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Remarks from the Podium
Dyann Roth
President & CEO
Inglis
Heidi Bohn
Executive Director
Inglis
Fireside Chat: Aligning City, State and Mission Leadership to Advance Philadelphia's Next Wave of Affordable Housing
How public, private and nonprofit leaders are turning capital commitments into measurable progress
Robin Wiessman
CEO & Executive Director
Pennsylvania Housing Finance Agency
Donna Bullock
CEO
Project HOME
Jessie Lawrence
Director, Department of Planning & Development
City of Philadelphia
Jonathan Lubonski
EVP, Development
The Michaels Organization
Making Housing Deals Work: How Projects Get Approved, Funded, and Closed in Philadelphia
A look at what it actually takes to move housing projects from proposal to closing in Philadelphia, from funding and land access to approvals and execution
Joe Duffey
CEO & President
NewCourtland
David Thomas
President & CEO
PHDC
Maria Gonzalez
President
HACE
Travis Seal
Principal
Select Redevelopment
Sue Taylor
Senior Relationship Manager
TD Bank U.S.
Garry Pezzano
President & CEO
LeadingAge PA
Opening Doors: Designing and Delivering Affordable Housing at Scale
How large affordable housing projects are being designed, phased, and delivered across the city
Timothy Henkel
CEO & Principal
Pennrose
Mo Rushdy
Managing Partner
Riverwards Group
Alison Carey
Principal and Founder
Aedera Companies
Chuck Hurchalla
Founder and CEO
Evolution Sustainability Group
Why you should attend the Philadelphia affordable housing conference
Why This Matters:
Philadelphia’s affordable housing strategy is shifting from ambition to implementation. With Mayor Parker’s H.O.M.E. initiative advancing as a $2B plan to build, preserve and restore 30,000 homes — including the City’s first $400M H.O.M.E. bond pricing in March 2026 — the market is beginning to see how policy priorities are turning into capital commitments.
At the same time, PHA’s Opening Doors strategy is entering a more active phase, with plans to preserve more than 12,900 existing apartments, create thousands of new affordable units and leverage a multibillion-dollar capital strategy. The first phase of Westpark breaking ground in March 2026 underscores that these plans are beginning to move from strategy documents into real projects.
For developers, investors, housing agencies, designers, contractors and community partners, the key question is no longer whether Philadelphia has ambitious housing goals. It is how those goals will be funded, approved, phased and delivered in a market still facing high costs, financing pressure and urgent preservation needs.
What You Will Learn:
How Philadelphia’s affordable housing priorities are being translated into active projects, capital allocations and development opportunities.
What Mayor Parker’s H.O.M.E. initiative means for developers, housing partners and communities as the city begins deploying bond funding.
How PHA’s Opening Doors strategy is reshaping preservation, redevelopment and public-private partnership opportunities across the city.
Which financing tools, public-sector relationships and approval pathways are proving most important for getting affordable housing deals across the finish line.
How developers are navigating interest rates, construction costs, insurance pressure and tight margins while keeping projects viable.
Where Philadelphia’s greatest preservation risks exist, and how stakeholders are working to protect vulnerable affordable and naturally occurring affordable housing.
What role adaptive reuse can play in expanding the city’s housing pipeline, from office conversions to schools, churches and other underused properties.
Which design, engineering and construction strategies are helping teams deliver affordable housing more efficiently without sacrificing quality.
How You’ll Do More Business:
Meet the public officials, housing authorities, developers, capital providers, nonprofit leaders, architects, engineers and construction teams shaping Philadelphia’s affordable housing pipeline. Attendees will gain a clearer understanding of where public funding is moving, which redevelopment efforts are gaining traction and where private-sector partners can plug into the city’s next wave of housing production and preservation.
Why You Should Attend:
If your business touches affordable housing in Philadelphia, this is the moment to understand where the market is heading and who is helping shape it. The combination of H.O.M.E., PHA’s Opening Doors initiative, and active redevelopment activity means Philadelphia is entering a more consequential phase of affordable housing production, preservation and reinvestment. This event will help attendees get sharper on the real decision-makers, the actual funding pathways, and the project-level pressures that will define which deals move and which stall over the next 12 to 24 months.
For questions regarding content and speaking, please email our Event Producer, Dane Sinks, at Dane.Sinks@bisnow.com. Want to get involved? Contact Max.Kleinberg@bisnow.com to get information on sponsorship, pricing and availability at this event.
To request disability-related accommodations, please contact mackenzie.kunkle@bisnow.com no later than seven business days prior to the event.
Venue
ONE North Broad
One N Broad St
Philadelphia, PA 19107
Metered parking is available on Broad Street. The closest garage is the Convention Center parking lot at Broad and Arch (1324 Arch Street).
Agenda
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8:00 AM
9:00 AM
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Registration, Networking & Breakfast
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9:00 AM
9:10 AM
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Opening Remarks From Inglis Leadership
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9:10 AM
9:55 AM
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Making Housing Deals Work: How Projects Get Approved, Funded, and Closed in Philadelphia
How developers, lenders and public agencies are structuring successful affordable housing deals |
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9:55 AM
10:10 AM
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Networking Break
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10:10 AM
10:55 AM
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Opening Doors: Designing and Delivering Affordable Housing at Scale
How large affordable housing projects are being designed, phased, and delivered across the city |
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10:55 AM
11:25 AM
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Fireside Chat: Aligning City, State and Mission Leadership to Advance Philadelphia's Next Wave of Affordable Housing
How public, private and nonprofit leaders are turning capital commitments into measurable progress |
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11:25 AM
11:55 AM
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Closing Networking
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