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ULI SPRING MEETING ULI SPRING MEETING
Colorado Convention Center, Denver, CO, United States May 12-14, 2025

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Moderator
Ms. Jessy Ledesma

Ms. Jessy Ledesma

Founder and Principal HomeWork Development

Jessy Ledesma is the Founder and Principal of HomeWork Development and co-developer of Shortstack Housing. Jessy founded HomeWork Development in early 2021 with a vision to build a new model for inclusive and responsive housing development. Prior to HomeWork, Jessy was Director of Development at Beam Development and previously developed affordable housing for both for-profit ownership and non-profit ownership. Jessy has transacted over $200M in development volume across 18 projects. This includes over 600 affordable housing units and 200,000 SF of commercial developments.

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Mission Priority
Thu Apr 11 2:30 PM — 3:30 PM (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time New York Hilton Midtown - Level 2, Gramercy Suite

Developing “Missing Middle” Housing: Opportunities, Challenges, and Creative Financing Tools

Ms. Jessy Ledesma
Ms. Jessy Ledesma, HomeWork Development
Mrs. Anyeley Hallova
Mrs. Anyeley Hallova, Adre
Ms. Anna Mackay
Ms. Anna Mackay, Sister City
Andrea Wenner
Andrea Wenner, MSquared
Category Equitable Development Housing – Affordable and Workforce Housing/Residential
Type AIA LU AICP CM Concurrent Session Mission Priority Open to All Attendees
This session will cover the opportunities and challenges in developing mixed- or middle-income, infill multifamily development—often referred to as "missing middle" housing. Using real development case studies presented by three developers, the panel will cover both rental multifamily and homeownership development models. The case studies will show how we can deliver housing more affordably than typical market-rate development and more efficiently than typical affordable housing development, using creative financing tools that blend private impact equity with strategic public financing sources.