CBC Foundation Forum: A 50-Year Journey - Fair Housing Act To The Current State Of Housing In Black America

WHO:

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Lisa Rice, President and CEO National Fair Housing Alliance

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James H. Carr, Coleman A. Young Endowed Chair and Professor in Urban Affairs at Wayne State University; Visiting Fellow with the Roosevelt Institute.

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Maurice Jourdain-Earl, Managing Director and Co-Founder ComplianceTech

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Alanna McCargo, Vice President, Housing Finance Policy Urban Institute

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Mark Alston, Owner, Skyway Realty and Alston & Associates Mortgage Co. Chair, Public Affairs Committee, NAREB

WHAT:

A panel of experts will discuss the 50-year struggle to attain fair housing and economic justice for African Americans. Mr. Rothstein, who authored, The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How our Government Segregated America, will discuss the government's prominent role in maintaining segregated communities. The distinguished panelists will debate the patterns of discrimination creating barriers to Black homeownership, and limiting economic opportunities. Today, Black homeownership is 41.6%, nearly the same as when the Fair Housing Act was passed in 1968.  In comparison, the White homeownership rate is 72.9%. The forum will unveil new NAREB principles for reforming the housing finance industry that can move the nation towards NAREB's goal of 2 million new Black homeowners. NAREB will also release two new, comprehensive housing studies: "Fifty Years of Struggle" and the "2018 State of Housing in Black America."  (The event is sponsored by NAREB, and Rep. Gregory Meeks (NY-5) is the CBC sponsor.) 

WHERE:

Walter E. Washington Convention Center 

801 Mt Vernon Pl NW, Washington, DC 20001

Salon I (1^st Floor)

WHEN:

September 13, 2018               

2 PM to 4 PM

MEDIA CONTACT:

Michael K. Frisby 202-625-4328 ([email protected])