Southern California Association of Governments

On April 20, 2006, SCAG presented the Sixth Annual Regional Housing Summit: Where Will Our Children Live? at the Torrance Cultural Arts Center in Torrance California.

More than 200 policymakers and housing leaders from across the region convened in an effort to devise new approaches to address the growing housing crisis. Thank you to our speakers, participants, and sponsors who made the Housing Summit a great success.

Conference Materials

• Summit Program
• Speaker Profiles

Summit Presentations

• "Avoiding Failure to Launch"
  Dr. Dowell Myers, Professor
  School of Policy, Planning & Development, USC.
• "Where Will Our Children Live?"
  Mr. Joseph Carreras, Lead Regional Planner
  Southern California Association of Governments
• "Fulfilling the Demand for Urban Living"
  Mr. Welton Smith, Vice-President of Development
  Southern California Housing Development Corporation
• "The Compass Blueprint"
  Mr. John Fregonese, Principal
  Fregonese Calthorpe and Associates
• "Subregional and Local Land Use Strategies - Implementing the 2% Strategy"
  Hon. William Fulton, Councilmember, City of Ventura
  and President of Solimar Research

Additional Information

Reports

• SCAG Housing Element and Building Permit Issuance Report, April 2006
  As a service to SCAG members and policy makers, this report is prepared to monitor the progress and performance towards meeting the housing goals in the region. It reflects the most recent building activity data through December 2005.

Tools

• Just Say Go - Developers Devise a Formula for Fighting the NIMBY Response
  A Special Supplement to the September 2004 Multifamily Executive
  by Gloria Elisa Chavez
• Another Step Forward - Riverside County (Flyer for DVD)
  Western Riverside Council of Governments (WRCOG)
• Housing Element Review Worksheet

Links

• Affordable Housing Clearinghouse
  The Affordable Housing Clearinghouse is a network of lenders, community groups, and public agencies dedicated to the creation of quality affordable housing.
• Affordable Housing Design Advisor
  A tool, resource, idea bank and step-by step guide to Design in affordable housing.
• Affordable Housing Finance
  Online source for news, resources & ideas for the affordable housing & multifamily housing industries.
• California Housing Law Project
  The California Housing Law Project is an advocacy organization that lobbies in the California State Legislature for affordable housing and tenants rights for low income people, the disabled, elderly, homeless and farmworkers. The Law Project also provides housing information services to local government housing agencies, housing advocacy organizations and individuals.
• City of Los Angeles Adaptive Reuse Program
  This handbook assembles in one location the regulations the City of Los Angeles has adopted to encourage "adaptive reuse" - the conversion of existing buildings to new residential uses, including apartments, condos, live/work units, and hotels.
• KnowledgePlex®
  Created by a distinguished team of founding partners and implemented by the Fannie Mae Foundation, KnowledgePlex® is designed to support the efforts of practitioners, grantors, policy makers, scholars, investors, and others involved or interested in the fields of affordable housing and community development.
• League of California Cities - Focus on Housing
  Focus on Housing is published monthly by the League of California Cities, in support of the League goal of working to expand the supply and affordability of housing.
• Neighborhood Assistance Corporation of America (NACA)
  A non-profit community advocacy and housing services organization.
• Compass Blueprint

Conference Sponsors

Thank you to our sponsors

• The City of Torrance
• Anastasi Development