Homeownership is a primary contributor to health and wealth outcomes, particularly for households of color, but historical and systemic discrimination have prevented disenfranchised communities from achieving, maintaining, and experiencing homeownership’s benefits.

Join the Urban Institute and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation for an event where we present new research findings and participate in evidence-based discussions about loss mitigation, home repair and preservation, and climate risk.
 

Opening remarks

• Sarah Rosen Wartell, President, Urban Institute
• Kimberlee Cornett, Senior Director of Impact Investments, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

Keynote

• Ras J. Baraka, Mayor, Newark, New Jersey
• Michael Neal, Senior Fellow, Urban Institute (moderator)

Housing Quality and Wealth Building through Homeownership Preservation

• Sarah J. Edelman, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Single-Family Housing, US Department of Housing and Urban Development
• Martha Galvez, Executive Director, Housing Solutions Lab, NYU Furman Center
• Megan Sandel, Co–Lead Principal Investigator, Boston Medical Center
• Damon E. Thompson, Senior Director of National Housing, Local Initiatives Support Corporation
• Michael Neal, Senior Fellow, Urban Institute (moderator)

Foreclosure and its Implications for Wealth Disparities and Health

• Laurie Goodman, Institute Fellow, Urban Institute

Implications of Greater Climate Risk on Wealth and Health Outcomes

• Jacob Corvidae, Senior Principal, RMI
• Andrew Rumbach, Senior Fellow and Colead, Climate and Communities Program, Urban Institute
• Christopher Tyson, President, National Community Stabilization Trust
• Shanti Abedin, Vice President of Housing and Community Development, National Fair Housing Alliance (moderator)

The Importance of Homeownership for Communities of Color

• Rolanda Hollis, District 58, Alabama House of Representatives

Closing remarks

• Janneke Ratcliffe, Vice President for Housing Finance Policy, Urban Institute

This event is available for in-person or virtual participation. Please be sure to register correctly. In-person check-in, lunch, and a data walk will begin at 11:00 a.m. We strive to host inclusive, accessible events that enable all individuals to engage fully. Please email [email protected] if you require any accommodations or have any questions about this event.

Support for this event is provided by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. For more on Urban’s funding policies, go to urban.org/about/organizational-principles.
 

NEXT10: The Future of Home 

The Housing Finance Policy Center’s 10th Anniversary Series

The Urban Institute’s Housing Finance Policy Center (HFPC) was founded a decade ago with a mission to educate policymakers, system actors, and the public about how the housing finance system could better serve families, households, and communities, particularly those historically disadvantaged by that very system. Today’s challenges demand even more from HFPC’s unique capacities, and HFPC is pleased to announce the launch of NEXT10: The Future of Home, a series of high-priority initiatives and events aimed at solving today’s critical issues.

HFPC’s NEXT10 series will bring together leaders and collaborators from a wide array of sectors to explore promising ideas and bold solutions for the US housing finance system, to build important partnerships, and to inspire transformative action. These events will help inform the framework for the NEXT10 research agenda, comprising new research on today’s urgent challenges, alongside the foundational work needed to develop an evidence base for future work on emerging issues that have the potential to dominate the US housing finance system in the years to come.