New Foundation Draws Attention To The "Silent Crisis" In Housing Of Rising Rents And Diminished Access To Homeownership

WASHINGTON, June 15, 2015 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- What: Official Launch of the J. Ronald Terwilliger Foundation for Housing America's Families

When: June 18, 2015, 8:00 am to 10:15 am (Continental breakfast available)

Where: National Press Club, Fourth Estate Room
529 14^th Street NW
Washington DC 20045

Why: Today, six years after the Great Recession officially ended, our nation's housing system remains mired in a state of crisis. Rising rents, an acute shortage of affordable rental homes, significantly tighter mortgage credit, and an uneven economic recovery have combined to make housing a source of distress and instability for million of families. The Foundation seeks to highlight the current crisis in housing and promote federal policies that more effectively respond to the housing needs of the American people.

Speakers: J. Ronald Terwilliger, Chairman Emeritus, Trammell Crow Residential
The Honorable Johnny Isakson, U.S. Senator, Georgia
Renee Lewis Glover, Chairman, Habitat for Humanity International

Featured Topics: 

Panel I: The Silent Housing Crisis

Moderator: Nic Retsinas, Senior Lecturer, Harvard Business School

Panelists: Ed Brady, First Vice Chairman, NAHB
Bart Harvey, Chairman, Calvert Foundation    
Jeb Mason, Partner, The Cypress Group
Carol Galante, Professor, University of California, Berkeley                 

Panel II: Housing & Economic Opportunity: 2016 Race to the White House

Moderator: Rick Lazio, Partner, Jones Walker LLP

Panelists: Scott Brown, former U.S. Senator, Massachusetts
Henry Cisneros, former HUD Secretary
Dave Stevens, President, Mortgage Bankers Association

Contact:  Meghan Patenaude at [email protected] or 202.470.3389.

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