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

Saturday, November 22, 2008

The National Center for Suburban Studies at Hofstra University® 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
8:30AM-5:00PM
LEO A. GUTHART CULTURAL CENTER THEATER,
AXINN LIBRARY, SOUTH CAMPUS

Sponsored by the Rauch Foundation

Homes for sale in Des Moines, Iowa. Courtesy of the National Training and Information Center's Foreclosure Photo Project, www.foreclosurephotoproject.org.

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 organized a one-day conference that considered new approaches to housing policy and new opportunities for community organizing. The conference featured panels that linked an analysis of the crisis to concrete paths to action, and provided a venue for sharing insights and strategies. We invited organizers, advocates, academics, and policymakers to this one-day symposium that considered the present opportunities for the transformation of housing policy.

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