2026 Compliance Summit Agenda

October 13-14, 2026 | Loews Coronado Bay | Coronado, California | Hybrid

PODCAST — Discussion-driven sessions with multiple perspectives   |   CLASSROOM — Structured instruction and practical application

Neighborhood Series: One continuing compliance scenario viewed through four different stakeholder perspectives.

Day One | Tuesday, October 13

8:30-9:00 | The Future Starts Here

The rules are moving. So is the industry.
We set the stage for two days focused on what experienced compliance professionals should do with the rules now.

9:00-10:00 | PODCAST
Past, Present, Future: Where the Rules Are Moving

What changed, what matters, and what is next
A fast-moving review and preview of the developments reshaping affordable housing compliance — including HOTMA, NSPIRE, the Average Income Test, and other regulatory, legal, and operational changes that deserve attention now.

10:00-10:20 | Morning Break

10:20-11:45 | CLASSROOM
Stranger Things: Income Edition

When knowing the rule is only the beginning
Work through unusual, easily misread, and deceptively difficult income situations where the facts require judgment — not just memorization.

11:45-12:00 | PODCAST | NEIGHBORHOOD #1
These Are the People in Your Neighborhood: For-Fee Manager

One compliance problem. Different stakeholder. Different conversation.
How does a noncompliance issue look from the management-agent seat? What matters most, and how should compliance communicate it?

12:00-1:00 | Lunch

1:00-2:10 | CLASSROOM
Stranger Things: Asset Edition

When the facts refuse to fit the checklist
Move beyond definitions into unusual ownership, valuation, disposition, imputed income, exclusions, and other asset facts that create real uncertainty.

2:10-2:25 | PODCAST | NEIGHBORHOOD #2
For-GP Manager

View the same issue through management aligned with ownership: escalation, authority, risk, timing, and communication.

2:25-2:45 | Afternoon Break

2:45-4:10 | PODCAST
One Property, Four Rulebooks: HOTMA in Layered Properties

When one answer does not fit every layer
One household. One property. Several programs. Explore where requirements converge, where they diverge, and how to make defensible decisions across the layers.

4:10-4:15 | Stretch and Stage Reset

4:15-5:00 | Compliance Jeopardy

Serious compliance. Questionable dignity.
Close Day One by putting the rules, fact patterns, and perhaps a little competitive instinct to work.

5:00-7:00 | Summit Reception

Day Two | Wednesday, October 14

8:30-10:15 | CLASSROOM
Civil Rights When the Rules Are Moving

What you hear, what it means, and what to do
Examine legal and policy developments affecting screening, disparate impact, criminal-history policies, enforcement risk, and day-to-day operational judgment.

10:15-10:30 | PODCAST | NEIGHBORHOOD #3
State Agency / HFA

What does the monitoring agency need when something goes wrong? Timing, documentation, communication, and credibility all matter.

10:30-10:50 | Morning Break

10:50-12:15 | PODCAST
AI Without Autopilot

What It Is, What Vendors Are Doing, and What You Can Use Today
Demystify what AI actually is, examine practical privacy and data safeguards and the questions to ask AI-enabled vendors, then spend most of the session on useful things compliance professionals can do with AI today — better research, clearer communication, stronger procedures, faster analysis, and smarter training — without handing professional judgment to the machine.

12:15-12:30 | PODCAST | NEIGHBORHOOD #4
Investor / Asset Manager

See the issue through capital and portfolio risk: what is material, what investors need to know, and how to communicate risk without either minimizing it or setting off unnecessary alarms.

12:30-1:30 | Lunch

1:30-2:40 | PODCAST
Noncompliance: Now What?

From Discovery to Disclosure, Pushback & Resolution
The Neighborhood participants return to put the problem on the table together. Who needs to know? What gets disclosed? What if the parties disagree about the rule or remedy? When should compliance push back, and how do you reach a defensible resolution?

2:40-3:00 | Afternoon Break

3:00-3:50 | CLASSROOM
Anything Goes

The Questions We Couldn't Leave Unanswered
No canned presentation. We ask for hard questions before the Summit and keep collecting them throughout the event, then save some of the best gray areas, fact patterns, disagreements, and “what would you do?” problems for the final session.

ANYTHING GOES QUESTIONS Watch your email before the Summit — we will be asking for the questions and real-world situations you want discussed.

3:50-4:00 | Summit Closing

Some of the Discussion Leaders / Summit Contributors

Based on past participation. This year's participants will be announced later. Click on an image for bios, LinkedIn page, or company website.

A Short History of the Compliance Summit

In retrospect, perhaps my worst investment in 2019 was a 2020 planner!

- Scott Michael Dunn

After months of planning, in January of 2020, we signed the contracts for the September 2020 Compliance Summit to be held at a gorgeous venue in Scottsdale, Arizona. I think the news playing in the background as I signed may have been discussing something called COVID-19 that they thought might be a bit of a problem. Well...COVID happened, the in-person Summit did not.

Actually, the 2020 Summit did happen, it just morphed into a 9-hour virtual edition with hours of supplemental information on Costello University. There were great presentations by my good friends Matt Rayburn, Thomas Stagg, Jen Brewerton, Amanda Lee Gross, Stephanie Naquin, and Michelle Sites. Additionally, there was an amazing video series crafted by the talented Wed Daniel that provided a real practical mental framework for dealing with difficult circumstances - timely indeed! Finally, no one can forget the inspirational interview with Grace Robertson, a former IRS analyst who was crucial in the formation of the Section 42 program we know today. It provided a valuable historical perspective of the tax credit housing program, but also had important things to say about leadership and influence.

Besides the educational and inspirational content, there was a game show, Zoom receptions, fellowship, and encouragement. It was an important break and all left more committed than ever to the important housing we provide. THEN we met again for periodic Extension webinars with important updates on the Average Income Test, the Emergency Rental Assistant programs, and Casualty Loss. Each Summit Extension also included open Q & A.

We finally did meet in Scottsdale (with a virtual option) in September of 2021 and again in August of 2022. All of the above players again contributed, and some new ones - including Juan Bello, Renee Dickinson, Holly Hoffman, and my dear friend Amanda Lee Gross. We moved the Summit to the beautiful Margaritaville resort in Hollywood Beach, Miami, Florida in 2023 and 2024. Joining our stable of regular presenters were Robin Thorne, Steven James, Gary Kirkman, Scott Precourt, Gina Metzger, Mike Price, and Christina Bennet Martin. We relocated again in 2025 to San Antonio, TX. Kelly Wakefield, Cara Pollei, and Wendy Quackenbush joined our other stable of presenters.

For several years in the past, we also offered highly specialized Compliance Professionals Intensive Events alongside the Summit. These Events, developed by state HFA and owner/agent management compliance professionals, focused on HOW to be effective housing compliance professionals, complementing the deep analysis of the Summits.

Overall, the Summit events have provided over 125 hours and counting of education, networking, and encouragement! All of this has been enjoyed by over 800 Summit attendees and many more in replay format since. Also, it is not over - there are at least two Extension webinar sessions to go before the 2026 Summit in October!

It has been a long journey, but I look forward to seeing you all in October, whether in person or online, for our seventh annual Summit! For 2025 Summit members, we will also continue to offer supplemental virtual sessions until the 2026 Summit!