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Common Cause housing convening draws developers, funders and nonprofits; staff to pursue quarterly drill-downs and developer-focused supports
Summary
Partner Tulsa reported on the May 29 Common Cause housing convening: a sold-out event with about 100 attendees, 20 speakers and eight sessions. Staff and trustees said follow-up should include targeted drill-downs on homelessness and developer barriers such as access to capital and zoning constraints.
Staff reported that the Common Cause housing convening on May 29 at OSU Tulsa was sold out and attended by about 100 people. The convening included five exhibitors, 20 speakers and eight sessions; topics ran from the current state of housing and housing trends to funding stacks, downtown development, and recent state legislation.
Vicky (staff lead) said the goal was to “get everybody in the room” and to level-set about Tulsa’s housing challenges so funders, developers, nonprofits and city and county staff could identify shared solutions. She reported strong engagement at sessions, singled out a candid panel of husband-and-wife developer teams as a highlight, and said follow-up would include quarterly “drill-down” events. The first drill-down will focus on housing and homelessness and is likely to be a full-day session.
Board members and attendees raised recurring developer concerns captured at the convening: difficulty for emerging developers to scale from single-family projects to larger townhome or duplex developments because of financing gaps; constraints from zoning and lot-size rules that make smaller-multifamily development harder in many neighborhoods; and community opposition in some areas when denser housing is proposed. Vicky said staff will pursue funding and partnership leads; she noted a timely opportunity with Ascension Saint John’s health-equity grant process and said staff had already submitted a letter of interest.
Next steps: staff will hold targeted drill-down sessions, compile and share a summary of key takeaways (what went well, top barriers and recommended next steps), continue outreach to funders and developers, and coordinate with city planning and other partners on zoning, funding stacks and pipeline questions.
