 State of Housing in the East Bay: Crisis and Solutions Wednesday, May 13 2:00 - 5:00 PM, reception to follow |
Bancroft Hotel, The Great Room |
The deepening foreclosure and financial crisis is disparately impacting for low income families. What are the solutions for the East Bay? A data-driven presentation of East Bay housing conditions by Karen Chapple, Professor of City & Regional Planning, will be followed by a panel of experts who will discuss the foreclosure crisis, federal and state funding opportunities, changes in local housing markets, land use policy, and the role of non-profit housing developers.
Panelists will include:
Linda Wheaton, Assistant Deputy Director of Housing Policy Development for the California Department of Housing and Community Development
Matt Schwartz, President and CEO of California Housing Partnership Corporation
Lynette Lee, Executive Director of East Bay Asian Local Development Corporation
Sergio Barajas, National Community Stabilization Trust
Anne Cory, Director, Northern California Programs
Corporation for Supportive Housing
MODERATOR: Sean Heron, Senior Policy Analyst, Oakland Housing Authority
The symposium is FREE and open to all. Please RSVP today by clicking HERE, as space is limited.
For more information, email stateofhousing@gmail.com.
This event is part of EBHO's Affordable Housing Week 2009, May 8 - May 17. For more information about Affordable Housing Week, please click HERE or email Joel Tena at Joel@EBHO.org.
Driving directions to The Bancroft Hotel can be found HERE. The Bancroft Hotel is also accessible by public transportation, and is a half-block from the AC Transit 51 bus, 2 blocks from the AC Transit 1R or 1 bus, and 9 blocks from the Downtown Berkeley BART station.
This event is cosponsored by UC Berkeley's Center for Community Innovation, East Bay Housing Organizations, and Association of Bay Area Governments.
We greatly appreciate East Bay Community Foundation for their support of this event.
We look forward to seeing you there!