2025 Affordable Housing & Community Development Conference

Thursday, October 16, 2025
8:00 AM 6:30 PM 08:00 18:30

Marriott Marquis San Diego Marina 333 West Harbor Drive San Diego, CA, 92101 United States (map)

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TICKETS OPEN NOW!

Ticket sales will close Friday, October 3rd, 2025.

Member Pricing - $450 Non- Member Pricing - $600

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keynote speakers

Introducing Morning Keynote Speaker Rev. Dr. G. Penny Nixon

Penny Nixon is the Faith Director for the Housing Leadership Council of San Mateo County and the Faith Communities Housing Liaison for the County of San Mateo. Prior to working full time at the intersection of affordable housing and faith communities, she served as the Senior Minister of CCSM from 2007 – 2022 and was honored with the title of Minister Emerita upon her retirement from pastoral ministry. A community leader and political activist, she has received numerous awards and recognitions for her justice work in both San Francisco and San Mateo. In 2019 she was named Woman of the Year for Assembly District 22 and in 2025 received the housing justice award from Housing California. She also is the founder and co-director of the Peninsula Solidarity Cohort, a group of 30 interfaith clergy engaged in addressing the most pressing social needs in San Mateo County.

Introducing Afternoon Keynote Speaker Dr. Margot Kushel

Margot Kushel, MD is a Professor of Medicine at University of California San Francisco and Division Chief of the Division of Health Equity and Society. She is the Director of the UCSF Action Research Center for Health Equity and the UCSF Benioff Homelessness and Housing Initiative. She is a practicing general internist at Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital. Her research focuses on the causes and consequences of homelessness, with the goal of preventing and ending homelessness and ameliorating the effects of homelessness on health. She is the Principal Investigator of the California State Study of People Experiencing Homelessness (CASPEH) and numerous NIA funded studies on homelessness in older adults.

Rooms can be reserved for Wednesday October 15th, using the link below.

https://book.passkey.com/go/sandiegohousing2025

Marriott Marquis offers valet and self parking.
Self-parking is available at the hotel at a discounted rate of $15 for all conference attendees.

Public transportation is also available at the options listed below

Bus Station                  San Diego Greyhound Transit Station
Subway Station           San Diego Metropolitan Transit System
Train Station               Santa Fe Depot

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