and Clark College
Moderated by Sarah Mirk<\/strong><\/p>\n
<\/strong>Smith Memorial Student Union Ballroom<\/strong>
Not every country suffers from acute housing shortages, spiraling prices, displacement, and the rest of the NIMBY nightmare. In this session, we\u2019ll hear \u2013 via Zoom from Europe \u2013 from leading observers about three fascinating places. Germany has among the affordable and stable home prices and rents in the industrial world. What\u2019s the story? Paris was in a full-on housing crisis and then it started building enormous amounts of housing. How did that happen? And the UK recently adopted an intriguing new approach to housing reform: what is it and how will it work? Lessons from afar for YIMBYtown!<\/p>\n
Konstantin Kholodin, <\/strong>DIW Berlin
Thiess B\u00fcttner, <\/strong>Friedrich-Alexander-Universit\u00e4t Erlangen-N\u00fcrnberg
John Myers, <\/strong>YIMBY Alliance, London
<\/strong>Moderated by Jenny Schuetz,<\/strong> Brookings Institution<\/p>\n10:45am-12:00pm: Breakout Sessions<\/strong><\/h4>\n
Room 294<\/strong>
While YIMBYs often are advocating for changes that take years to implement, other housing advocates are working on changes for individuals on the streets tonight. How can advocates for abundant housing leverage their organization’s power and resources to ensure that everyone has a warm and dry place to sleep at night? How does undersupply of housing impact a region’s homeless population? This panel explores the successes and challenges of how these conversations have played out in Portland, the lessons learned from efforts to pass Portland’s Shelter to Housing Continuum, and the moral and political reasons to build stronger ties between these overlapping initiatives.<\/p>\n
Trisha Patterson<\/strong>, Portland: Neighbors Welcome
Kaia Sand,<\/strong> Street Roots
Moderated by Hanna Brooks Olsen<\/strong><\/p>\n
Room 296<\/strong>
The media landscape around urban housing policy is awfully noisy these days, and it’s not getting any easier to connect with distracted, overwhelmed audiences. It’s enormously difficult to translate communicate complicated white papers about zoning in simple, concrete terms that advance a progressive urban agenda and persuade the public to support urban infill. This panel features four individuals who have successfully crafted narratives around housing and climate policy at local, state and national levels of advocacy through a wide variety of media strategies, from illustrations to op-eds, earning media from national publications to training teenage activists to organize through effective tiktok videos.<\/p>\n
Jamal Raad<\/strong>, Evergreen Action
Alfred Twu,<\/strong> East Bay for Everyone
Bill Lindeke<\/strong>, MinnPost<\/em>
Moderated by Anna Fahey<\/strong>, Sightline Institute<\/p>\n