The HomeNE Learning Network is designed to connect and engage rural community leaders with one another and explore innovative approaches to housing development and redevelopment. The long-term goal of HomeNE is to foster the development of local expertise to successfully assess and address their housing needs.


Through our educational sessions, we hope to provide you with the knowledge and tools you need to fulfill your organization/community goals and create a better Nebraska!

Events


REGISTRATION


Next Webinar - June 20, 2024

Spring Gathering - June 6, 2024

Monthly Webinars: 2:00 - 3:00 PM (CT) every third Thursday of the month (January through November) - Hear from a variety of presenters about programs, projects, successes and lessons learned.  Then seek to design and apply what you heard to your own housing situation!


Annual Spring Gathering:  An all-day Gathering (typically held in June) that is housing-focused, interactive, community based. Attending a Gathering connects you with other HomeNE participants and energizes, equips and provides tools and resources to tackle your local housing needs and issues!


HomeNE WEBINAR RECORDINGS

By Sheri Alber 16 May, 2024
Joe Johnson from Olsson explains the many facets of TIF in Nebraska. Here as he talks about Blight, Extreme Blight and Micro-TIF and how these can be another tool in your communities' toolbox. He give real world Nebraska examples and explains how to utilize it in your community.
By Sheri Alber 18 Apr, 2024
Making Housing Affordable by Design! Hear from Scott Dobbe and Abe Lueders from Omaha by Design. They are a non-profit that contributes to a thriving metro by convening, engaging, educating and advocating for excellence in people-centered urban design and policy. The Affordable by Design Housing Playbook is designed to apply innovation int he accelerated production of affordable housing solutions. Together with its partners, Omaha by Design is proud to introduce this series of open-source affordable housing prototypes, collaboratively designed to assist prospective homeowners and developers in their efforts to address the "affordability gap" in new-construction infill housing.
By Sheri Alber 21 Mar, 2024
Hear the amazing story of how creative partnerships in the City of Plattsmouth saved the Historic Plattsmouth High School. The high school was build in 1918 and is an iconic historical monument on the main street of downtown Plattsmouth. Today the project is complete and is home to 25 units known as "The Lofts on Main".
By Sheri Alber 15 Feb, 2024
Right People…Right Time…Bertrand's Path to Progress - Hear the story of Bertrand and their path forward with housing in their community.

Top 10 Webinars

15 Jul, 2021
Candice Alder and Andy Colvin, Economic Development in Norfolk, shared the journey with the city from 2013-2020.
15 Apr, 2021
Andrew Willis, partner with Cline Williams Wright Johnson & Oldfather, presented about looking beyond the 'typical' redevelopment projects within a community and how a CRA can help create infill housing opportunities.
19 Nov, 2020
Consultant for MA Barnhart Enterprises, LLC, Marty Barnhart, presented on a guide to getting a Nebraska Land Bank started in your region.
19 Mar, 2020
In this session, Doug Koch (President of Petersburg Industrial Development Corporation) and Michelle Olson (Executive Director at Boone County Development Agency), their journey of developing housing in a rural community.
16 May, 2019
Megan Spargo, Benkelman CRA Coordinator, shared the Benkelman Foundation Story, which touches on a community gaining traction, getting community buy-in, and preparing a community for housing.
20 Sep, 2018
John Madsen and Mark Stracke, of Stuart Development Corporation, discussed the power of perseverance how that played into the role of the housing programs in Stuart, Nebraska.
19 Jul, 2018
During this webinar, Gary Person & Lou Ann Tooker discussed housing solutions with the Local Sales TAX LB840. Lou Ann Tooker, the Director of Economic Development for the City of Atikinson, Nebraska, talked about the various spec houses that they were developing.
14 Jun, 2018
Guest presenter, Nancy Striebel, the Executive Director of Lincoln County Community Development Corporation discussed nontraditional houses and how finances can cause a barrier with potential home owners.
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15 Feb, 2018
Marty Barnhart, Executive Director of Omaha Municipal LandBank presented during the 2018 February HomeNE Webinar.

HOUSING STUDY LITE

Nebraska Community Housing Study Lite Toolkit

This Toolkit (“Kit”) was developed to empower community leaders to conduct self-learning and engagement, taking the initial steps to tackle a locally-identified housing challenge. The Kit contains templates, survey examples, and process recommendations that can be utilized by small, rural communities to implement self-information gathering of the current housing conditions and needs. 


The use of the Kit will work best for a community that is guided by a Facilitator or Planner with community development planning experience (such as a Development District). This exercise can increase the usefulness of an independent, third-party Housing Market Study or Housing Needs Assessment. 


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