Housing is about security, safety and affordability. But more important may be the opportunity it creates economically, educationally and socially. What are the concrete strategies for connecting people to "high opportunity" areas with high performing schools, low crime rates, jobs, and low poverty concentration? This panel discussion will address how a move to opportunity can change lives. Panelists will highlight programs that are providing opportunity links through regional planning, the creation of affordable housing, and housing mobility. The discussion will also include a comprehensive look at opportunity successes from around the country and federal programs that can help make opportunity real. |
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Workshop Panelists
Moderator: State Representative Gary Holder-Winfield
Professor Stefanie DeLuca, Johns Hopkins University
Julie Fagan, US Department of Housing and Urban Development
Mary Ellen Kowalewski, Capitol Region Council of Governments
David Fink, Partnership for Strong Communities
Erin Boggs, Esq., Connecticut Fair Housing Center |