CURRENT EVENTS

September 15, 2008
Submission Deadline for Workforce Housing Endorsement Coalition
 
October 27 – 30, 2008
ULI Annual Fall Meeting
  
Tuesday, October 28, 2008
11:15 a.m. – 12:15 a.m. 
Workforce Housing Case Studies
Award winning developers will showcase their workforce housing projects and share the innovative techniques utilized that lead to the successful production of workforce housing.
 
Wednesday, October 29, 2008
11:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. 
National Housing Policy: Past, Present, and Future
Hear from the experts who shaped our nation’s housing policy.  HUD Secretaries will discuss the “Housing and Economic Recovery Act of 2008,” and how this landmark legislation will impact America’s housing landscape.

Thursday, October 30, 2008
9:30 a.m. – 10:45 a.m. 
Workforce Housing: A Global Perspective
Housing officials from the European Union will share the latest strategies for the production of affordable and workforce housing throughout Europe.

11:15 a.m. – 12:30 a.m. 
The Housing/Transportation Connection: What Role in Affordability?
Learn more about the connection between housing and transportation policies to advance national goals regarding energy security, energy efficiency and greenhouse gas reduction.
 
National Advisory Board members Bart Harvey, Carol Galante, Ron Terwilliger honored.

 
PAST EVENTS

April 17, 2008 – Boulder Workforce Housing Forum

June 25, 2008 – Fairfax County Workforce Housing Summit: The Intersection of Traffic and Workforce Housing

Increasing transportation and housing costs, along with escalating traffic congestion, were issues highlighted at the Fairfax County Workforce Housing Summit on June 25, 2008. Fairfax County, in partnership with Freddie Mac and the ULI Terwilliger Center for Workforce Housing, invited corporate and community leaders, elected officials, and experts in the housing and transportation community to the Freddie Mac headquarters in McLean, Virginia.
 
Guest speakers highlighted the severity of increased congestion and soaring housing and transportation costs in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area. Emphasis was placed on the need for affordable housing for working families that cannot afford to live close to their place of employment. The summit was another step taken to engage employers within the region to begin undertaking unified plans that harness the power of partnerships between government, private enterprise, and nonprofits.

Three concurrent panel discussions educated attendees on the connection between workforce housing and alleviating traffic congestion. Panelists proposed Transit Oriented Development (TOD) as one solution to decrease traffic congestion. Proactive planning was also suggested as a solution in areas such as Tyson’s Corner to create  high density, mixed-use communities. J. Michael Pitchford, President and CEO of Community Development Preservation Corporation, and Chair of the Washington D.C. Terwilliger Center Steering Committee, moderated the “Housing Solutions to Ease the Commute’ panel and discussed the role of the Terwilliger Center in the closing remarks of the Summit.
 
Please visit http://www.e-ffordable.org/articles/2008-06-25-summit.htm for additional information regarding the Fairfax County Workforce Housing Summit.