Chapin Hall and the Urban Institute’s next edition of “Thursday’s Child” will cover the impact of the foreclosure crisis on children and families. Register here.
Children, Families, and Foreclosures: The Economic Crisis Hits Home
March 12, 2009
Listen to a live audio webcast
9 am ET / 8 am CT / 7 am MT / 6 am PT
Program length: 1.5 hours
The national housing crisis is exploding, with 2.2 million foreclosure actions started last year alone. Renters and homeowners have been forced to move, and the trauma is rippling across neighborhoods and anchor institutions of every size and description.
The executive branch and Congress are pouring billions of dollars into stemming the tide of foreclosures, evictions, and neighborhood distress. But so far, the crisis’s impact on children and their families has been largely unexplored. And how will the new policy efforts play out on the ground?
Join us as we investigate such issues as:
- the scope of the crisis, foreclosures’ effects on kids and communities, and the research needed to understand those outcomes better;
- the circumstances of families seeking help and local strategies to prevent foreclosures;
- emerging strategies for stabilizing neighborhoods hit hard by the housing market’s collapse; and the opportunities and challenges for states, localities, service organizations, and families presented by Washington’s would-be remedies.
Panelists:
- Malcolm Bush, research fellow, Chapin Hall at the University of Chicago
- Ingrid Gould Ellen, codirector, Furman Center for Real Estate and Urban Policy, New York University
- Olivia Golden (moderator), institute fellow, Urban Institute; former assistant secretary for children and families, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
- Thomas Perez, Maryland secretary of labor, licensing and regulation
- Others to be announced
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