Tiny Home Summit 2.0: Funding Tiny Homes: Products and Partners, 6-13-2024

Top Chicago and Illinois officials joined by out-of-town tiny home experts discussed the topic of smaller-footprint housing at the Tiny Home Summit 2.0 Thursday, June 13 in Chicago. Complete video playlist from this summit:    • Tiny Home Summit 2.0 June 13, 2024 in...  

Summit info: See https://chicagotinyhomes.com/2024/.

This Panel: Funding Tiny Homes: Products and Partners:
Moderator: 
Emily Krisciunas, Executive Director of Chicago Funders Together to End Homelessness, a collaborative of 30+ funders working to prevent & end homelessness in the Chicago region
Panelists: 
• Bryan Esenberg, Director, NHS Redevelopment Corp.
• Sol Flores, CEO, Knight Impact Partners. Prior to this, she was Illinois’ Deputy Governor. Flores is the founding Executive Director of La Casa Norte.
• Kristin L. Faust, Executive Director, Illinois Housing Development Authority (IDHA)

A tiny home model was on site, built by Inherent l3c of North Lawndale. The Tiny Home 2.0 summit at the University of Illinois-Chicago was presented by Pride Action Tank, a project of AIDS Foundation Chicago, with support from Knight Impact Partners, The Richard H. Driehaus Foundation, Alphawood Foundation, BMO, UIC Gender & Sexuality Center, the Therese Curran Memorial Fund at AFC, and Windy City Times.

Video by Liz Sung Productions