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Bold Solutions to Housing Affordability

Can we afford to live here? What strategies should we pursue to make housing in our region affordable again?
All who care about New York and the life of great American cities ought to have a voice in the conversation on solutions to the housing affordability crisis.
This event on April 4, 2016, included a panel discussion with the following participants:
Moderator:
Brian Lehrer  
Host, The Brian Lehrer Show, WNYC
Featuring:
Vicki Been
 Commissioner, New York City Department of Housing Preservation and Development
Steven Pedigo
 Director & Assistant Clinical Professor, NYU School of Professional Studies, Initiative for Creativity and Innovation in Cities
Patricia Swann
 Senior Program Officer, Community Development & the Environment, The New York Community Trust
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Bold Solutions to Housing Affordability is the theme of the Second Annual Wadsworth Fund Project. If you are unable to attend, please consider a tax-deductible contribution to the Deborah Wadsworth Fund.