As there were so many entries to sort through, I figured I would summarize the Regina Mayor's 2013 Housing Summit by day. Here is some of the activity from May 14th. Special thanks goes to Tyson Liske from Trademark Homes - he did a fabulous job keeping the residents of Regina informed socially as to what was going on at the Housing Summit. Anyway, here goes day 2!
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Jim Nicol welcomes the room to Day 2 at the Mayor'sHousing Summit #MHS2013Tyson Liske
First up at #MHS2013 Rhonda Young speaking about Head Starton a Home programNatasha Frehlich
Rhonda Young, HeadStart on a Home falls under Westcap MGTheadstartonahome.ca #MHS2013Tyson Liske
Day 2 of the Housing Summit. Hearing about theHeadStart on a Home Program. Solid tool in tool box for affordable housing #MHS2013Michael Fougere
Rhonda Young: "HeadStart on a Home's objective is to build 1000 new entry-level homes over 5years" #MHS2013Tyson Liske
Rhonda Young: "HeadStart has 12 Credit Unions partneredwith them for the HeadStart equity building program." #MHS2013Tyson Liske
Jim Nicol welcomesJonathan Tinny, Economist and Urban Planner presenting on Affordable and Flexible Housing Options#MHS2013Tyson Liske
Jonathan Tinney on building flexible housing, can accomodate family's changingneeds over time, options built in #mhs2013Regina PIRG
Anxious to hear next #MHS2013 presentationon Shipping Container Housing. Speaker frm Vancouver. Wonder how that would work in #yqr climate?NorthCentral Regina
Janice Abbott @freeofviolence CEO of Atira Women's Resource Society atira.bc.ca nexton Shipping Containter Housing #MHS2013Tyson Liske
#MHS2013 #Atira container housing cost 85K onthe 1st project next project is coming in at 74K, about to open the 1st projectCity of Regina
Next, wehave Paul McNeil of MMM Group Ltd presenting on Pocket Suites - An Alternative to Rooming Houses #MHS2013mmm.caTyson Liske
#MHS2013 minimize the sq foot is easier to control then minimize $$ per sq ftCityof Regina
Paul McNeil:"Options: 1)provide housing subsidies 2)enhance skills to increase earningpotential 3)reduce the cost of construction" #MHS2013Tyson Liske
Showed up at the HousingSummit in time for the Paul MacNeil talk on pocket suites in Winnipeg. It was great! #MHS2013Paul Dechene
Dennis Carr of the City of Vancouver raises the end of federal operating agreements issue at ReginaHousing Summit #mhs2013CHF Canada
Housing Density Panel on the theme of supply: Brent Toderian@TODUrbanWORKS with UrbanWORKS & Paul Moroz with Dundee Developments #MHS2013Tyson Liske
Toderian: 3 most important words for affordable ownership (and rental) are supply, supply, supply.#MHS2013Paul Dechene
Wish I could keep up with all that @BrentToderian is ripping through.#MHS2013Tyson Liske
Moroz from Dundee talking about evolution of city development pattern.#MHS2013Paul Dechene
Paul Moroz: "1) Density is good 2) We need more of it 3) We needregulations to be more permissive of it." #MHS2013Tyson Liske
Liane Dagenais, CMHC CorporateRepresentative for the Province of Saskatchewan will be presenting on Mortgage Financing Options#MHS2013Tyson Liske
#CMHC helps ensure Canadians have access to affordable, suitable, adequatehousing options #MHS2013City of Regina
Tim Richter @timrichter President & CEO of theCanadian Alliance to End Homelessness is presenting next on Homelessness Case Study #MHS2013Tyson Liske
Valuable information on homelessness from Tim Richter, Cnd Alliance to End Homelessness#mhs2013Michael Fougere
At housing summit, final speaker Ont Human Rights Commissioner BarbaraHall: "Housing is a Human Right"! #mhs2013 pic.twitter.com/4uTfuJnMXcRalph Goodale
Barbara Hall calling for more inclusionary zoning regulations in Regina. #MHS2013Tyson Liske
OHRC Chief Hall talks about bringing down barriers to affordable #housing caused by discriminatoryneighbourhood opposition. #MHS2013Ont. HR Commission
Delegates Interactive Session: 1) how do wecontinue this conversation on housing? #mhs2013Tyson Liske
2) what is one strategy you think isimportant to addressing housing issues in the next 1-2 years? #mhs2013Tyson Liske
3) one thing youwould take away from the MHS that you could help implement, either in your municipality/region or in partnership#mhs2013Tyson Liske
4) what is you vision for the state of the housing market in 10 years#mhs2013Tyson Liske
Mayor Fougere on stage at the housing summit giving his wrap-up. Pledging thataction will follow. #mhs2013 pic.twitter.com/ibPWZBP03qPatrick Book
Kudos to @MayorFougere& delegates on a successful Housing Summit. I'm optimistic that we can find solutions to #yqr housing crisis#MHS2013Shawn Fraser
