When NOAH Changes Hands: Scaling up Strategies for Long-Term Affordability

Webinar | Thursday, October 22, 10:00 – 11:00am PT

Older, privately owned apartment buildings with lower rents—often referred to as Naturally Occurring Affordable Housing (NOAH)—are the largest source of affordable housing in the United States.

This webinar presented findings from new research on the impact of NOAH property sales on residential instability, followed by a discussion with experts on what’s needed to scale up efforts to maintain the affordability of these properties for lower-income renters long-term.

Panelists included:

• Ruby Bolaria Shifrin, Chief Investment and Partnerships Officer; Terner Labs (Moderator)
• Juan Diego Castro, National Partnerships Director; Mission Economic Development Agency
• KeAndra Cylear-Dodds, Chief Housing Policy and Program Officer; Los Angeles County Affordable Housing Solutions Agency
• Ruby Harris, Senior Director, Capital Solutions and Partnerships; Enterprise Community Partners
• Jessica Hitchcock, Managing Director of Research; California Housing Partnership
• Taesoo Song, Assistant Professor; Virginia Tech School of Public and International Affairs (Presenter)

We are grateful to Sobrato Philanthropies for their support of this work.