
2025 Housing Solutions Breakfast
Registration for this event is now closed, but please contact Ellen@vitalcommunities.org if you would like to be included, should space open up!
Hilton Garden Inn
35 Labombard Rd
Lebanon NH
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Free but donations welcome – Register by September 9!
What’s the current outlook on Upper Valley housing? Hear from and network with experts at the 2025 Housing Solutions Breakfast! The event brings together employers, developers, advocacy groups, legislators, municipal officials, and more to share their perspectives and discuss ongoing and proposed measures to address the issue.
Co-hosted by Vital Communities and Twin Pines Housing and sponsored by the Vermont Housing Finance Agency, New Hampshire Housing, and Mascoma Bank.
Thanks to our generous sponsor, the event is free but we welcome a suggested donation of $25 or more to support Vital Communities’ Housing Programs.
Housing Solutions Breakfast Agenda
September 25, 2025
7:30-8:00
Breakfast & Networking
8:00-8:05
Welcome
- Ellen Hender, Program Manager, Vital Communities
8:05-8:15
Housing Market Overview
- Sam Shampine, Policy Analyst, Federal Reserve Bank of Boston
8:15-8:50
VT & NH Legislative Recap, Look Ahead, and Strategies for Engaging with the Legislature
- Chad Simmons, Housing Policy & Engagement Specialist, VHFA
- Nick Taylor, Executive Director, Housing Action NH
8:50-9:40
Panel – The Economics of Creating Housing
Moderator:
- Sarah Wrightsman, Manager, Community Engagement & Education, NH Housing
Panelists:
- Jack Kauders, Executive Director, Upper Valley Habitat for Humanity
- Jim Wogan, Director of Lending, Evernorth
- Sarah Danly, Program Manager, Vital Communities
- Ryan Jean, Owner, Cathedral Ledge Contracting
9:40-9:55
Q&A
9:55-10:00
Closing
- Andrew Winter, Executive Director, Twin Pines Housing
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