Housing Education Symposium
Our Housing Education Resource Team hosted the 2026 Housing Education Symposium at Spark Lipscomb in downtown Nashville from July 13 through the 14. This year’s theme was The State of Housing Counseling- Tuning Our Tactics and Building a Movement, focused on understanding and addressing changes in the Housing Education and Counseling Program Policies and Procedures, all while embracing one another’s perspectives, ideas, and moving forward with P.R.I.D.E !
2026 Top Producer Awards
- You Can Make It Homeownership Center
- Clinch-Powell RC&D
- HomeSource of East TN
- Affordable Housing Resources, Inc
- UT Extension – Dyer County
- Eastern Eight CDC
- Knoxville Area Urban League
- UT Extension – Lawrence County
- United Housing, Inc.
- UT Extension – Rutherford County
- Life of Victory International Christian Ministries
Wow Awards for Housing Counselors
- Shannon Critten of Affordable Housing Resources (1st to Register Award)
- Shannon Critten of Affordable Housing Resources (Rising Star Award)
- Shelley Hicks-Wheeler of Eastern Eight CDC (Reporting Award)
- Joy Powell of UT Extension-Wayne (Exceptional Service Award)
- Victoria Ray of Crossville Housing Authority (Overcoming Challenges Award)
- Andrea Sosa of HomeSource East Tennessee (Kindness & Willingness to Help Others Award)
- Selah Melvin of Chattanooga Neighborhood Enterprise (Continuing Education Hour Award)
The 2026 Vicki George Award of Housing Industry Excellence
Priscilla Reed of United Housing Inc.
Sponsors
To the many banks and housing industry sponsors who made this event possible, we appreciate you!
Platinum Sponsor
First Horizon Foundation
Gold Sponsors
eHome American
Old National Bank
Regions Bank
Silver Sponsor
Pinnacle Financial Partners
Housing Champion Sponsors
Cloverleaf
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