Ready, Set, (Re)Build
Dive into the world of community housing development
Designed as an intensive, practical learning experience, this online course goes beyond theoretical concepts to deliver actionable strategies that address the real-world complexities of community housing development.
In today’s rapidly evolving housing landscape, community housing providers face unprecedented challenges and opportunities. This course is your strategic roadmap to navigating the complex terrain of housing development and redevelopment, equipping you with the critical knowledge and practical tools needed to transform and sustain your housing portfolio.
Recommended for: Housing providers, board members, senior leadership, providers approaching or past the end of their operating agreements or morgages.
Next course: April 8 – July 1, 2025.
What you’ll learn
- How to determine the housing needs in your community and gain support for your project.
- How to enter and navigate the construction phase.
- How to build your team and financial resources.
- How to successfully complete and operate your new building.
Course content
Here’s an overview of your course curriculum:
Module 1: The development process
This module provides an introduction to the overall development process, the stages of development and how to move through these stages. It also includes content on how to develop your project vision.
Module 2: Determining housing need and demand
This module explores how to determine housing need, and expands on recognizing supply issues, market trends and housing gaps in your local area. It also provides suggestions on how to develop a formal needs and demand study.
Module 3: Building support
This module discusses the concept of building support, from identifying and addressing opposition to tools for gaining community acceptance. You will learn strategies for mobilizing resources and effective communication.
Module 4: Defining the project concept
This module explores how to translate your housing ideas into a workable project concept and discusses preliminary design factors to be considered.
Module 5: The development team
This module teaches you how to create and manage your development team, the roles and responsibilities of each member, and provides effective tools for decision making.
Module 6: Advancing the concept
This module discusses the process of site selection and acquisition as well as project procurement techniques. You will also learn development approval requirements, project scheduling, project design strategies, and the importance of energy efficient features.
Module 7: Financial feasibility
This module discusses basic financial components and key elements of project capital and operating budgets. You will learn about the role of financing and the critical importance of feasibility testing.
Module 8: Funding and partnerships
This module describes how leveraging of assets and effective partnerships can help to advance your project. You will also learn prospective opportunities for funding and partnerships, and how best to solicit support for these.
Module 9: Building the project
This module discusses the process for building your project, from pre-construction approvals through actual construction. You will also learn about the challenges of construction administration and pre-occupancy planning.
Module 10: Getting operational
This module describes the process of moving from construction to operations. Topics include tenant move-in planning, construction wrap-up, and necessary closeout activities for your project.
Module 11: Preparing a development plan outline
This module discusses the process of developing a project plan. Using a defined template, course participants will develop and submit their own project plan for evaluation.
Pricing
Cost
Upgraded Members
How it works
Developed by experts in the field, this course allows housing professionals to learn through readings, videos, interactive activities such as written exercises and quizzes, and graded assignments.
ONPHA’s online courses can be completed at your own time and schedule from any internet-enabled device. You will have access to the content and a moderator for a period of three months.
Requirements
In order to access this course, make sure you have:
- Internet connection
- Operating systems: Windows 7 or higher, Mac OS X 10.6 or higher
- Browser: Runs JavaScript
- Software: Microsoft Word (or Word processing software compatible with MS Office 2013)
- Additional requirements: Updated versions of Adobe Reader