Valuing Homes in Black Communities - Event Agenda - Event handout

Sep 15, 2026

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Event handout for a program on valuing homes in Black communities and advancing structural innovations. It provides a detailed agenda with welcoming remarks, introductions of featured innovators, and three flash panels focused on restorative opportunities, rethinking ownership, and new frontiers in financing. It also profiles spotlight innovators, describing initiatives such as community land trusts, just neighborhood investment criteria, equity-based down payment assistance, climate-resilient affordable housing, and technology-driven appraisal approaches aimed at durable affordability and reduced racial inequality.

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Event Agenda

Welcoming remarks

Flash Panel 1: Restorative Opportunities

Flash Panel 2: (Re)thinking Ownership

Flash Panel 3: New Frontiers in Financing Homes

Meet the Spotlight Innovators

Valuing homes in Black communities: Meet the innovators driving forward a new generation of structural innovations Event Agenda 2:00 p.m. -2:05 p.m. Welcoming remarks Cecilia Rouse, President and CEO, The Brookings Institution 2:05 p.m. -2:20 p.m. Introducing the innovators – Announcement & Photo Andre Perry, Senior Fellow, Brookings Metro and Director, Center for Community Uplift Stuart Yasgur, Founder and Principal, Economic Architecture 2:20 p.m. -2:40 p.m. Flash Panel \#1: Restorative Opportunities Gabe Ewing del Rio, President and CEO, Homeownership Council of America Cat Goughnour, Assistant Secretary of Just Communities, Maryland Department of Housing Junia Howell, Founder, eruka Moderator: Andre Perry, Senior Fellow, Brookings Metro and Director, Center for Community Uplift 2:40 p. m. -3:10 p. m. Flash Panel \#2: (Re)thinking Ownership Tamara Knox, CEO and Co-Founder, Frolic Ashon Nesbitt, CEO, Florida Housing Coalition Doug Ryan, Vice President of Housing Policy, Grounded Solutions Network Moderator: Robert Puentes, Vice President and Director, Brookings Metro 3:10 p.m. -3:30 p.m. Flash Panel \#3: New Frontiers in Financing Homes Vernon Jay, Founder and CEO, EquityCoin Kyle Kamrooz, Founder and CEO, Bonus Homes Marcus Martin, Chief Impact Officer, Homium Moderator: Stuart Yasgur, Founder and Principal, Economic Architecture 3:30 p.m. Adjourn Meet the Spotlight Innovators | | Ashon Nesbitt
CEO
Florida Housing Coalition | | Junia Howell
Founder eruka | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | | Cat Goughnour
Assistant Secretary of Just
Communities
Maryland Department of
Housing | | Kyle Kamrooz
Founder and CEO
Bonus Homes | | | Doug Ryan
Vice President of Housing
Policy
Grounded Solutions
Network | | Marcus Martin
Chief Impact Officer
Homium | | | Gabe Ewing del Rio
President and CEO
Homeownership Council of
America | | Tamara Knox
CEO & Co-Founder
Frolic | | | John Haines
Executive Director
Mercy Corps Northwest | | Vernon Jay
Founder and CEO
EquityCoin | Meet the Spotlight Innovators Ashon Nesbitt-Florida Housing Coalition-Tallahassee, Florida Ashon Nesbitt’s Florida Housing Coalition is enhancing affordable housing by integrating climateresilient construction and designs with the Community Land Trust (CLT) model and promoting “missing middle” housing, such as duplexes and triplexes. Through its CLT Certification Program, the coalition standardizes the operations of CLTs across Florida, boosting CLT credibility and lender appeal. This approach ensures long-term affordability and climate resilience in communities. Cat Goughnour-Maryland Department of Housing and Community Development (DHCD) -Lanham, Maryland Cat Goughnour, Assistant Secretary of the Division of Just Communities at the Maryland Department of Housing and Community Development, is advancing the Just Communities Act to transform how public funds are allocated to neighborhoods historically affected by unjust and discriminatory policies. This initiative establishes criteria for identifying priority communities, including a legacy of racial segregation and disproportionate exposure to environmental hazards. Communities meeting these criteria can be recommended for targeted state investments to address historical inequities. Doug Ryan-Grounded Solutions Network-Washington, DC Grounded Solutions Network (GSN) works to remove systemic barriers to housing stability and wealthbuilding in low-income communities and communities of color. By advancing Community Land Trusts (CLTs) and shared-equity housing models, GSN promotes homeownership with lasting affordability. Through their national policy initiative, Doug Ryan and the GSN policy team advocate for equitable tax assessments for CLTs—influencing tax policy in states like California, Florida, and Texas—to create affordable, stable communities in which people can thrive. Gabe Ewing del R

FAQs

What is the event agenda structure in the handout?

The agenda includes welcoming remarks, an introduction of innovators, three flash panels, and an adjournment time at the end of the program.

What topics are covered by Flash Panel #1, #2, and #3?

Flash Panel #1 focuses on restorative opportunities, Flash Panel #2 centers on rethinking ownership, and Flash Panel #3 addresses new frontiers in financing homes.

Which types of innovators are highlighted, and what are they working on?

Spotlight innovators include leaders advancing community land trusts, just community investment approaches, equity-focused down payment assistance, community investment trust models, and technology-enabled appraising methods to support affordability and equity.

Sep 15, 2026

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