Planners and the Foreclosure Crisis:Rebuilding Destabilized Housing Markets and NeighborhoodsSan Francisco Renaissance Stanford Court The collapse of the housing bubble and the foreclosure crisis have reshaped the face of American communities, leaving boarded-up houses, destabilized neighborhoods, and half-built developments. Planners in the public and private sectors all need to shift gears to learn how to address these issues, and ensure that their communities remain vital, stable places to live. In this Planners Training Service workshop, you will learn how foreclosures affect people, properties and communities, how to frame effective, market-sensitive strategies to deal with destabilized neighborhoods, and what tools to use to most effectively deal with vacant properties and other destabilizing forces at work in your neighborhood, city or county. The workshop will focus both on the specific nuts and bolts as well as understanding the underlying dynamics and forces at work, so that planners can integrate their short-term activities into longer-term planning strategies. ScheduleNovember 4, 20098:00 a.m.–8:30 a.m. 8:30 a.m.–12:00 p.m. 12:00 p.m.–1:00 p.m. 1:00 p.m.–4:30 p.m. November 5, 20097:30 a.m.–8:00 a.m. 8:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m. 12:00 p.m.–1:00 p.m. 1:00 p.m.–3:00 p.m. You'll learn about:
Presenters
Alan Mallach, FAICP is a Nonresident Senior Fellow at the Metropolitan Policy Program of The Brookings Institution in Washington, DC, where he specializes in foreclosure issues, neighborhood stabilization and the revitalization of older industrial cities. He is also a visiting scholar in the community affairs department of the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia and senior fellow at the National Housing Institute. He has been a consultant, advocate and public official, and served as Director of the Department of Housing & Development in Trenton, New Jersey from 1990 to 1999. His latest book, A Decent Home: Planning, Building and Preserving Affordable Housing has just been published by Planners Press and the University of Chicago Press. He is also the author of Bringing Buildings Back: From Vacant Properties to Community Assets and many other works on city planning, housing and Italian opera. He holds a B.A. degree from Yale University.
Joseph Belval serves as Housing Development Manager for the Community Development Division, Neighborhood Services Department, for the City of Phoenix, Arizona. He joined the City of Phoenix in 1990 and has held the titles of Rehabilitation Loan Specialist and Project Manager. He has been responsible for CDBG-funded, owner-occupied housing rehabilitation and housing counseling activities, and has managed residential redevelopment projects resulting in more than 250 scattered-site infill units. He recently received one of four national Government Service awards presented by NeighborWorks America. Prior to joining the City of Phoenix, he was Regional Program Review Manager for the Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation, and has also served as Executive Director of a neighborhood-based community development corporation. He holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Economics from Illinois State University. Certification Maintenance (CM)The PTS workshops are approved for certification maintenance credits: CM |14 NOTE: The workshop agenda provided here is for informational purposes only. The agenda is tentative and subject to change at any time prior to the actual workshop. Finalized workshop agendas will be provided (electronically) only to workshop registrants after registration has closed. | ||
