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Ryan Weyandt – Alliance CEO

Anita Legacy Blue – Alliance National President

Director Colleen Green – Department of Housing and Community Development

The fallout from the Sitzer-Burnett trial has far reaching consequences, particularly in light of NAR’s settlement concessions. What does this mean for agents? How will buyers fair in an equation with the deck stacked against them? Longtime industry veteran Jack Miller will weigh in with his observations.

Jack Miller – T3 Sixty

Federal, state and local laws offer limited protections against anti-LGBTQ discrimination in housing and lending. According to the Williams Institute, LGBTQ people face harassment and discrimination from housing providers. Our homeownership rate is 20 points below the national average and even greater among LGBTQ people of color. With housing market forces challenging all new homebuyers, are there any solutions that can help close the gap?

Ryan Weyandt – Moderator

Elana Redfield -Williams Institute

Josh Dubensky – SAGE

Lynn Grosso – HUD’s Office of Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity

Olivia Hunt – NCTE

Nate Johnson – NAR

Janette Waller

Odeta Kushi

The Unintended Consequences of the Sitzer-Burnett Commission Lawsuit Settlement and its Impact on Minority Homebuyers

The Sitzer-Burnett Commission lawsuit judgment will mean major shifts in how buyers and sellers pay their agents and just how much those fees cost moving forward. For minority buyers, in particular, the ruling may potentially create another barrier to entry for buyers who are already challenged by the downpayment and closing costs. This panel discussion brings together lenders and realtors for perspectives on whether these impacts can be avoided or minimized.

Dave Gervase – Moderator

Becky Tallent – Anywhere Realty

Kay Marshall – Truist

Patrick Lynch – eXp Realty

The homeownership rate among lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ+) people is significantly lower than those who identify as straight and cisgender. In this session we will highlight some of the trends from recent research by the Urban Institute’s Housing Finance Policy Center and also the implications for policymakers.

Todd Hill – Senior Policy Program Manager, Urban Institute

Rodrigo Heng-Lehtinen – Executive Director, National Center for Transgender Equality/NCTE Action Fund

The socio-political climate in America is arguably as polarized or worse than any other time in modern history. With politicians now weaponizing civil rights entitlements and civil liberties for entire minority communities, Washington faces continued gridlock in actually achieving outcomes in Congress. Each party is grappling for majority control. Though frustrating, hope should not be lost for American minority communities. Real opportunities for needed reforms exist even today, and are influenced and controlled by administrative processes within regulatory bodies and influence from private organizations. Join leading industry analyst and former CFPB and Rocket executive, Chrissi Johnson, as she reveals how much can get done with bypassing Congress completely.

Chrissi Johnson – Moderator

Dave Uejio – FHFA

Todd Hill – Urban Institute

Hilary Halpern – Rocket Companies

Brittany Webb – National Housing Conference

President Biden’s Executive Order 14075 set a roadmap for better SOGI data. The White House published an “Evidence Agenda” for LGBTQI+ Equity, a set of SOGI guidelines, and required federal agencies to develop SOGI data collection plans. We’ll discuss the impact of these actions.

Elana Redfield

David Siroty will present findings from the 2024 LGBTQ+ Housing Report.

Panel: SAGE and the Movement Advancement Project reported that by 2030, there would be 7 million 50-plus LGBTQ+ people living in the U.S. This group is obviously impacted by the onslaught of anti-LGBTQ+ sentiment seen across the nation. At the same time, the National Alliance to End Homelessness shared that 48% of older same-sex couples applying for senior housing were subjected to discrimination.This session will address these and other critically important concerns LGBTQ+ people face as they age.

Gabrielle Claiborne – Moderator, Alliance National Director & CEO of Transformational Journey’s Worldwide

John-Paul Hayworth – LGBTQ+ Audience Strategy Director, AARP

Josh Dubensky – Housing Policy Advocate Associate, SAGE

As housing prices continue to rise and entry-level inventory remains at historically low levels, lending solutions that fit unique borrower needs are critical to help the underserved market achieve the dream of homeownership.

Monica La Crue – Moderator

Marta Tataje – Truist

Paul Kiefer -BAC

Sodi Nichols – US Bank

Closing remarks from Alliance CEO Ryan Weyandt and Alliance National President Anita Legacy Blue