New York University’s Furman Center for Real Estate and Urban Policy will host Jonathan Fanton, president of the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, for a major policy address on affordable housing, including the announcement that the foundation will invest $25 million in new research to build and deepen knowledge about the ways that housing affects children, families, and communities. The event will take place on Mon., Feb. 12, 6:00 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. at NYU School of Law’s Tishman Auditorium, 40 Washington Square South (between Sullivan and MacDougal Sts.).
Fanton’s remarks will be followed by reactions from a panel of housing experts, including: Shaun Donovan, New York City commissioner for Housing Preservation and Development, Sandra Newman, professor and director of Johns Hopkins University’s Institute for Policy Studies; and Denise Scott, managing director of Local Initiatives Support Corporation (LISC), New York City. The panel will be moderated by Ingrid Gould Ellen, associate professor of public policy and urban planning at NYU’s Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service and co-director of the Furman Center
Reporters interested in attending the event must contact James Devitt, NYU’s Office of Public Affairs, at 212.998.6808 or james.devitt@nyu.edu.
- WHAT: “Housing and America’s Future”
- WHO: Jonathan Fanton, president of the MacArthur Foundation; Shaun Donovan, New York City commissioner for Housing Preservation and Development; Sandra Newman, professor and director of Johns Hopkins University’s Institute for Policy Studies; Denise Scott, managing director of Local Initiatives Support Corporation (LISC), New York City; and Ingrid Gould Ellen, associate professor of public policy and urban planning at the Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service and co-director of the Furman Center
- WHEN: Mon., Feb. 12, 6:00-8:30 p.m.
- WHERE: NYU School of Law’s Tishman Auditorium, 40 Washington Square South (between Sullivan and MacDougal Sts.) [Subway Lines: A, B, C, D, E, F, V (West 4th Street)]