Webinars
Travois hosts free webinars featuring a variety of affordable housing and economic development topics. Our experts provide in-depth instruction on the Low Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC) program and the New Markets Tax Credit (NMTC) program and share innovative practices in planning, securing financing, architectural design, construction monitoring, asset management and compliance and more.
Our instruction is focused to those working in housing, community or economic development and who serve American Indian, Alaska Native or Native Hawaiian communities.
Updates on webinar registration and schedule additions will be published throughout the year. Sign up to receive our emails so you don’t miss these important updates.
Please note, to successfully register for our webinars you will need to create a free Zoom account. This is a new security setting managed by Zoom. If you already have a Zoom account, you will get an error message if you register for a webinar with an email that is different from your Zoom account email.
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2025 Travois webinar schedule:
Thursday, April 24 at 1 p.m.
Affordable housing development best practices: How to address your community’s needs
Join us for an in-depth discussion with experienced housing professionals from Indian Country about best practices for addressing Tribal housing needs, particularly for low- and moderate-income populations.
We will explore effective strategies and current challenges in launching affordable housing developments. Additionally, the conversation will provide tangible, practical tools to assist Tribal nations in making housing a reality for their communities.
Speakers:
– Adam Rose, director of partnerships and growth at Travois
– Brandi Liberty, owner of Heroda Bikax^e Consulting LLC
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Thursday, May 29 at 1 p.m.
Title VI Loan Guarantees: Another strategy to access capital for housing and infrastructure
Learn how to access capital for infrastructure and housing with a financing tool that may be less familiar compared to some other tools. In this webinar, we’ll provide an in-depth look at the Title VI 95% Loan Guarantee from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), a program that can provide funding for Tribal housing and infrastructure development up to five times the Need portion of the formula allocation.
We’ll also explain how the Affordable Housing Program and the Capital Magnet Fund can provide supplemental funding through grants for your affordable housing and economic development projects.
Speakers:
– Adam Rose, director of partnerships and growth at Travois
– Jeff Glass, senior loan guarantee specialist at HUD’s Office of Loan Guarantee – Office of Native America Programs (ONAP)
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Thursday, June 26 at 1 p.m.
Innovations in affordable housing design in Native communities
In this session, we will discuss the latest innovations and cost-saving measures for quality, affordable housing design. Our experts will discuss how these measures can help ensure the long-term financial viability of your project. We’ll touch on renewable energy and green design and how it can be adapted to fit into funding requirements. We’ll also highlight successful Tribal projects and share their designs for inspiration.
Speakers:
– Adam Rose, director of partnerships and growth
– Adam Teefey, director of design
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More opportunities to learn
Travois continues to partner with the Native Learning Center (NLC) to support its mission to develop housing related training opportunities focused on areas that are critical to the improvement and self-sufficiency of safe and healthy Tribal communities. Visit NLC’s website to register for a free training.
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We will continue to add new dates and topics throughout the year. Please let us know if there is a topic of interest you’d like us to cover.
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Schedule conflicts? Email Adam Rose, director of partnerships and growth, to coordinate a one-on-one call that fits in your schedule.
Questions? Contact comm@travois.com or call 816-994-8970.