Welcome to a Conversation on Why Many in DC Find Housing Unaffordable! Join us at the First Congregational United Church of Christ for an intriguing conversation focused on DC's affordable housing crisis. revitalizing our downtown area. Learn from experts in urban planning, community development, and local business as they share their insights and strategies. This in-person event is a great opportunity to network with like-minded individuals and brainstorm ideas to solve our housing crisi. Don't miss out on this chance to be a part of positive change in our community!
Professor Patrick Condon will be our featured speaker. Professor Condon has taught at the University of British Columbia since 1992. Recognizing the need for collaboration as a fundamental part of designing sustainable communities, Professor Condonhas pioneered public engagement methods. He has successfully focused attention on how to make systemic change in the way cities are built and operated, notably in his East Clayton project in Surrey, BC. More recently, he and his research partners collaborated with the City of North Vancouver to produce a 100-year plan to make the city carbon-neutral by 2107.
Also speaking will be Patrick McAnaney, Director of Development at Somerset Development Company. He will briefly describe the various development cost categories and the general funding structure for affordable housing as well as commenting on how property acquisition costs factor into development costs.
Yonah Freemark, Principal Research Associate at the Urban Institute’s Housing and Communities Division, will be the third speaker. Yonah will address the various data-based factors that add important market context to Condon’s and McAnaney’s comments.
There will be time for questions and comments from the audience. The program will be in person and recorded. Light refreshments to follow.
The church is located at the corner of 10th & G Streets, N.W. -- between the Metro Center and Gallery Place Stations. Event parking is available in the building for a fee of $15; use 980 G Place, NW for Google or GPS directions to the garage entrance at the back of the building.
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