Symposia & Other Projects

Homeownership Built to Last: A National Symposium

Homeownership Built to Last: A National Symposium

A two-day symposium held at Harvard Business School, supported by the Ford Foundation, Bank of America, and NeighborWorks America, which examined lessons learned from the housing crisis on sustaining homeownership for low-income and minority families.

What Works in Community Investing: A Community Development Summit

What Works in Community Investing: A Community Development Summit

A half-day community investing summit which looked at the innovative ideas that can bring new opportunities to America’s struggling communities, and called on leaders from the public, private, and nonprofit sectors to recognize that they can work smarter and achieve more by working together.

Building Assets for the Urban Poor by Design: Strengthening Urban Planning and Design in the Global South (2012)

Building Assets for the Urban Poor by Design: Strengthening Urban Planning and Design in the Global South (2012)

This Ford Foundation-sponsored project consisted of three convenings over the course of one year, to explore new thinking on the role of urban planning in social justice and urban poverty reduction in developing countries.

Moving Forward: The Future of Consumer Credit and Mortgage Finance-A National Symposium

Moving Forward: The Future of Consumer Credit and Mortgage Finance-A National Symposium

A two-day symposium that considered the future of consumer credit and mortgage finance in the light of the financial crisis and lessons learned from it.

Understanding Consumer Credit: A National Symposium on Expanding Access, Informing Choices, and Protecting Consumers

Understanding Consumer Credit: A National Symposium on Expanding Access, Informing Choices, and Protecting Consumers

A symposium which brought together leaders from the business, government, civic, and academic sectors to examine the challenges of improving outcomes for consumers.

Revisiting Rental Housing: A National Policy Summit

Revisiting Rental Housing: A National Policy Summit

A two-day rental housing policy summit designed to reexamine rental housing policy, programs, and priorities. The symposium featured scholarly research on the nature of the nation’s rental housing problems, the government’s response to these problems, and alternative ways of engineering rental programs and policies suggested by past practice, evaluation research, and insights into the operation of housing markets.