Housing Finance for Equitable Planning: Lessons from Cities

Thursday, April 24, 2025

3:30 PM – 4:15 PM CT

Location: Channel 1

CM: .75

Moderator and Speaker(s)

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Heather Sauceda Hannon, AICP

Director, Planning Practice and Scenario Planning
Lincoln Institute of Land Policy
Cambridge, Massachusetts

Speaker(s)

Arica N. Young, PhD (she/her/hers)

Director, Housing Access and Affordability
Lincoln Institute of Land Policy
Alexandria, Virginia
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Samuel P. Leichtling, AICP (he/him/his)

City Planning Director
City of Milwaukee Department of City Development
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Rico Quirindongo, AIA

Director, Office of Planning and Community Development
City of Seattle
Seattle, Washington

Presenters — including planning directors from a few of the nation’s largest cities and an expert on housing finance issues and mechanisms — help attendees better understand the residential housing market. They discuss the struggle to accomplish housing and development while creating equitable places, and share trends and best practices from across the country. Planning directors offer examples of how their departments are considering the future of housing in their cities. They offer land use solutions and policies that balance the need for affordable housing while ensuring their cities are accessible to all.

Learning Objectives:

Understand why housing finance is an important topic for planners to understand in relation to equity.
Compare how different big cities are tackling residential housing market issues.
Understand the connections between how housing is financed, what gets built, and who can buy it.