Memo to Members

NLIHC’s March 27-29 Housing Policy Forum to Address Development without Displacement

Feb 19, 2019

NLIHC’s 2019 Housing Policy Forum: Seizing the Moment for Bold Solutions, taking place in Washington, DC, March 27-29, will feature an exploration of YIMBYism and development without displacement. Too often, new development and efforts to revitalize communities do not prioritize the needs and interests of long-term residents, and people are pushed out. How can communities develop desperately needed new housing and infrastructure to benefit long-term residents without displacing them? Presenters will explore examples of communities that have successfully implemented development without displacement. Attendees will learn about the broad-based coalitions needed to win key zoning reforms, tenant protections, community benefits agreements, and other policy solutions.  Register for the forum today at: http://www.nlihcforum.org/

Featured panelists for the discussion of YIMBY and development without displacement are:

  • Randy Shaw, Tenderloin Housing Clinic and author of Generation Priced Out: Who Gets to Live in the New Urban America
  • Council Member Gregorio Casar, Austin City Council
  • Donna Mossman, Crown Heights Tenants Union, Brooklyn, NY

Other topics to be addressed at this year’s forum are: 

  • The state of affordable housing in 2019, recent successes and challenges, and emerging opportunities
  • The state of play related to affordable housing on Capitol Hill in 2019
  • Achieving greater racial equity in housing
  • The affordable housing crisis in rural areas and tribal lands and advocacy strategies to achieve real solutions.
  • The growing Opportunity Starts at Home multi-sector affordable housing movement
  • The U.S. eviction epidemic and its solutions
  • Getting started building and preserving homes for people with the lowest incomes though the national Housing Trust Fund
  • Best practices in non-partisan voter engagement and ways to get candidates for public office to make affordable housing a priority in their campaigns
  • Working with and making housing an issue with the media
  • The future of public housing
  • Research on the issues and solutions related to housing for extremely vulnerable populations
  • The keys to state, local, and resident-led organizing
  • Low-income resident leadership
  • Federal fixes to ensure equitable disaster housing recovery
  • And more

The early-bird 2019 Housing Policy Forum registration rate expires on February 25. The Forum is filling up fast, so register today at: http://www.nlihcforum.org/

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