Cross-Sector Convenings
Together, We Build the Way Forward
At Home for All, we know that no single sector can solve the housing crisis alone. That’s why we convene developers, faith leaders, service providers, municipal officials, and other key partners to tackle barriers head-on, share solutions, and spark collaboration.
These convenings are not just meetings, they are catalysts for action. By creating space for honest dialogue, we surface the tough issues that stall housing progress, identify opportunities for partnership, and generate actionable strategies that move both housing projects and policies forward.
Why Convening Matters
Solving New Hampshire’s housing crisis requires more than isolated projects—it demands a coordinated system that works across sectors and scales. Convening is the backbone of that system—the critical but often unseen infrastructure that aligns housing developers, service providers, advocates, public leaders, and people with lived experience around shared priorities.
That’s where the Home for All Coalition comes in. We bring partners together to identify barriers, shape policy solutions, and channel resources where they will have the greatest impact.
When organizations come together, they don’t just share information, they ignite momentum. Through our convening work, we: eliminate duplication, break down silos, and spark innovation across housing and service systems
Together, we build momentum for systemic change, accelerating housing development, strengthening advocacy, and ensuring public and private investments move us beyond short-term fixes toward lasting, community-driven solutions.
Developer Roundtables
Every one to two years, Home for All convenes affordable housing developers alongside key stakeholders to surface emerging challenges, strengthen collaboration, and accelerate solutions that create pathways to stability for our most vulnerable neighbors.
These conversations don’t just advance projects, they shape our ground game. Insights from our roundtables fuel grassroots advocacy, education, and engagement efforts. They inform policy priorities, sharpen messaging, and align community voices around what it will take to expand diverse housing opportunities across the Seacoast.
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With support from Granite United Way, the Lighthouse Credit Union Foundation, the Geoffrey Clark and Martha Fuller Clark Fund at the New Hampshire Charitable Foundation, and Great Bay Community College, Home for All hosted New Hampshire’s first Developer Roundtable.
In partnership with New Hampshire Housing Finance Authority, Housing Action NH, and the Workforce Housing Coalition of the Greater Seacoast, the roundtable brought together 24 private and nonprofit developers to better understand the barriers to building affordable housing. Together, participants surfaced shared challenges and identified collective strategies to overcome them.
This inaugural convening became the catalyst for our Shift the Seacoast Initiative, setting the stage for ongoing collaboration and advocacy to expand housing opportunities across the region.
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In July 2025, Home for All convened nonprofit developers, faith leaders, and mission-driven housing organizations to explore innovative partnerships and align mission, land, and resources to create housing solutions that meet the growing affordability needs across the Seacoast.
This roundtable was made possible with the support of the New Hampshire Charitable Foundation, Granite United Way, and Temple Israel and their Tikkun Olam Committee, and with the partnership of Housing Action NH, New Hampshire Housing Finance Authority, NH Community Development Finance Authority, NH Department of Business and Economic Affairs, NH Preservation Alliance, Fair Tide, the Workforce Housing Coalition of the Greater Seacoast, and the Chamber Collaborative of Greater Portsmouth.
The conversations highlighted how collaboration between developers and faith communities can transform underutilized assets—such as faith-owned land—into housing opportunities, while also underscoring the many ways faith leaders can build public will to help bring projects across the finish line.
As one developer put it: “I don’t want to build housing. I want to build neighborhoods.” This sentiment captured the heart of the roundtable, reminding us that solving housing challenges is not just technical, it’s relational.
We are now moving forward on the next steps identified in the July 2025 roundtable, building on the momentum and commitments made to advance partnerships and housing solutions across the region.
What becomes possible when housing developers and faith-based organizations come together to create solutions?
Lasting solutions take more than good ideas, they take the right people, at the right table, working together in new ways.
Following the 2025 roundtable, we convened faith leaders to better understand the many ways congregations across New Hampshire and Maine are stepping up. These conversations are now shaping a toolkit for faith communities with resources on how to engage congregations around affordable housing and homelessness, along with practical guides for action, from advocacy to supporting local projects.
It was inspiring to see faith leaders and developers learn from one another, turning bold ideas into feasible projects and proving that housing solutions become possible only when communities come together.
Quarterly Partner & Monthly Workgroup Meetings
We convene 90+ partners quarterly to inform, educate, and mobilize the coalition around shared strategies. In parallel, four monthly workgroups drive focused, action-oriented progress on key priorities. Together, these gatherings foster alignment, spark innovation, and generate collaborative solutions to the Seacoast’s most pressing housing challenges.