Missing Middle Housing: The Key to Scaling Affordability?
MAY 1, 2023
David Rubenstein Forum, 1201 E. 60th St., University of Chicago (transportation & parking)
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Time
Program
Location
8:00-8:30 am
Registration and Breakfast
Friedman Hall
3rd Floor, Prefunction Space
8:30-8:45 am
Welcome & Introduction
- Luis Bettencourt, University of Chicago
- Emily Talen, University of Chicago
Friedman Hall
3rd Floor
8:45-9:45 am
Opening Keynote
- Dan Parolek, Opticos Design, Author of Missing Middle Housing
Friedman Hall
3rd Floor
9:45-11:00 am
Naturally Occurring Affordable Housing
- Nathaniel “Nat” Decker, Fannie Mae
- Jake Wegmann, University of Texas
- Kurt Paulsen, University of Wisconsin
- Moderator: Stacie Young, Community Investment Corporation
Friedman Hall
3rd Floor
11:00-11:15 am
Break
Friedman Hall
3rd Floor, Prefunction Space
11:15 am-12:30 pm
Missing Middle Typologies
- Jennifer Settle, Opticos Design
- Susan Henderson, Placemakers
- Carlos Robles Shanahan, Rafael Robles Duo Development
- Moderator: Rhea Stephen, CoStar Group
Friedman Hall
3rd Floor
12:45 – 1:45 pm
Lunch Keynote
- Jenny Schuetz, Brookings Institution
- Introduction: Robert Chaskin, Crown Family School of Social Work, Policy, and Practice
University Room B
2nd floor
1:45-3:00 pm
The Disappearing Middle
- Ward Miller, Preservation Chicago
- Dunni Cosey Gay, Preservation Compact
- Anthony Simpkins, Neighborhood Housing Services of Chicago
- Moderator: Gary Scott, Congress for the New Urbanism
Friedman Hall
3rd Floor
3:00-3:15 pm
Break
Friedman Hall
3rd Floor, Prefunction Space
3:15-4:45 pm
Creating New Supply
- Ryan Terry, R + T Studio
- Mark Martin, BuildUp
- Brian Falk, Center for Applied Transect Studies
- Moderator: Kyle Smith, Metropolitan Mayors Caucus
Friedman Hall
3rd Floor
4:45-5:30 pm
Closing Keynote
- Erika C. Poethig, The White House Domestic Policy Council
- Introduction: Doug Farr, Farr Associates
Friedman Hall
3rd Floor
5:30-6:30 pm
City View Room
10th Floor