Please find the initial schedule for the conference below. The conference is scheduled to commence on Tuesday, April 22, 2025, at 9:00 AM, with registration and pre-conference workshops beginning at 7:30 AM. The event will conclude on Wednesday, April 23, 2025, at 12:30 PM, allowing attendees sufficient time to travel to the airport for late afternoon and early evening departures. We advise attendees to plan their arrival for Monday, April 21, 2025.

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In this session, you will learn about Five Tools of Academic Workforce Housing: assisting with the cost of housing, building housing, buying real estate, lending, and empowering employees by educating them on the options and programs available to them.

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The rising cost of housing presents a significant barrier to students and faculty, impacting recruitment, retention, and overall well-being. This panel will explore innovative solutions to address affordability challenges in student and workforce housing...

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Utilizing specific case studies from Bay Area campuses, this session will explore how graduate, faculty, workforce, and community college housing can be considered in urban districts.

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This session will highlight Foothill-De Anza’s allocation of $200M of bond monies for student and/or employee housing.  With the approval of funding comes a plethora of questions...

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This panel will bring together experts from Community Colleges, UC campuses, and the teams delivering these projects to discuss how shared student housing projects will dramatically change the landscape of higher education.

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This case-based session will explore how the project team is leveraging a collaborative, risk-reward model to scale efficient, high-quality student housing. Attendees will gain insights into how modular construction...

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Join us for an engaging fireside chat as two longtime colleagues reunite to explore the evolving landscape of student and workforce housing. Bill Bayless, Founder & CEO of Maslow’s Campus Communities, and moderator Richard Orr, a seasoned expert in P3 partnerships, will reflect on their past collaborations and rehash lessons learned while shaping over $500 million in student housing development.

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This panel will delve into the factors that help promote the successful implementation of a development project through the design and construction period and into operations.

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As housing costs continue to rise across California, workforce housing has emerged as a critical solution for retaining essential employees, particularly in education. This panel will explore the complexities of workforce housing development, offering insights from key stakeholders who have successfully navigated the process.

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Public and private higher education institutions have explored partnerships with private developers and not-for-profit entities to provide upfront capital, address deferred maintenance, implement capital improvements, and deliver property management services that improve the living-learning experience for students...

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This session will provide a discussion for creative ways to potentially finance and build housing projects on campuses by referencing several case studies, and discussing the financing mechanisms open to campuses. This will include...

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This session will explore how institutions can leverage small spaces and even smaller budgets to deliver on their mission while maximizing financial and community returns. Join university leaders and industry partners passionate about placemaking as they unpack the financial and social value of smart space design...

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This session will explore key financing strategies, including direct government support, tax credits (LIHTC), tax-exempt bonds, private funding, housing trust funds, philanthropic contributions, and soft loans.

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This session will provide owners, developers, policymakers, and housing professionals with key insights on creating sustainable, affordable, and high-quality living environments that serve both students and working professionals within a single development.

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This session will explore the defining traits of Gen Alpha and the implications for student housing, from technology integration and flexible living spaces to affordability and sustainability demands.

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In response to escalating housing costs and the pressing need to attract and retain faculty and staff, universities are increasingly seeking new solutions to workforce housing challenges. In this session, we will explore three institutional approaches to delivering workforce housing. From creating a compelling value proposition to creative financing structures, we’ll explore the unique story and strategy behind each institution – and share key insights to put your project on the path to success.

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The goal of improving and measuring student success has a direct relationship to the access of services and amenities on campus. Robust services that universities provide are sometimes not maximized due to physical locations. What if we considered a different business model for higher ed, one that prioritized the student experience rather than financial reporting lines?

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This panel will explore innovative financing structures that institutions can use to develop off-balance sheet housing solutions tailored to the needs of faculty and staff. Experts will discuss public-private partnerships, creative funding models, and case studies that demonstrate how schools can expand housing options without straining institutional budgets.

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In this panel discussion you will hear from a project team on the campus of University of California Riverside who are completing a Design Build Novation project where the design team was under contract to the Owner through Schematic Design and eventually novated to a Design Build Contractor to complete design and construction.

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This panel brings together industry leaders, institutional investors, and development experts to explore how creative financing structures can bridge funding gaps and ensure the success of housing developments. Attendees will gain insights into...

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Using several recent case studies, the panel will discuss how community fosters vibrancy and flexibility, improves quality of life, provides social connections, and creates value for the town and gown by knitting together a diverse range of housing types...

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Using two national models as examples, this presentation reviews a recently completed project in Portland Maine and shows an in-progress adaptive re-use of the recently closed Eastern Niagara Hospital in Lockport, New York. This session will explore the adaptive re-use of Eastern Niagara Hospital for community- serving functions such as workforce housing, dormitory use, and campus and neighborhood-supporting retail.

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State funding plays a critical role in expanding access and opportunities for low-income students, but what are the real-world business implications of these grants? This session will explore the financial and operational outcomes of state-funded initiatives, featuring insights from education leaders. This discussion will provide a behind-the-scenes look at how state investments shape institutional strategy and impact student success.

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The rising cost of housing is posing a significant challenge for universities, making it increasingly difficult to attract and retain faculty and staff. As housing affordability impacts talent recruitment, retention, and overall quality of life, many institutions are reassessing workforce housing demand and exploring viable solutions.

This session will examine strategies adapted from...

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Securing financing and breaking ground on workforce housing developments is no small feat. This panel dives into three real-world case studies of projects that have successfully reached financial closing and are now under construction.

Our expert panelists will walk through the obstacles they faced—ranging from funding gaps and regulatory hurdles to community pushback—and the creative solutions that moved these deals to the finish line. Attendees will gain firsthand insights into the strategies, partnerships, and financing structures that made these projects possible, offering a roadmap for getting workforce housing done in today’s challenging market.

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