THE LONG VIEW:
HOW CAN NEW YORK PRESERVE HOUSING AFFORDABILITY?

Housing Officials, Advocates and Developers Join Panel on
Future of Affordable Housing in New York City

Featuring Remarks by Hon. Christine Quinn, Speaker of the New York City Council and DHCR Commissioner Deborah Van Amerongen

 

WHAT:

New York has long depended on subsidy programs to facilitate affordable housing development. However, as policies and programs designed as incentives sunset, tens of thousands of units have reverted to market rate over the last decade, with 15,000 more set to do so in the near future. Housing policy officials, affordable housing advocates and developers join for a comprehensive analysis of what strategies and regulatory structures the state and city need to implement to preserve and increase the city’s affordable housing stock.

WHO:

Introductory Remarks: Hon. Christine Quinn, Speaker, New York City Council

Moderator: Errol Louis, Columnist and Editorial Board Member, New York Daily News

Panelists:
Deborah Van Amerongen, Commissioner, New York State Division of Housing and Community Renewal (DHCR)
Michelle de la Uz, Executive Director, Fifth Avenue Committee; President, Association for Neighborhood Housing Development (ANHD) Board of Directors
Dina Levy, Director of Organizing and Policy, Urban Homesteading Assistance Board (UHAB) Ron Moelis, CEO, L & M Development Partners
Emily Youssouf, Managing Director and Head, Housing Finance Division, J.P. Morgan Securities, Inc.

WHEN:

March 26, 8:15am to 10:30am

WHERE:

Theresa Lang Community and Student Center, Arnhold Hall, 55 West 13th Street, 2nd Floor, New York, NY.

RSVP:

Admission is free, but seating is limited. Please RSVP to 212.229.5418 or centernyc@newschool.edu

ABOUT THE CENTER FOR NEW YORK CITY AFFAIRS AT THE NEW SCHOOL
The Center for New York City Affairs is a nonpartisan institute dedicated to advancing innovative public policies that strengthen neighborhoods, support families and reduce urban poverty. The Center’s original, applied research, academic seminars and media projects seek to explain the politics of community change and explore solutions grounded in the real-life experience of practitioners and residents in New York’s neighborhoods. Its public programs offer community leaders and others the opportunity to meet powerful players in and around government and to learn about the context, organizations, and other factors that define the policymaking landscape in New York City and urban America. This event is made possible by the generous support of Edison Properties, the Milano Foundation and the Sirus Fund.

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