Join the Terwilliger Center’s Executive Director, Lynn Ross, on Monday, June 3, from 12:00 – 1:30 PM EST at the Urban Institute for a panel discussion, Opportunity in Times of Austerity: Collaboration Between Housing Nonprofits and Local Government. The event will mark the release of a new Urban Institute report and research brief, commissioned by Habitat for Humanity, highlighting the tools needed to create and support sustainable community development through non-profit and local government collaboration.  Panelists will discuss the need to leverage partnerships in the housing sector to catalyze housing opportunity. Speakers will include:

• Moderator: Stephen Seidel, Senior Director of Global Program Design and Implementation, Habitat for Humanity International
• James A. Brooks, Program Director for Community Development and Infrastructure, National League of Cities
• Martine Combal, Walter Reed Local Redevelopment Authority Director, Office of the Deputy Mayor for Planning & Economic Development (Washington, D.C.)
• Manuel Ochoa, Regional Director of Homeownership, Latino Economic Development Center (Washington, D.C.)
• Lynn Ross, Executive Director, Terwilliger Center for Housing, Urban Land Institute
• Molly M. Scott, Research Associate, Center for Metropolitan Housing and Communities, Urban Institute
• Charles Wehrwein, Chief Operating Officer, NeighborWorks

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