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Forging a New Housing Policy

THE NATIONAL CENTER FOR SUBURBAN STUDIES
AND THE DEPARTMENT OF SOCIOLOGY
PRESENT A ONE-DAY SYMPOSIUM

Forging a New Housing Policy:
Opportunity in the Wake of Crisis

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 2008
8:00AM-5:00PM
LEO A. GUTHART CULTURAL CENTER THEATER,
AXINN LIBRARY, SOUTH CAMPUS

Sponsored by the Rauch Foundation

The collapse of the private mortgage market has devastated communities
across the United States, particularly communities of color. Public
debate has focused on rescuing delinquent homeowners and bolstering the
financial sector, but there has been less discussion of the crisis as a
moment of change. Hofstra University's National Center for Suburban
Studies and Department of Sociology have organized a one-day conference
that will consider the future of housing policy and community
organizing. The conference will feature panels that link an analysis of
the crisis to concrete paths to action, and will provide a venue for
sharing insights and strategies. We invite organizers, policymakers, and
academics to a one-day symposium that will consider the present
opportunities for transforming housing in the United States.

Keynote Speaker:
Chester Hartman Director of Research, Poverty and Race Research
Action Council
Co-Editor, A Right to Housing: Foundation of a New Social
Agenda

Luncheon Speaker:
James H. Carr Chief Operating Officer, National Community Reinvestment
Coalition
Former Senior Vice President, Financial Planning, Innovation,
and Research, Fannie Mae Foundation (1996-2007)
Co-Editor, Segregation: The Rising Costs for America

Agenda

8:00-9:00 Reception / Registration

9:00-10:30 Welcome
Address by Chester Hartman

10:45-12:15 Panel 1: The Evolving Crisis in Context
Michael Stone, University of Massachusetts, Boston
Jeff Crump, University of Minnesota
Aracely Panameño, Center for Responsible Lending
Josiah Madar, Furman Center for Real Estate and Urban Policy,
New York University Law School

12:15-1:45 Lunch
Address by James Carr

1:45-3:15 Panel 2: Fertile Ground for Innovation?
Elvin Wyly, University of British Columbia
James Mumm, National Training and Information Center
Mary O’Hara, Burlington Associates / ROC USA Network
Anthony Flint, Lincoln Institute of Land Policy

3:30-5:00 Panel 3: New Strategies for Policy and Organizing
Brenda Torpy, Champlain Housing Trust
Steven Meacham, City Life / Vida Urbana, Boston
Mike Howells, C3 / Hands Off Iberville, New Orleans
Nellie Hester Bailey, Harlem Tenants Union

Light refreshments and lunch will be provided. The conference is free,
but advanced registration is required. Please register online at
www.hofstra.edu/housingcrisis.

Limited free table space is available for the distribution of
organizational materials and publications. Conference rate hotel rooms
are available until November 6th; please contact Ina Katz at the
National Center for Suburban Studies at (516) 463-9770 for more
information.

For all other enquiries, please e-mail Chris Niedt at
.(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address).

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