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HUD Secretary Gives Dunlop Lecture on Future of Housing
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Shaun Donovan | U.S. Housing and Urban Development Secretary Shaun Donovan discussed the future of housing and community development in the 10th annual John T. Dunlop Lecture in Cambridge, Mass., on Oct. 26.
His talk, “Toward a More Sustainable Future: Housing, Place and the New Federalism,” was co-sponsored by the National Housing Endowment and the Joint Center for Housing Studies at Harvard University.
Secretary Donovan returned to Harvard, his alma mater, to speak to students, professors and industry professionals about “forging a new direction for housing” and focusing housing’s future on “place,” neighborhoods and community development.
“The National Housing Endowment would like to thank Secretary Donovan for serving as lecturer at the 10th annual John T. Dunlop Lecture and for his commitment to having an open dialogue with the housing industry,” said Gary Garczynski, endowment chairman and 2002 NAHB president.
Donovan earned bachelor and master’s degrees in public administration and architecture from Harvard. He also researched and wrote about housing policy at the Joint Center and worked as an architect.
Prior to serving as the HUD secretary, Donovan was a commissioner of the New York City Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD), which founded the New York City Acquisition Fund, an award-winning collaboration with foundations and banks.
To view or read a transcript of Donovan’s lecture, visit www.jchs.harvard.edu/dunlop_lecture.
About the Dunlop Lecture
The Dunlop lecture series honors John T. Dunlop, Lamont University professor emeritus of Harvard University from 1985 to 2003 and advisor to U.S. presidents, beginning with Franklin D. Roosevelt. He also was the secretary of labor during the Ford Administration. In 1986, Dunlop was named to the NAHB Housing Hall of Fame. He also was a founding trustee of the endowment.
For more information about the endowment, visit www.nationalhousingendowment.org.
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