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NYHC POLICY SYMPOSIUM: AFFORDABLE HOUSING STRATEGIES TO HELP PRESERVE PUBLIC HOUSING
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With a $17 billion backlog of unmet capital needs, can affordable housing strategies be applied to the nation's largest housing authority to help preserve aging public housing in need of costly repairs? Policy makers, practitioners and resident leaders will discuss HUD's Rental Assistance Demonstration (RAD) and plans to build on NYCHA land.
Program will feature:
8:00-8:30am:
Breakfast & Registration
8:30-9:00am:
The Future of Public Housing
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Policymakers discuss the future of public housing in New York City.
- Errol Louis, Political Anchor, NY1 News and host of "Inside City Hall" (Moderator)
- Holly Leicht, Regional Administrator, U.S. Dept of Housing and Urban Development
- Shola Olatoye, Chair and Chief Executive Officer, New York City Housing Authority
- Ritchie Torres, New York City Councilmember, District 15
9:00-10:00am:
RAD Program in NYC and Beyond
- Experts from NYC & Baltimore discuss RAD's potential and pitfalls
- Alex Schwartz, Professor of Urban Policy, The New School (Moderator)
- Vic Bach, Senior Housing Policy Analyst, Community Service Society
- Wallace Craig, Tenant Council President, Lakeview Towers (Baltimore)
- Paul Graziano, Executive Director, Baltimore Housing
- Lolita Miller, Treasurer, Ocean Bay (Bayside) Tenant Association
- Cathy Pennington, Executive Vice President for Leased Housing, NYCHA
10:00-11:00:
Building Affordable Housing on NYCHA Land
- Progress on NextGen Neighborhoods and community engagement
- Moses Gates, Director of Community Planning and Design, Regional Plan Association (Moderator)
- Miguel Acevedo, Resident Leader, Fulton Houses, NYCHA
- Michelle de la Uz, Executive Director, Fifth Avenue Committee
- Nicole Ferreira, Vice President of Development, NYCHA
- Patrick Lee, Principal, Trinity Financial
September 22, 2016
8:00-11:00am
CUNY Graduate Center
365 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY
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New York Housing Conference, Inc. | 646.923.8548 |
www.thenyhc.org
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