VHFA News

By:
Leslie Black-Plumeau

Friday, December 2, 2011

8:30 AM – 3:30 PM

Sheraton Needham Hotel, Needham, MA

Featured Speakers:

  • Xavier de Sousa Briggs, Associate Professor of Sociology and Urban Planning, MIT (Formerly, Associate Director, White House Office of Management and Budget)
  • Barbara Burnham, Director of Federal Policy, LISC
  • Sheila Crowley, President, National Low Income Housing Coalition
  • Barbara Fields, New England Regional Administrator, HUDEthan Handelman, Vice President for Policy and Advocacy, National Housing Conference
  • Margaret Salazar, Senior Housing Program Specialist, HUD
  • Barbara Sard, Vice President for Housing Policy, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities(Additional National Speakers to be Announced)

Workshops:

  • Housing Finace Reform and Tax Credit Changes
  • Impact of Federal Budget Cuts
  • Section 8: Creative Approaches with Limited Resources
  • The New Reality for Public HousingSustainable Communities
  • Housing Counseling: Best Practices and Future Plans

New England Housing Network Lead Agencies:

  • Connecticut Housing Coalition
  • Citizen’s Housing & Planning Association, MA
  • Maine Affordable Housing Coalition
  • Housing Action New Hampshire
  • Housing Action Coalition of Rhode Island
  • Vermont Affordable Housing Coalition

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