Housing and Community Development Policy in the Post-Bush Era: The View from Cambridge
Greg Russ, Executive Director, Cambridge Housing Authority

1:00 pm
Graduate School of Design
48 Quincy Street
Gund Hall, Room 112 (Stubbins)

Co-sponsored with the Rappaport Institute for Greater Boston

Housing and Community Development Policy in the Post-Bush Era: The View from the State House

CANCELLED

Housing Cities 2009
An interdisciplinary, student-led event developed by graduate students at Harvard and MIT.

For more information:
http://www.housingcities2009.com/

Click here to read coverage of this event from the Harvard University Gazette.

Co-sponsored with the Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy Student Conference Fund, the Harvard Real Estate Academic Initiative, the Harvard Kennedy School's Rappaport Institute and Ash Institute, the MIT Department of Urban Studies and Planning, and the Harvard Department of Urban Planning and Design

Beyond 40B: The Effectiveness and Impacts of Inclusionary Zoning
Jenny Schuetz, Assistant Professor, City College of New York, and co-author "The Effects of Inclusionary Zoning on Local Housing Markets: Lessons from the San Francisco, Washington, DC and Suburban Boston Areas" (Furman Center for Real Estate, NYU)

12:00 noon
Harvard Kennedy School
15 Eliot Street
Taubman Building, Nye AB (5th floor)

Co-sponsored with the Rappaport Institute for Greater Boston and the Taubman Center for State and Local Government

Leading from the Pack:
Peer-Group Networks as Change Agents
Joel Bolnick, Secretary, Slum/Shack Dwellers International
and Thomas Bledsoe, Chief Executive Officer, Housing Partnership Network

9:00-10:30 am
Affordable Housing Institute
38 Chauncy Street, 6th Floor
Boston, MA 02111

Click here for details and registration info (PDF)

Co-sponsored with the Affordable Housing Institute

Tirana, Albania in Transition:
Reconciling the Formal and Informal City
John Driscoll, Director, International Centre for Local and Regional Development; Vice President, Institute for Urban Development; Visiting Fellow, Joint Center for Housing Studies

1:00 pm
Graduate School of Design
48 Quincy Street
Gund Hall, Room 517

Co-sponsored with the Rappaport Institute for Greater Boston

A Public Address by The Honorable Barney Frank
The Honorable Barney Frank, Member, U.S. House of Representatives (D-MA); Chairman, House Financial Services Committee
Moderator: Dean David Ellwood, Harvard Kennedy School

6:00 pm
Harvard Kennedy School
79 JFK Street
JFK Jr. Forum

Co-sponsored with the Harvard University Institute of Politics, the Rappaport Institute for Greater Boston, and the Taubman Center for State and Local Government

Click here for the event listing on the Harvard University Institute of Politics' website

Housing and Community Development Policy in the Post-Bush Era: The View from Boston
John Palmieri, Director, Boston Redevelopment Authority

1:00 pm
Graduate School of Design
48 Quincy Street
Gund Hall, Room 122

Co-sponsored with the Rappaport Institute for Greater Boston and the Taubman Center for State and Local Government

Real Estate in Africa: Opportunities and Challenges
Laila Macharia, Principal, Scion Real

12:30 pm
Harvard Joint Center for Housing Studies
1033 Massachusetts Avenue, 5th Floor
Conference Room