Conference to Look at Working Family Housing Solutions

Experts and policymakers from around the country will be meeting in Chicago on June 28-30 to focus on state and local housing solutions.

The highly interactive conference — “Solutions for Working Families" — is being presented by the National Housing Conference.

Keynote speakers will include:

• Carol Coletta, president and CEO of CEOs for Cities and the host and producer of the nationally syndicated public radio show, “Smart City”
• Henry Cisneros, executive chairman of CityView, former mayor of San Antonio and former HUD secretary
• Bruce Katz, vice president and founding director of the Brooking Institution Metropolitan Policy Program
• Nicolas Retsinas, director of Harvard’s Joint Center for Housing Studies

About 80 other speakers will be participating in this first-of-its-kind housing conference, including representatives from NAHB, Enterprise Community Partners and the Local Initiatives Support Corporation.

Topics of discussion will include foreclosure prevention strategies, resources for affordable homes and ideas for expanding development opportunities.

Targeted to newcomers and veterans in the housing field alike, the conference will provide training workshops, panel discussions, peer-to-peer learning opportunities and more geared to presenting the full-spectrum of policies that can ensure housing for working families.

For more information on the conference and registration, click here.

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