The Nebraska Housing Developers Association hosted the 2008 Build Nebraska Housing Summit, July 30, 2008 at the Cornhusker Marriott in Lincoln. This inaugural event was designed to unite community leaders, legislators, and policymakers in a collaborative effort to address the most critical issues affecting housing development in Nebraska.

This year the Nebraska Housing Developers Association recorded each presentation in its entirety and has made the audio of each presentation as well as appropriate PowerPoint presentations available for review. The audio files are presented as mp3 audio files and can pe played with any default audio player on PC or Mac. The PowerPoint presentations have been saved as PDF files viewable with Adobe Acrobat Reader.

Click on the link below to open a media file. Right click the link and "save target as" to save it to your hard drive.

Several files are quite large. Please be patient as the files download and open.

Welcome from Lt. Governor Rick Sheehy

Audio File -  5.4mb

Foreclosure Fallout: Effects on Affordable Housing Development

Jason Henderson, Branch Executive, Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City - Omaha Branch
Audio File - 11mb
PowerPoint PDF - 1.3mb

From the Front Line: Regional Housing Summit Report

Danielle Hill, Executive Director, Nebraska Housing Developers Association
Audio File - 10mb
PowerPoint PDF - 1mb

Panel Discussion, Groundbreaking Achievements, Part 1 - Growing Community Leadership

Delores Lintel, Lincoln
J. Paul McIntosh, Norfolk
Jamie Grayson-Berglund, Destination Midtown
Audio File - 11mb

Panel Discussion, Groundbreaking Achievements, Part 2 - Creative Local Investment

Kem Cavanah, Schuyler
Betty Mapes, Fullerton
Korla Keller, Bassett
Audio File - 13mb

Community-Driven Community Development - No Easy Road

John Madson, Stuart
Audio File - 14mb
PowerPoint PDF - 250kb

Panel Discussion, Groundbreaking Achievements, Part 3 - Community Pride and Housing Standards

Jon Carlson, Lincoln
Karl Elmshaeuser, West Center Nebraska Development District (PowerPoint PDF for this portion of the presentation - 630kb)
Lance Webster, Wayne
Audio File - 16mb

Celebrating Ten Years of the Nebraska Affordable Housing Trust Fund

Lara Huskey, Nebraska Department of Economic Development
Audio File - 7mb
PowerPoint PDF - 28mb

Legislative Perspectives

Senator Ron Raikes
Jessica Watson, Legislative Aide
John Lindsay, Lobbyist
Audio File - 21mb

Hot Topics in Washington: National Housing Policy Update

Ann Burge, Chair Nebraska Housing Developers Association
Audio File - 7mb