The Clatsop Housing Solutions Conference, on Sept. 27, 2007, in the Seaside Civic & Convention Center, drew nearly 200 participates who explored topics important to lenders, builders, business owners and managers, real estate agents, service providers, city and county planners, housing advocacy groups, community leaders and local government agencies.

Experts talked about how available resources can be used more effectively and offered new approaches that are working elsewhere, such as accessory dwelling units, housing trusts, mixed-use development, sweat equity home building and affordable lot development, as well as policies that local governments can adopt to encourage affordable housing development.

Presentations from the Conference

Click on the speaker's name to read a synopsis of the remarks or view PDF of a PowerPoint.

John VanLandingham, Lane County Legal Aid: "Affordable Housing Tools for Local Governments Featuring Land Use Planning."

Jim Long, City of Bend's affordable housing development program

Kate Allen, Enterprise Community Partners: "Power Tools: Workforce Housing"

Casey Mitchell: "Alternative Homeownership Models"

Al Smiles:  "Workforce Housing: A Local Perspective"

Crystal Weston: "Clatsop County Housing Research"

Tom Bender: "Housing Affordability on the Oregon Coast"

Clatsop Housing Report

Also speaking were:

Leon Laptook, Community Development Law Center

Jim Winkler, Winkler Development Corporation

Oregon Sen. Betsy Johnson

John Berdes of ShoreBank Enterprise Cascadia;

Jim Tierney and Casey Mitchell from Community Action Team

Lane deMoll of NeahCasa.

Conference Program and Speaker Bios

Sponsors and Donors

Participants