Sacramento Housing Alliance

2025 Greater Sacramento Affordable Housing Awards Ceremony
2025-05-29 00:00 - 23:59 (America/Los_Angeles) | CA
The Greater Sacramento Region’s annual Affordable Housing Awards Ceremony & Reception was held May 29, 2025! We celebrated individuals and organizations that are advancing affordable housing throughout our region. Congratulations to our award recipients!

Patrick Kennedy, Sacramento County Supervisor: Affordable Housing Champion of the Year (Elected Official)

Donny Lieberman, CEO, Sunseri Construction: Affordable Housing Champion of the Year

Marl Lytal, Showers by Touchstone: Homeless Justice Advocate of the Year

The Monarch Project, Mutual Housing California & CADA: Affordable Housing Development of the Year (In Pipeline)

Northview Pointe, Hope Cooperative & Excelerate Housing Group: Affordable Housing Development of the Year (Permanent Supportive Housing)

The Heights on Stockton, Mercy Housing California: Affordable Housing Development of the Year (Infill)

Photo Gallery

Photos from our 2025 Affordable Housing Awards Ceremony & Reception

11th Annual Sacramento Regional Affordable Housing Summit
2025-10-30 00:00 - 23:59 | CA
On Thursday, October 30, 2025, the Sacramento Housing Alliance (SHA) brought together more than 150 housing advocates, policymakers, developers, and community leaders to address our region’s most pressing housing and homelessness challenges.

Thank you to all who made the Summit possible!

Welcome Slides

Panel Slides

Learn More About Health Net’s CalAIM Implementation (provided by Health Net)

Populations of Focus Issue Brief

A Member’s Journey Through Health Net’s Medi-Cal Ecosystem

Agenda

9:00 a.m. – 9:30 a.m.Welcome Remarks from Councilmember Roger Dickenson, Sacramento City Council – District 2

9:30 a.m. – 10:45 a.m.The Road Ahead: The Road Ahead: California’s New Housing and Homelessness Agency

11:00 a.m. – 12:15 p.m.Addressing Homelessness in a Time of Change

12:15 p.m. – 1:15 p.m.Networking Lunch Remarks from Councilmember Lisa Kaplan, Sacramento City Council – District 1

1:15 p.m. – 2:30 p.m.Advancing our Equity Agenda in Troubling Times

2:45 p.m.- 4:00 p.m.One Region, Shared Goals: Elected Officials on Housing and Homelessness

4:00 p.m.Closing Remarks from Iyona Smith, Resident Services Manager, Mutual Housing California.

Panel Descriptions

Panel 1: The Road Ahead: California’s New Housing and Homelessness Agency

9:30 a.m. – 10:45 a.m.

California’s newly established Housing and Homelessness Agency represents a pivotal step in centralizing and coordinating the state’s response to the housing and homelessness crisis. This panel will explore how the agency is expected to impact regional efforts—what changes local leaders and service providers can anticipate, how stakeholders can engage, and what the plan looks like in the near term.

Hear directly from representatives involved in shaping the legislation, who will offer insight into the agency’s goals, realistic expectations, and its role as a collaborative—not standalone—solution. The conversation will also highlight the agency’s role in cross-department collaboration, including work with HCD, TCAC, and implementation of AB 2006 to streamline housing and funding processes. With leadership hires underway and interagency coordination in motion, this session offers a critical look at how this structural change could influence outcomes across California communities.

Panelists

Marina Wiant, Executive Director, California Tax Credit Allocation Committee

Sasha Kergan, Deputy Secretary of Housing and Consumer Relations, State of California Business, Consumer Services, and Housing Agency

Tony Sertich, Executive Director, California Housing Finance Agency

Moderator

Anya Lawler, Managing Director, Public Interest Advocates

Panel 2: Addressing Homelessness in a Time of Change

11:00 a.m. – 12:15 p.m.

Local efforts to provide affordable housing with robust on-site services are evolving. This dynamic is responding to changing circumstances locally, at the state level, and federally. Be part of an interactive discussion to share how current funders, service providers and affordable housing developers are responding, and how people with lived experience must be part of this effort. Hear how our health care systems contribute to solutions, how local housing provider are responding, and how Sacramento Steps Forward is administering helpful resources.

The panel will share information about their current programs and strategies as well as their perspectives going forward.

Panelists

Amber Kemp, Vice President, Medi-Cal Strategy, Execution, and Engagement, Health Net

Erica Plumb, Regional Director of Supportive Services, Mercy Housing California

Joe Smith, Sacramento Continuum of Care Board

Lisa Bates, CEO, Sacramento Steps Forward

Moderator

William Pavao, SHA Affordable Housing Development Advisory Committee Chair

Panel 3: Advancing our Equity Agenda in Troubling Times

1:15 p.m. – 2:30 p.m.

Building power and community through anti-displacement and community benefit agreements, can help us effectively navigate through federal attacks on equity. This panel will share both the successes and challenges the Sacramento Investment Without Displacement coalition faced when fighting for a community benefits agreement with the City of Sacramento and the University of California Davis.

This work resulted in $50 million for affordable housing development and $10 million for anti-displacement programs, among other things. It will also focus on efforts to get the City ofSacramento to adopt a city-wide Community Benefits Ordinance. Information about CBA work in other communities and the components of effective CBAs will also be shared.

Panelists

Kim Williams, Director, Sacramento Investment without Displacement

Tamika L’Ecluse, Director, Sacramento Community Land Trust

Tiffany Wilson, Research and Evaluation Consultant

Moderator

Cathy Creswell, President Emeritus, Sacramento Housing Alliance

Panel 4: One Region, Shared Goals: Elected Officials on Housing and Homelessness

2:45 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.

Join mayors and county supervisors from across Sacramento County for a timely conversation on regional collaboration to address housing and homelessness. While homelessness response is often driven by county-level and service provider efforts, cities play a critical role in affordable housing production, from planning and zoning for new housing to setting development fees and enacting local incentives and ordinances.

This panel will explore how jurisdictions are working to address shared goals to increaseaffordable housing production, to seek new local, regional, and state funding resources forhousing and homelessness, and to increase cross-jurisdictional partnerships and coordination in service of Sacramento County’s residents.

Panelists

Bobbie Singh-Allen, Mayor, City of Elk Grove

Jayna Karpinski-Costa, Mayor, City of Cirtus Heights

Linda Budge, Councilmember, City of Rancho Cordova

Sarah Aquino, Mayor, City of Folsom

Patrick Kennedy, Sacramento County Supervisor, District Two

Moderator

Gabriela Herrera, Board Member, Sacramento Housing Alliance

Thank you to our Event Sponsors

Community Champion Sponsor

Residential Benefactor Sponsor

Brown Construction, Inc.

Capitol Area Development Authority (CADA)

Community HousingWorks

Focus Strategies

Jamboree Housing Corporation

Mercy Housing

Mogavero Architects

Sacramento Area Council of Governments (SACOG)

Grassroots Sponsor

Brown Stevens Elmore & Sparre

California Housing Finance Agency

California Housing Partnership

Enterprise Community Partners

First Citizens Bank

Foliot Furniture

Hope Cooperative

Mutual Housing California

Sacramento County Supervisor Patrick Kennedy

Sacramento Central Labor Council

Sierra Health Foundation

SMUD

Tri Counties Bank

Affordable Housing Advocate Sponsor

BAR Architects & Interiors

Century Housing Corporation

Creekside Commercial Builders, Inc.

Rachel Iskow

Sacramento City Councilmember Caity Maple

Sacramento City Councilmember Roger Dickinson

Sacramento Mayor Pro Tem Eric Guerra

Photo Gallery

Photos from our 11th Annual Sacramento Regional Affordable Housing Summit

Celebrating Affordable Housing Month: A Night of Housing Champions
2026-05-07 17:30 - 20:30 | CA
Join us for an evening celebrating our collective work advancing housing equity across our region and honoring exceptional individuals and organizations that have demonstrated outstanding commitment, innovation, and leadership in advancing affordable housing solutions across the Greater Sacramento region.

Event Details

Date: Thursday, May 7, 2026Time: 5:30 pm – 8:30 pmLocation: The Urban Hive: 730 I Street, Sacramento CA 95814

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This year’s awardees represent a diverse group of affordable housing developers, community advocates, and public servants, who have worked tirelessly to ensure that all people have access to safe, stable, and affordable housing.

Sponsorship Opportunities

Overview of Sponsorship Opportunities

Sponsor the Ceremony & Summit

Sponsor the Ceremony

Homes for All Leader Sponsor

Community Champion Sponsors

Housing Justice Partner Sponsors

Community HousingWorks

Construction Testing Services

Hope Cooperative

Mercy Housing

Public Interest Advocates

Sacramento Central Labor Council

Sacramento City Vice Mayor Karina Talamantes

SMUD

Sunseri Construction

Sacramento County Supervisor Patrick Kennedy

Affordable Housing Advocate Sponsors

Bullard Construction

Sacramento City Council Member Roger Dickinson

Mutual Housing California

12th Annual Sacramento Regional Affordable Housing Summit
2026-10-29 08:30 - 16:30 | North Natomas Community Center, 2631 New Market Drive, Sacramento, CA, 95835, United States
Innovations for Thriving Communities
Join SHA for the 12th Annual Regional Affordable Housing Summit, Innovations for Thriving Communities. Discover how Sacramento is leading the way with bold, effective solutions to the homelessness and affordability crisis. A gathering of local, regional, and statewide advocates and leaders who are shaping the future of affordable housing policy in the Greater Sacramento Region and across California.

Sponsorship Overview
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Note: Tickets will go on sale mid-summer.

SHA is now accepting proposals for the 12th Annual Regional Affordable Housing Summit, Innovations for Thriving Communities. The 2026 summit theme focuses on the power of innovation to develop solutions that address affordable housing challenges across the region and the state. This is your opportunity to share your expertise, innovative strategies, and success stories with housing leaders, policymakers, and advocates.

Summit Proposal Applications will be due on Friday, May 29, by 5:00 pm PST.

Submit a Proposal Summit Proposal Guidelines
