REGISTER FOR THE 2025 FHS
Florida Housing Summit
James Museum in St. Petersburg • Wednesday, May 14th, from 7:30 AM to 4:00 PM
The Florida Housing Summit: Blueprint for Better Outcomes, hosted by the Florida Policy Project (FPP), is a premier event that brings together industry leaders, policymakers, experts, and stakeholders to discuss the pressing issues and solutions in housing today. The summit aims to address challenges, share innovative solutions, and pave the way for a brighter future for Floridians.
Expert speakers will discuss innovative solutions, including zoning, incentivizing Cities and Counties, RDU/ADU, vouchers, up-zoning, and more. Attendees can expect a day of knowledge sharing, innovative policy discussions, and networking opportunities.
Last year’s event sold out so, don’t delay, register today by CLICKING HERE.
Sponsorship & Benefits
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Presenting Sponsor $20,000 (1)
Gold Sponsor $15,000 (SOLD)
Silver Sponsor $7,500
LUNCHEON SPONSOR $5,500 (1)
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CREDENTIAL SPONSOR $4,500 (SOLD)
BREAKFAST SPONSOR $4,000 (SOLD)
LANYARD SPONSOR $3,000 (1)
AFTERNOON COFFEE BREAK SPONSOR $2,500 (SOLD)
TABLE SPONSOR $1,000
Individual Tickets $100Government Rate $50 |
*Customized sponsorship packages are available upon request to suit your specific goals and interests.
For more details about sponsorship opportunities or to discuss a tailored package, please contact Amy Maguire, Executive Director, Florida Policy Project.
Call 727-656-8413 or email maguire@flpolicyproject.com
Thank you for considering this partnership opportunity. Together, let’s make a difference in the future of housing in Florida.
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2025 Speakers
Emcee for this year’s event is Matt Walsh. Matt Walsh is founder, CEO and owner The Observer Media Group Inc. After starting the company in 1995 with the purchase of the Longboat Observer, Walsh and his late wife, Lisa. The company publishes seven newspapers, four websites, four lifestyle magazines, multiple social media channels and one podcast.
The company’s newspapers include the Longboat Observer, Sarasota-Siesta Key Observer and East County Observer; the Business Observer; the 120-year-old West Orange Times and Observer and Southwest Orange Observer near Orlando; and the 115-year-old Jacksonville Daily Record.
The company’s publications reach more than 432,920 readers a week.
Michelle Dennard is vice president and regional executive of the Jacksonville Branch of the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta. She is responsible for the Branch’s Board of Directors and the District’s Advisory Council on Transportation and Logistics. In her role, she provides regional input into the Atlanta Fed’s monetary policy process.
Ms. Dennard joined the Jacksonville Branch in 2023. An attorney and member of the Florida Bar, Ms. Dennard has nearly 20 years of experience in workforce and economic development serving in state-level positions to provide strategic leadership and shape policy.
Kevin Erdmann is the author of “Shut Out: How a Housing Shortage Caused the Great Recession and Crippled Our Economy” and “Building from the Ground Up: Reclaiming the American Housing Boom”. He is a senior affiliated scholar with the Mercatus Center at George Mason University where he has published numerous studies and briefs detailing how obstructions to housing supply and homeowner financing have created a housing crisis. He covers these ideas and the current marketplace at his Substack newsletter, The Erdmann Housing Tracker. His work has appeared on C-Span, Bloomberg’s “Odd Lots” podcast, in the Wall Street Journal, the National Review, Politico, Barron’s, USA Today, US News, and others.
Patrick Slevin has earned a national reputation as a NIMBY crisis expert. Over the span of his career, he has educated, instructed, and counseled thousands of real estate executives concerned with the consequences of NIMBY opposition.
Slevin was elected the youngest mayor in the history of Safety Harbor, Florida in 1996 at the age of 27. He is a two-time Amazon bestselling NIMBY author and a nationally recognized YIMBY speaker and consultant. Patrick’s integrated public affairs firm, SL7 Consulting, is headquartered in Tallahassee, Florida. His website is www.PatrickSlevin.com.
Jim Ayotte is the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Florida Manufactured Housing Association (FMHA) in Tallahassee, FL. Jim has worked in the manufactured housing industry for over 30 years and has held executive management positions at the Manufactured Housing Institute in Washington, D.C., and the Ohio and New England manufactured housing associations.
Jim holds a B.A. degree from the University of Massachusetts and an MBA degree from Babson College. Jim is a Certified Association Executive (CAE) through the American Society of Association Executives.
Dominic Purviance is a Subject Matter Expert within the Supervision Regulation and Credit Division at the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta. In this role, he is primarily responsible for conducting an ongoing assessment of risks associated with residential real estate markets and the potential impacts they may pose to the financial system. This includes analyzing conditions within individual markets as well as the impacts of external forces on real estate. In addition, Mr. Purviance is responsible for developing real estate related analytical reports and tools utilized internally throughout the Federal Reserve System to aid in risk surveillance and banking supervision as well as external tools such as the Home Ownership Affordability Monitor (HOAM).
2024 FHS Video
Check out the actions from the first ever Florida Housing Summit.