Our program offers a variety of sessions, from panel discussions to interactive Q&A sessions, where industry leaders will unpack complex challenges, spotlight projects, and share experiences from project inception to completion. Below is just a few sessions we plan to offer in the agenda:
This session looks at the innovative collaboration of universities, local jurisdictions, private developers, and private companies to create critical workforce housing in campus communities. Expanding the notion of “P3” public...
When a Southern California community college district committed to its first on-campus housing development, it was not simply adding beds. It was making a transformative institutional decision to evolve from...
With limited public funding and growing demand for both student and workforce housing, Public-Private Partnerships (P3) have become a critical tool for colleges and universities. This session dives into the...
Two years into one of the largest prefabricated student housing programs in the country, Cal Poly’s initiative offers a real world look at how modular delivery evolves from concept to...
California Community Colleges are expanding affordable student housing as a basic needs strategy that supports student stability, persistence, and success. This session explains how the CCC Affordable Student Housing (ASH)...
Not all student housing public-private partnerships are underwritten the same way. Power Four institutions often project permanence, political capital, and sustained demand creating a fundamentally different risk profile than smaller...
State housing legislation has fundamentally reshaped the landscape for student housing development. In this session, the Chair of the Student Homes Coalition will provide a practical roadmap for navigating California’s...
As student mental health challenges intensify, campus housing is evolving beyond shelter to become a critical platform for wellbeing, connection, and retention. This session explores how colleges and universities are...
School districts and universities are emerging as powerful anchor institutions, leveraging their real estate portfolios to advance affordable, workforce, and mixed-income housing. This session highlights two leading examples: the Austin...
Institutional debt capacity is a finite and precious resource. As universities face aging infrastructure and a desperate need for more beds, the traditional tax-exempt bond model is being challenged by...
The housing crisis is no longer limited to students, it has moved directly into the faculty and staff ranks, creating an operational and human resources challenge for educational institutions nationwide....
Over the past decade, a series of state statutes, laws and related regulations have reshaped how education institutions can plan, finance, and deliver student and workforce housing. Together, these laws...
Urban campuses across the country are under extraordinary pressure to deliver more beds, deeper affordability, and stronger student support, often on constrained sites in some of the nation’s most expensive...
The Ventura College Student Housing Project marks the first on-campus housing development in the institution’s history, representing a transformational shift for the college and its surrounding community. This session explores...
Community colleges are increasingly stepping into the housing space to address student affordability, access, and retention challenges. This session explores how districts across California are planning, structuring, and delivering on-campus...
Across the country, universities are stewarding aging housing assets that remain central to student life but increasingly difficult to maintain amid competing capital priorities. This session reframes deferred maintenance not...
On-campus university housing development is a multi-billion-dollar annual business. There is tremendous pressure to provide communities that attract students, comfort parents, elevate universities, yet remain affordable. This panel will explore...
Student housing has long been viewed as a core institutional function. But enrollment uncertainty, rising costs, deferred maintenance, and increasing political scrutiny are forcing universities to rethink how housing should be delivered, and who should truly own the risk.As more institutions explore...
P3s have been used to deliver student housing for a variety of different reasons and have spanned everything from first year housing through graduate housing. However, these P3s don’t work...
As California’s housing crisis intensifies, Cabrillo College and UC Santa Cruz are delivering a breakthrough model for intersegmental housing: fast, affordable and designed for an equitable, shared experience on a...
The seismic retrofit and modernization of UC Law San Francisco's 100 McAllister building exemplifies convergence as a planning mindset that transforms institutional challenges into innovation opportunities. Facing the dual pressures...
As higher education institutions rethink growth strategies, two models are gaining traction: centralized shared urban campuses and distributed expansion campuses. Both move beyond the traditional bounded campus, leveraging urban vibrancy,...
Join industry leaders for breakfast and an interactive discussion tailored specifically to the needs of education institutions. This pre-conference session is designed for those beginning to explore alternative delivery structures...
As workforce housing becomes essential to employee recruitment and retention, Los Angeles Unified School District is advancing a multi-site initiative designed to create a refined, repeatable delivery model. This session...
California’s higher education systems are advancing new models for addressing student housing shortages through intersegmental collaboration between community colleges and universities. This session highlights two pioneering partnerships, Riverside Community College...
How can community college districts accelerate housing delivery without starting from the ground up? This session explores how Foothill–De Anza Community College District leveraged $200 million in Measure G bond...
As housing affordability challenges increasingly impact employee recruitment and retention, institutions across sectors are rethinking how their real estate assets can support workforce needs. While healthcare systems have been at...
This panel will explore significant and subtle shifts in unit typologies, amenities, and financial market shifts related to graduate student housing. Without attractive and affordable options, the best and brightest...
