Moderator

Mr. Jeff Olivet

Founder Jeff Olivet Consulting Group

Jeff Olivet is an internationally recognized leader in public health and homelessness policy. From 2022 to 2025, he was the nation’s top homelessness official, leading the U.S. Interagency Council on Homelessness (USICH) under the Biden Administration. Prior to federal service, he was CEO of the Center for Social Innovation (now C4 Innovations), a mission-driven small business dedicated to scaling best practices in the fields of housing, public health, behavioral health, and homelessness. He has been principal investigator on numerous studies funded by the National Institutes of Health and private foundations. Jeff has over three decades of experience as an outreach worker, advocate, researcher, teacher, writer, and inspiring public speaker. He currently serves as Senior Advisor to the Initiative on Health and Homelessness at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Senior Advisor to ULI’s Homeless to Housed Initiative, and a consultant to organizations in the United States and internationally. He has a B.A. from the University of Alabama and an M.A. from Boston College.

Speaking at

Mon Mar 16 3:30 PM — 4:30 PM (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time

10 Principles for Addressing Homelessness by the Real Estate Community: Better Operations, Better Outcomes

Mr. Jeff Olivet, Jeff Olivet Consulting Group

Mr. Kevin Lindamood, Health Care for the Homeless

Mr. Dan McCarthy, Episcopal Housing

Mr. Leroy Moore, Tampa Housing Authority

Mr. Jay Sapperstein, 28 Walker Development

Type Affordable Housing Concurrent Session

Last year, the ULI Homeless to Housed Initiative released the publication, 10 Principles for Addressing Homelessness: A Guide for Commercial Real Estate and Finance. Developed by ULI members, the publication is intended to help professionals across the real estate industry understand their role—and take action—in addressing the homelessness crisis in the United States.

This panel will provide a brief overview of the 10 principles, with a particular focus on the tenth principle: Building operations and supportive services must be financially sustainable. Achieving sustainability is especially challenging, as operating costs and supportive services are expensive, yet they can have a profound and lasting impact on residents who rely on them, as well as on the property’s broader community.

Panelists will discuss what has and has not worked, the financial tools and partnerships they use, and how systems and processes can evolve to improve efficiency for existing owners while encouraging more developers and property owners to open housing opportunities to people experiencing homelessness.