WEBINAR: Balancing Affordability and Asset Building in Homeownership Programs

Two of the prime goals of shared equity homeownership programs are to provide long-term affordability and asset building opportunities to lower income families. But how well do they balance these two seemingly contradictory goals?

A recent report by The Urban Institute, Balancing Affordability and Opportunity: An Evaluation of Affordable Homeownership Programs with Long-term Affordability Controls, provides information on seven shared equity homeownership programs across the country that provide long-term affordable homeownership opportunities. The report findings demonstrate how such programs can effectively provide long-term affordability while still offering their residents substantial asset building opportunities.

Please join us tomorrow, Wednesday, January 26, 2011- 3:30 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. for a webinar to learn more about these seven exemplary programs and how shared equity homeownership can serve as an effective tool to promote individual asset building.

• Participate in the webinar:  The two-part event begins at 3:30 p.m. EST (12:30 p.m. PST) with a 90-minute webinar that will provide an opportunity to listen to each speaker as well as ask questions.
   
• Continue the conversation:  Immediately following the call, we encourage you to post additional questions and comments here on the HousingPolicy.org Forum.

To RSVP for the event, go to:

https://www1.gotomeeting.com/register/681206016

For questions, contact Justin King at (202) 596-3355 or king@newamerica.net.

PARTICIPANTS

Featured Speakers
Beadsie Woo
Annie E. Casey Foundation

Rick Jacobus
Cornerstone Partnership

Brett Theodos
The Urban Institute

Jeffrey Lubell
Center for Housing Policy

Moderator
Reid Cramer
New America Foundation

The webinar is sponsored by the Center for Housing Policy, the New America Foundation, the Cornerstone Partnership, and the Annie E. Casey Foundation.