Housing Santa Barbara Day

Housing Santa Barbara Days 2020 (HSBD 2020) officially kicks off this Saturday, October 24^th at 10am! There will be 5 days of free workshops open to all residents beginning Saturday and running through Thursday, October 29^th. 

To sign up for any of the workshops, click here: https://tinyurl.com/HOUSINGSB2020

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HSBD 2020 is a local event in its third year that aims to provide Santa Barbara County residents with information on affordable housing and related topics. You can get housing resources like the Affordable Housing Resource Guide year round at housingsantabarbara.org  The guide has a listing of all housing related entities that serve residents in the County of Santa Barbara. It is continuously updated and provides live links to each organization.

According to a recent survey tenants and landlords are interested in becoming better educated on housing priorities and issues unique to our region. The hot-button topics includes tenant rights and responsibilities, resources for rent and mortgage relief during the COVID-19 economic downturn, rental mediation and workforce housing. To address these and other important housing matters, 2^nd Story Associates will host the 3rd annual Housing Santa Barbara Day, which has been expanded to a 5-day virtual event with workshops on Saturday, October 24th, Monday the 26th, Tuesday the 27th, Wednesday the 28th and Thursday the 29th. All workshops are free with online registration; to sign up, click here: https://tinyurl.com/HOUSINGSB2020

Housing Santa Barbara Days 2020

• Housing Agency Overviews – Saturday, October 24^th, 10:00am
• Tenant Rights and Responsibilities – Saturday October 24^th, 10:30 – 11:30am
  • Panelist:               Michelle Roberson, Sierra Property Management; Rental Housing Mediation

Board Member

• Resources for Tenants and Landlords for rent/mortgage relief –  Saturday, October 24^th, 11:30 am – 12:30pm
  • Panelist:               Luis Beltram, Dept. of Social Services HSP program                             
• Rental Mediation  – Saturday, October 24^th, 12:30 pm – 1:30 pm
  • Panelist:               Andrea Bifano, Senior Rental Housing Mediation Specialist, City    of S.B.
• Workforce Housing  – Saturday, October 24^th, 1:30pm
  • Panelists:             Andrea Fink, Senior Housing Programs Analyst, HACSB

                              Maria Schroeder, Housing Programs Specialist City of SB

• Resources for undocumented households – Monday, October 26^th
  • Panelists:             Cristina Cardoso – HOMES Program Manager, Transition House

                              Claudia Luna, Representative, Mexican Consulate

• Accessory Dwelling Units  – Tuesday, October 27^th
  • Panelists:             Rosie Dyste, Project Planner, City of SB

                              Jessica Steele, Planner, Planning and Development, County of SB

• Emergency Disaster Preparedness  – Wednesday October 28^th
  • Panelist:               Liliana Encinas, Office of Emergency Services, City of SB
• Home Ownership Programs  – Thursday, October 29th
  • Panelists:             Maria Schroeder, Housing Programs Specialist
                                  CITY OF SANTA BARBARA, Community Development

               Andrew Kish, HPSS Property Management

               County of Santa Barbara

               Yvette Lounsbury, Homebuyer Loan Administrator

               Housing Trust Fund of Santa Barbara County