On May 27, NHC held our Solutions for Housing Communications virtual convening. This event was originally scheduled to take place in March at the National Press Club. Given COVID-19, NHC took necessary steps to cancel the in-person event, but we still wanted to bring people together to take part in important discussions around messaging, marketing and advocacy strategies to build support for affordable housing. We thank everyone for joining us via Zoom, especially all of our speakers and special keynote speakers Grovetta Gardineer, senior deputy comptroller for bank supervision policy for the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), and Conor Dougherty, New York Times economics reporter and author of “Golden Gates: Fighting for Housing in America.”

“Golden Gates” chronicles America’s housing crisis from its West Coast epicenter, peeling back the decades of history and economic forces that brought us here and taking readers inside the activist uprisings that have risen in tandem with housing costs.

Grovetta N. Gardineer is the Senior Deputy Comptroller for Bank Supervision Policy at the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC). In this role, Ms. Gardineer directs the formulation of policies and procedures for the supervision and examination of national banks and federal savings associations, chairs the agency’s Committee on Bank Supervision, and serves on the OCC’s Executive Committee. Ms. Gardineer was joined by NHC President and CEO David Dworkin to discuss OCC’s response to the COVID-19 economic crisis and implementation of the final rule on the Community Reinvestment Act.

2020 Agenda

 

SURVIVING PR: A Gutsy New Approach to Telling Your Story	Advocating for vulnerable populations during a health crisis	Powering your housing newsletter for impact and influence
Speaker: David Jeffers, First Story	Moderator: Karianna Barr, National Coalition Center on Homelessness and Poverty	Moderator: Andrea Nesby, NHC
	Panelists:	Panelists:
	Cathy Alderman, Colorado Coalition for the Homeless	Brianna Gipson, Pathways to Housing DC
	Barbara DiPietro, National Health Care for the Homeless Council	Cherri Sinclair, National Association of Affordable Housing Lenders
	Gina Wilt, Coalition on Homelessness and Housing in Ohio	Caroline Valvardi, Opportunity Finance Network
Creating a COVID-19 web response from the ground up	Telling the story: Why housing plays a central role during a health crisis	Tech Talk: Harnessing the power of digital media in 2020 and beyond
Moderator: Bob Simpson, NHC	Moderator: Fred Karnas, Richmond Memorial Health Foundation	Moderator: Allison Knapp Womack, Enterprise Community Partners
Panelists:	Panelists:	Panelists:
Stefan Hartwig, Electric Pulp	David Adame, Chicanos Por La Causa	Christina Gotuaco, California Housing Partnership
Aaron Mentele, Electric Pulp	Maya Brennan, Urban Institute	Kirsten Rokke, Minnesota Coalition for the Homeless
Gina Metrakas, NHC	Andy McHahon, UnitedHealthcare	Anthony Shop, Social Driver

Future of Housing News	GoodComm: Messaging for affordable housing
Moderator: Miriam Axel-Lute, Shelterforce	Moderator: Maria Plati, Preservation of Affordable Housing
Panelists:	Panelists:
Ally Schweitzer, WAMU Affordability Desk	Martin Mellett, Jubilee Housing
Roger Valdez, Forbes	Mackenzie Price, FrameWorks Institute
	Derek Madsen, CommonBond Communities