Homes Within Reach 2025 Wrap-Up

December 2025

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Affordable Housing Track

• A1. Transportation for Pennsylvanian Communities: Iterations and Innovations
• A4. Building Resilience Into Your Budgets in Times of Uncertainty
• A5. The Current State of the LIHTC Markets
• A6. Preserving Affordable Housing: Expanding Access Through Manufactured Homes
• A7. All Things RAD
• A8. Understanding Partnership Tax Capital Accounts
• A9. Advocacy Essentials for Nonprofits
• B1. Federal Policy Update: Housing Policy Under OBBBA, ROAD to Housing, and DOGE
• B5. Setting Up for Success in PA: Cost Limits and Cost Certifications
• B6. Driving Rural Housing Solutions: Building Capacity, Coalitions, and Homes
• B7. Affordable Housing Myth-busters: Pre-Construction Edition
• B8. Building Resilience in Energy Efficiency: Strategies for Programs and Property Owners
• C1. Value of Partnerships Among Mission Aligned Groups in this Changing Environment
• C4. Community Land Trusts: The History and Future of Permanently Affordable Housing
• C5. State Home Repair Program Update and Whole Home Performance Pilot
• C6. Preserving Affordable Homes: Strategies for Long-Term Stability
• C10. Preserving Homeownership and Addressing Bias in Property Tax Policy
• D5. Tackling Energy Poverty through Whole-Home Approaches to Energy Efficiency and Weatherization
• D7. Building an Economic Competitiveness Case for Housing
• E2. Managing, Developing and Preserving Affordable Housing During Uncertainty
• E4. The Power of Place: Designing Supportive and Resilient Communities
• E5. Pennsylvania Policy Update: Zoning and Land Reform
• E6. Bridging the Gap: Lessons from New Jersey’s Mount Laurel Doctrine

Blight Track

• A3. Land Banks in Action: Power, Partnerships & Possibility
• B2. The State of Land Banking: A National and Cross-State Perspective
• B4. A United Fight Against Blight: The Alle-Kiski Regional Solution
• C2. Partnering for Impact: Collaborative Tools to Combat Blight and Promote Safe, Affordable Housing
• D2. Field Tested, Inspector Informed: Building a Blight Index Tool
• D3. Responsible Conservatorship – Using Act 135 for the Public Good
• E3. Jumpstart: Fighting Blight, Furthering Entrepreneurship

Diversity Equity & Inclusion Track

• C3. Centering Lived Experience for Systems Change
• C7. Stronger Together: Resident-Staff Collaboration for Thriving Communities
• D6. Racial Wealth Gap Simulation
• D9. Unmuted: The Allyship We Need, The Change We Deserve
• D10. What’s Happening Now? Fair Housing Protections, Rights & Responsibilities, and Resources
• E9. Creating Successful Majority/Minority Partnerships to Build Affordable Housing

Homelessness Track

• A2.Navigating the Path: Providing Resources and Hope for Homeless Youth
• A10. Bridging Law and Health for Housing Stability
• B3. Go to the People: Street Outreach Strategies for Unsheltered Communities
• B9. From Crisis Response to Systems Change: Evolutions in  Eviction Prevention
• B10. Stabilizing Housing and Supporting Mental Health through CBCM Initiatives
• C8. Housing is a Start, But Keeping a Home is the Goal
• C9. Community-led Reimagining of Faith-Based Assets to Meet Housing Goals
• D1. Breaking the Cycle: Collaborative Approaches to Economic Mobility in Allegheny County
• D4. Unlocking Housing Solutions Through Community Connections
• D8. Navigating Transitions: An Introduction to Critical Time Intervention
• E1. Shifting the Response: How Local Policies Shape Police Responses to Homelessness
• E7. Navigating Home: Connecting Communities to Housing Through PA Navigate
• E8. Breaking Up with the VI-SPDAT: Creating a More Equitable Vulnerability Assessment
• E10. Small Changes Create Big Impact: Being More Welcoming, Inclusive, and Fostering Belonging