Thursday, May 19, 2005

"FAIR HOSUING SYMPOSIUM"

NYC Department of Housing Preservation & Development
Invites you to a:

"FAIR HOUSING SYMPOSIUM"

The Fair Housing Symposium is designed to inform, influence and engage community organiztions and social service providers in the fight agaisnt discrimination in Housing. The panels will cover: an overview of fair housing laws; emergin trends regarding disabled, immigrants, women and predaory lending; and government efforts to curb discrimination in housing.

WHEN: Tuesday, May 24, 2005
WHERE: Low Library at Columbia University (116th Street & Broadway)
TIME: 8:30am to 1:00pm (Networking Breakfast 8:30am-9:00am
FOR Community Service Professionals


Featured Speakers:
Andrew Cuomo, former Secretary of HUN and founder, HELP USA
Shaun Donovan, Commissioner, NYC Dept. of Housing Preservation & Development
Patricia Gatling, Commissioner, NYC Commission on Human Rights

Panelists include:
Craig Gurian, Executive Director, Anti-Discrimination Center of Metro New York
Diane L. Houk, Executive Director, Fair Housing Justice Center of HELP USA
Lenora Lapidus, Director, Women's Rights Project, ACLU
Josh Zinner, Foreclosure Prevention Project, South Brooklyn Legal Service

The Symposium is free, but you must register by calling (212) 863-7905 or
at evansr@hpd.nyc.gov

Co-Sponsors:
US Dept. of Housing & Urban Development
Anti-Discrimination Center of Metro New York, Inc.
Fair Housing Justice Center of HELP USA

City of New York
Department of Housing Preservation & Development
(HPD)

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