Hearing Schedule – Chicago, July 15, 2008

8:00 am Registration and continental breakfast

9:00 am Welcome

9:15am Statements from Commissioners

9:30 am Panel 1

The State of Fair Housing: What Have We Accomplished?
Forty years after the enactment of the Fair Housing Act, and 20 years after the amendments that gave real power to HUD for enforcement, what progress have we made in ending segregation and promoting integration in our cities, towns, and communities?
- John Logan, Brown University
- Thomas J. Sugrue, University of Pennsylvania
- Margery Austin Turner, The Urban Institute
- Lisa Rice, National Fair Housing Alliance

10:30 am Break

11:00 am Panel 2

Costs and Consequences of the Residential Racial Divide
An examination of the impact that segregation and integration have on the economic, social, and educational fabric of our neighborhoods and communities.
- Kathy Clark, Chicago Area Fair Housing Alliance
- Deborah McKoy, Center for Cities and Schools, University of California – Berkeley
- Eboni SternJohn, Minneapolis, MN
- Willie Brown, State Farm Insurance

12:00 pm Lunch

1:30 pm Panel 3

40 Years after the Fair Housing Act: Is the Federal Government Living Up to its Mandate?
The federal government has a legal obligation to both combat discrimination and promote integration. This panel examines the historical and current performance of HUD and other federal agencies with regard to fair housing.
- Florence Roisman, Indiana University School of Law – Indianapolis
- George Lipsitz, University of California – Santa Barbara
- Jim McCarthy, Miami Valley Fair Housing Center
- William Tisdale, Metropolitan Milwaukee Fair Housing Council

2:30pm Break

3:00 pm Panel 4

Housing Choice and Access to Opportunity
In recent years, housing choice programs have been an increasing component of the work to promote integration. This panel examines the challenges that such programs present and ways to ensure both choice and equal opportunity. It also focuses on the programmatic and fair housing enforcement concerns that affect people with disabilities, and the effect that discrimination has on individuals and communities across the country.
- Marca Bristo, Access Living
- James Rosenbaum, Northwestern University
- Bill Wilen, Sargent Shriver National Center on Poverty Law
- Hector Gamboa, Spanish Coalition for Housing
- Maria Kong, National Association of Real Estate Brokers

4:00: Additional Public Commentary

Bernie Kleina HOPE Inc., Wheaton, Illinois
Professor Maria Krysan University of Illinois at Chicago
Vince Curry, Executive Director Fair Housing Advocates, Akron, Ohio And possible victim of discrimination
Nancy Haynes, Executive Director Fair Housing Center of West Michigan
Doretha A. Ardoin, Grand Rapids MI Realtor, Coldwell Banker Schmidt (identification only)
Jill Fenner, Director Fair Housing Center of Nebraska
Valerie Fortner Chicago, disabled consumer
Michael Blue Chicago, disabled consumer
Gail Schecter Interfaith Housing Center
Clyde Murphy Chicago Lawyers Committee

5:00pm Closing Remarks

5:15pm Adjournment

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