LeadingAge NY Co-Sponsors Senior Housing Symposium
LeadingAge NY is co-sponsoring with the New York State Association for Affordable Housing (NYSAFAH), Enterprise and the Supportive Housing Network of New York State (SHNNYS) a Senior Housing Symposium on Thurs., Nov. 13 in Albany. The conference will feature two 75-minute workshops on financing senior housing development and rehabilitations and on structuring supportive services for seniors.
Registration is available at www.nysafah.org.
LeadingAge NY members and staff will present at the symposium.
The symposium agenda includes:
10 a.m. - Registration & Continental Breakfast
10:30 a.m. Welcome & Introduction
Duncan Barrett, Omni Housing Development, NYSAFAH Board President Ex-Officio
10:45 a.m. – Session I
This session will focus on the development process and will touch on predevelopment, design, finance, and regulatory issues in getting senior housing built. It will explore potential reforms and expanding the resources needed to build senior housing more efficiently. Hear from developers, agencies and not-for-profits on how we can all build more and better senior housing in New York.
Moderated by: Alma Balonen-Rosen, Enterprise
Panelists:
- Jaime Ferraro, U.S. Dept. of HUD (invited)
- Roger Brandt, Rochester’s Cornerstone Group Ltd.
- Sam Beall, Enterprise Doug Reicher, Christopher Communities
- Marian Zucker, NYS HCR
12:15 p.m. – Session II
This session will focus on providing necessary services to seniors to facilitate aging-in-place for coming generations. Focus will be on non-licensed facilities and how best to structure developments in order to ensure the needs of an aging population are being met. Hear from service providers, other states and leading organizations that help advocate for services for this population.
Moderated by: Kristin Miller, Corporation for Supportive Housing
Panelists:
- John Broderick, Vermont SASH Program
- Deborah Damm O’Brien, DePaul Housing Management
- Ken Harris, Leading Age NY
- Steve Piasecki, Supportive Housing Network of NY
1:30 p.m. – Lunch
Registration fee for sponsoring organization members, including LeadingAge NY, is $25.00.
Registration fee for non-members is $50.00.
Contact Elizabeth Rossi with questions at 646.473.1207 or elizabeth@nysafah.org, or Ken Harris, kharris@leadingageny.org, 518-867-8835.