Housing First Across the Country is the second in a series of A Roof town hall meetings to be held around the state. Nancy Burke with the Alaska Mental Health Trust Authority moderates a discussion with Housing First experts Sam Tsemberis and Bill Hobson. Housing First is a growing movement for addressing chronic homelessness. The basic idea…

With Jimmy Ord of Alaska Housing Finance Corporation, Chris Perez of the Rasmuson Foundation, Scott Ciambor of the Alaska Coalition on Housing and Homelessness, and Dan Robinson, Karinne Wiebold, Robert Krieger of the Alaska Department of Labor.

With Patrick Sidmore of the Alaska Mental Health Board/Advisory Board on Alcoholism and Drug Abuse.

The fall meeting of the Alaska Council on the Homeless. For the full agenda, click here.

A broad overview of the basic elements of housing first project development. Session will focus on site selection practices; creative funding strategies for both capital and operational funding; selecting residents; dealing with opposition; and community relations strategies. Bill Hobson has been executive director of the Seattle’s DESC since 1988.

Featuring Mark Romick of the Alaska Housing Finance Corporation, Tyler Robinson of Cook Inlet Housing Authority, Glenn Gellert of Volunteers of America, Corrine O’Neill of RurAL Cap, Mandy O’neal Cole of AWARE, Inc., and John Weaver of VRS.