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SPEAKING · HEATHER PRESLEY-COWEN

Let’s rethink
housing.

Together.​

A new perspective for the people ready to move housing forward.

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Heather Presley-Cowen

Housing systems strategist

H.O.M.E. Method inventor

Heather brings a housing systems perspective to conferences, leadership gatherings, and community conversations—connecting capital, markets, and the local capacity to produce homes.

Keynotes · Presentations · Conversations

26-27

From Heroic Effort to Housing Delivery Systems

OCT 2026

UP NEXT · NORTHWEST MICHIGAN HOUSING SUMMIT

Housing North · Hagerty Center, Traverse City

THE CONVERSATIONS WE NEED

Big questions.
Practical possibilities.

Every audience brings different challenges and opportunities. I tailor each presentation to meet people where they are—and help them imagine what's possible next.

Frequently asked questions

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FOR EVENT ORGANIZERS

Meet your speaker.

Two biography lengths, a professional photograph, and everything in one place.

Short biography

Heather Presley-Cowen is a housing systems strategist and inventor of the H.O.M.E. Method. Her work brings together markets, capital, production, and community leadership to help communities move from housing plans to housing production. Drawing on experience in local government and housing finance, she helps leaders see the connections behind housing challenges and explore how coordinated local systems can create more housing opportunity.

Extended biography

Heather Presley-Cowen is a housing systems strategist and inventor of the H.O.M.E. Method, a six-step framework for helping communities move from housing plans to housing production. Her work began with a commitment to housing opportunity and developed through years in local government, federal housing resources, and complex development financing.

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As a capital stacker, Heather learned to bring unconventional financing solutions together. That experience led to a wider question: how could communities build the capacity to produce housing repeatedly, rather than solve each project on its own?

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Today, her work connects the H.O.M.E. Method, Club 720, Mission BUILD, HOME Intelligence, Housing Factories, and an emerging community of local Operators. Her presentations invite public, private, and nonprofit leaders to understand the relationships among household demand, payment, production, and absorption—and to consider how a coordinated system can turn local housing potential into practical opportunities.

IN THE CONVERSATION

Selected engagements.

A selection from Heather’s
published speaking record.

Mon, Nov 02

Northwest Michigan Housing Summit / Michigan

BEFORE THE CONVERSATION

​Explore the ideas.

THE FRAMEWORK

The H.O.M.E. Method

The six-step approach behind Heather’s housing systems work.

THE WRITING

The Housing Constituency

Selected articles on markets, capital, and housing production.

BRING HEATHER TO YOUR EVENT

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