Tuesday, November 3, 2009
Noon–1:30 p.m. ET
Panelists:
Raphael Bostic, assistant secretary for policy development and research, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
Claudia Coulton, professor of urban social research and codirector, Center on Urban Poverty and Social Change, Case Western Reserve University
Audrey Jordan, associate director for peer learning, The Annie E. Casey Foundation
Brett Theodos, research associate, Metropolitan Housing and Communities Policy Center, Urban Institute
Margery Austin Turner, vice president for research, Urban Institute (moderator)
Community organizations, local governments, foundations, businesses, and social service providers rely on residential stability in their efforts to alleviate the plight of impoverished families in hard-pressed neighborhoods. While trading up to a better neighborhood may improve an individual family’s circumstances, frequent churning of residents may have negative effects for communities.
A forthcoming examination of evidence from the Making Connections initiative, a decade-long effort sponsored by the Annie E. Casey Foundation to improve neighborhoods in 10 cities, will be the starting point for a debate about the intersection of poverty, neighborhood quality, and economic advancement.
Panelists will discuss
• whether low-income families move because of financial and other problems or to find better homes or communities;
• whether mobility supports or undermines neighborhood stability;
• how federal neighborhood revitalization efforts should respond to high rates of family mobility; and
• what role cities and nonprofits should play in serving families that move and those that stay.
Resources:
- Bios (pdf)
- Family Mobility and Neighborhood Change; New Evidence and Implications for Community Initiatives (link)
At the Urban Institute
2100 M Street N.W., 5th Floor, Washington, D.C.Lunch will be provided at 11:45 a.m. The forum begins promptly at noon.
Webcast note:
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http://www.visualwebcaster.com/event.asp?id=63228.
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