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Shaping Inclusive Housing: The Kelsey’s QAP Advocacy Guide Launch & Advocates Panel

The Kelsey celebrated the launch of An Advocate’s Guide to Advancing Disability-Forward Housing through Qualified Allocation Plans (QAPs), a new resource to help advocates shape their state’s Low-Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC) policies. Participants gained practical tools and heard real-world strategies from experts and advocates advancing disability-forward housing nationwide.

Text on image reads, “Friday, March 14th, 10AM–11AM PST. Shaping Inclusive Housing: The Kelsey’s QAP Advocacy Guide Launch & Advocates Panel.” Sandra Conley (Disability Advocate), Benji Kemper (Center for Living and Working), Marcos Segura (National Housing Law Project), and Hunter Herrera-McFarland (The Kelsey) are pictured. Sandra Conley is a dark-skinned woman with blonde locs. She is wearing red lipstick, brown glasses, and a blue shirt with a green scarf. Benji Kemper is a white man with short hair, wearing glasses and a blue polo shirt. Marcos Segura is a tan-skinned man wearing glasses, and a white button-down under a black suit jacket. Hunter Herrera-McFarland is a light-skinned Native woman with long black hair, black glasses, and a burgundy shirt, smiling in front of a brick background. Pink, orange, cream, and black shapes make up the background of the image.

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Text on image reads, “Friday, March 14th, 10AM–11AM PST. Shaping Inclusive Housing: The Kelsey’s QAP Advocacy Guide Launch & Advocates Panel.” Sandra Conley (Disability Advocate), Benji Kemper (Center for Living and Working), Marcos Segura (National Housing Law Project), and Hunter Herrera-McFarland (The Kelsey) are pictured. Sandra Conley is a dark-skinned woman with blonde locs. She is wearing red lipstick, brown glasses, and a blue shirt with a green scarf. Benji Kemper is a white man with short hair, wearing glasses and a blue polo shirt. Marcos Segura is a tan-skinned man wearing glasses, and a white button-down under a black suit jacket. Hunter Herrera-McFarland is a light-skinned Native woman with long black hair, black glasses, and a burgundy shirt, smiling in front of a brick background. Pink, orange, cream, and black shapes make up the background of the image.

Shaping Inclusive Housing: The Kelsey’s QAP Advocacy Guide Launch & Advocates Panel

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Our webinar, Shaping Inclusive Housing: The Kelsey’s QAP Advocacy Guide Launch & Advocates Panel, brought together advocates, policymakers, and housing leaders from across the country to discuss the power of state-level advocacy in expanding housing options for people with and without disabilities. 

The event introduced An Advocate’s Guide to Advancing Disability-Forward Housing through Qualified Allocation Plans (QAPs)—our new resource designed to equip advocates with concrete policy strategies to influence the amount of affordable, accessible, and inclusive housing in their state.

Key Takeaways

  • Real-World Advocacy in Action: Advocates shared firsthand experiences of how engaging in state-level policy work has led to more inclusive housing policies and increased affordable housing options for people with disabilities.
  • Leveraging the QAP Advocacy Guide: Our Policy Manager, Hunter, walked attendees through the guide, demonstrating how it can be used to influence Low-Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC) policies and drive meaningful change.
  • Insights from Experts: A dynamic panel of housing policy experts, disability advocates, and community leaders discussed the critical role QAPs play in shaping affordable housing and provided actionable steps for advocates looking to advance disability-forward policies in their own states.

Interested in taking action? Download An Advocate’s Guide to Advancing Disability-Forward Housing through QAPs here to explore policy strategies and tools that can support your advocacy efforts.

If you missed the live webinar, you can watch the full recording below.

About the Panelists

Sandra Conley has been an active Disability Advocate since 2022; however, she started as a self-advocate 30 years ago. She desires to encourage other persons with disabilities to become self-advocates as well, particularly in the areas of housing, employment, and policymaking.

Benji Kemper is a Community Organizer at Center for Living and Working, an Independent Living Center in Worcester, Massachusetts. He enjoys working with the community to improve accessible transportation and create more affordable accessible housing.

Marcos Segura is a Staff Attorney at NHLP. He focuses on the Low-Income Housing Tax Credit program, USDA’s Rural Development program, and NHLP’s California policy work. Before joining NHLP, Marcos was a staff attorney with Central California Legal Services, where he represented individuals facing eviction and others in state and federal court on real estate fraud, predatory debt collection, and habitability issues.

Hunter Herrera-McFarland is a Policy Manager at The Kelsey, where she leads advocacy efforts to advance disability-forward reforms in the Low-Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC) program at the state and federal levels. Hunter champions policies that require every affordable housing development to prioritize cross-disability accessibility and integrate supportive services so that people with disabilities can live independently in the community of their choice.