NPC17 Program: 2017 National Planning
Conference
| Housing and Inequality
Housing and Inequality
There is an urgent need to address long-standing inequity and place decent housing at the center of the
planning and policy agenda. Income and opportunity gaps keep widening. Is this inevitable or can
responsible government, civic vision, and commitment to fairness make a significant difference?
Sessions will explore the issues, assess the responses, and examine effective approaches. Topics also
may include income disparity, location and poverty, and gentrification.
Saturday, May 6
Saturday, May 6 | 1:15 p.m.
Saturday, May 6 | 1:15 p.m. - 4:45 p.m.
Departs from: Javits Convention Center, Level 2, 1E Concourse
Rezoning Impacts on Gentrification and Displacement
Activity Type: Mobile Workshops & Orientation Tours
#9107878
CM | 3
Ticket Required
Regular $40.00
NPC Topic: Housing and Community Development
Track: Housing and Inequality
Walking tour of North Park Slope in Brooklyn and discussing the gentrification and displacement impacts of a rezoning in
2003, as well as lessons learned to protect tenants form displacement and promote affordable and diverse neighborhoods.
Michelle de la Uz
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Saturday, May 6 | 2:30 p.m.
Saturday, May 6 | 2:30 p.m. - 3:45 p.m.
Location: Hall 1A14 (Javits Convention Center)
Reinventing Public Housing in New York City
#9108928
CM | 1.25
Activity Type: Sessions & Disc ussions
NPC Topic: Housing and Community Development
Track: Housing and Inequality
The New York City Housing Authority—the oldest in the United States—is reinventing itself. Its 10-year strategy focuses on
improving operations, management, sustainability, financing, energy and water efficiency, and resident initiatives, as well as
expanding affordable housing. Learn how experts are working to ensure the survival of public housing in New York and
elsewhere.
Bomee Jung | Irene Barth, AICP | Michael Kelly, AICP | Nicholas Bloom
Saturday, May 6 | 4 p.m.
Saturday, May 6 | 4 p.m. - 5:15 p.m.
Location: Hall 1E11 (Javits Convention Center)
Neighborhood Effects, Opportunity Analysis, and Fair Housing
#9109900
CM | 1.25
Activity Type: Sessions & Disc ussions
NPC Topic: Diversity and Soc ial Equity
Track: Housing and Inequality
The session introduces opportunity analysis and its roots in neighborhood effects. It then describes how opportunity
analysis has been used to meet HUD’s fair housing regulations and develop sustainable development plans. Finally, it
introduces new opportunity mapping tools.
Eli Knaap | Willow Lung Amam | Richard Hall, AICP | Gerrit Knaap
Sunday, May 7
Sunday, May 7 | 8 a.m.
Sunday, May 7 | 8 a.m. - 9:15 a.m.
Location: Hall 1E15 (Javits Convention Center)
Promoting Equitable Development in Revitalizing Cities
#9109603
CM | 1.25
Activity Type: Sessions & Disc ussions
NPC Topic: Community Revitalization
Track: Housing and Inequality
Engage with leaders from major US cities working on innovative strategies for ensuring equitable development in rapidly
revitalization urban neighborhoods. Examine best practice polices and programs for successfully managing neighborhood
change such as inclusionary housing and other community benefit strategies.
Matthew Tschabold | Raymond Gastil, AICP | Paul Peninger | Kelley Kahn
Sunday, May 7 | noon
Sunday, May 7 | noon - 4 p.m.
Departs from: Javits Convention Center, Level 2, 1E Concourse
South Bronx: Housing, Highways, and History
Activity Type: Mobile Workshops & Orientation Tours
#9121308
CM | 4
Ticket Required
Regular $45.00
NPC Topic: Housing and Community Development
Track: Housing and Inequality
Use Bronx history to study how affordable housing can stabilize neighborhoods, how embracing grass roots efforts and
cultural identity can strengthen planning and help overcome the divide created by transportation infrastructure. Visit Arthur
Avenue, one of America's Great Streets.
Carol Samol, AICP | Shawn Brede, AICP | Michael Parkinson, AICP
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Monday, May 8
Monday, May 8 | 7:15 a.m.
Monday, May 8 | 7:15 a.m. - 8:45 a.m.
Location: Hall 1A23/24 (Javits Convention Center)
Tiny Houses, Big Questions
#9110168
CM | 1.25
Activity Type: Sessions & Disc ussions
NPC Topic: Housing and Community Development
Track: Housing and Inequality
Tiny houses are all the rage among Millennials and affordable housing advocates. But theses homes raise big legal
questions about where and how they can and should be installed and what kind of infrastructure they need. Learn how
zoning and subdivision regulations, building codes, and restrictive covenants affect tiny homes.
Donald Elliott, FAICP | Leonard Bauer, FAICP | Erika Krieger
Monday, May 8 | 7:30 a.m.
Monday, May 8 | 7:30 a.m. - 8:45 a.m.
Location: Hall 1A21 (Javits Convention Center)
Equity and Affordability with Housing Cooperatives
#9107870
CM | 1.25
Activity Type: Sessions & Disc ussions
NPC Topic: Housing and Community Development
Track: Housing and Inequality
Housing cooperatives are an important resource for equitable and affordable housing. Attendees will learn about how co-ops
can address a variety of housing needs, such as developing below-market housing units; preserving the existing affordable
housing inventory; creating new, high-quality, senior housing; and providing alternatives to renting.
Andrew Reicher | Kathleen McMahon, AICP | Deborah Myerson, AICP | Dennis Johnson
Monday, May 8 | 7:30 a.m. - 8:45 a.m.
Location: Hall 1E13 (Javits Convention Center)
Successful Fair Housing Engagement Strategies
#9110051
CM | 1.25
Activity Type: Sessions & Disc ussions
NPC Topic: Public Partic ipation
Track: Housing and Inequality
Decades of discrimination and segregation have limited housing choices in the United States. Learn how the Kansas City
Metro—among the first communities to respond to HUD’s latest fair housing requirements—developed data-driven,
community-inspired policies to reverse this trend.
Lora McDonald | Triveece Penelton, AICP | Beth Dawson
Monday, May 8 | 9 a.m.
Monday, May 8 | 9 a.m. - 10:15 a.m.
Location: Hall 1A14 (Javits Convention Center)
Courts, Planners, and Affordable Housing
#9109999
CM | 1.25
Activity Type: Sessions & Disc ussions
NPC Topic: Housing and Community Development
Track: Housing and Inequality
In March 2015, the New Jersey Supreme Court revived the landmark Mount Laurel doctrine. Learn about the frenzy of
affordable housing litigation, mediation, planning, and development that ensued across the state. Experts with diverse
planning perspectives offer lessons applicable in other states and communities.
J. Creigh Rahenkamp | Philip Caton, FAICP | David Kinsey, FAICP
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Monday, May 8 | 10:30 a.m.
Monday, May 8 | 10:30 a.m. - 11:45 a.m.
Location: Hall 1A22 (Javits Convention Center)
Bridging the Generational Divide in RRDs
#9110053
CM | 1.25
Activity Type: Sessions & Disc ussions
NPC Topic: Housing and Community Development
Track: Housing and Inequality
What typically transpires when retirees settle in a rural resort community? Affordable housing options decrease. Economic
insecurity increases. And younger workers migrate elsewhere. Learn about the interrelationships of these variables and how
an enabling design approach can create communities where all generations thrive.
Esther Greenhouse | Trudy Galla, AICP
Monday, May 8 | 2:45 p.m.
Monday, May 8 | 2:45 p.m. - 4 p.m.
Location: Hall 1A21 (Javits Convention Center)
P3s for Appealing, Affordable Housing
#9107762
CM | 1.25
Activity Type: Sessions & Disc ussions
Division: Housing and Community Development Division
NPC Topic: Housing and Community Development
Track: Housing and Inequality
Together the public and private sectors—aided by robust local and state housing policies—have creatively tackled the need
for more affordable housing in small and large communities alike. Learn more about these appealing and attainable
communities, featured in a new publication from the National Association of Home Builders.
Deborah Myerson, AICP | Betsy Crum | Pamela Hefner
Monday, May 8 | 4:15 p.m.
Monday, May 8 | 4:15 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.
Location: Hall 1A12 (Javits Convention Center)
Advancing Fair Affordable Housing Goals
#9108917
CM | 1.25
Activity Type: Sessions & Disc ussions
NPC Topic: Housing and Community Development
Track: Housing and Inequality
Planners and community leaders often express support for affordable housing in concept. Yet far too often they must also
tackle public resistance to it during the development process. This session explores tools public-sector planners can use to
encourage affordable housing while affirmatively furthering fair housing.
Judith Barrett | Jennifer Raitt
Tuesday, May 9
Tuesday, May 9 | 8 a.m.
Tuesday, May 9 | 8 a.m. - 9:15 a.m.
Location: Hall 1A10 (Javits Convention Center)
Fostering Inclusive Communities Through Fair Housing
#9109501
CM | 1.25
Activity Type: Sessions & Disc ussions
NPC Topic: Housing and Community Development
Track: Housing and Inequality
This session will review the history and requirements of HUD’s recent Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing (AFFH) rule. The
session will also review recent efforts by the District of Columbia to more equitably disperse the affordable housing supply
throughout the city.
Megan Haberle | Chris Dickersin-Prokopp | Christopher Dickersin-Prokopp, AICP | Erin Wilson, AICP
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Tuesday, May 9 | 11 a.m.
Tuesday, May 9 | 11 a.m. - 12:15 p.m.
Location: Hall 1E16 (Javits Convention Center)
Carrots and Sticks of Fair Housing
#9110013
CM | 1.25
Activity Type: Sessions & Disc ussions
NPC Topic: Housing and Community Development
Track: Housing and Inequality
What is the right approach to developing affordable housing in areas of opportunity? Carrots are scarce and sticks are fought
back with NIMBYism. Lessons learned from New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania shed light towards a democratic and
equitable path.
Jacob Fisher | Stephen Tilly | Emily Allison | Woo Kim, AICP | Cheryl Stulpin
Tuesday, May 9 | 11 a.m. - 12:15 p.m.
Location: Hall 1E12 (Javits Convention Center)
Office Hours: Focus on Fair Housing
#9110081
CM | 1.25
Activity Type: Sessions & Disc ussions
NPC Topic: Diversity and Soc ial Equity
Track: Housing and Inequality
In an “office hours” format, this session allows participants to get answers to questions and discuss fair housing topics they
find most interesting or challenging. Topics include: regional assessments; linking plans; data and strategy development;
and new rule basics.
Madeline Colety, AICP | Judith Barrett | Heidi Aggeler | Jeffrey May | Jennifer Raitt | Jarrod Elwell | Catherine
Califano
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When You Arrive in NYC
NPC17 Location
Jacob K. Javits Convention Center
655 W. 34th St.
New York, NY 10001
On-site Registration – Register, Purchase Tickets, or Reprint Your Badge
Javits Convention Center, Level 2 Concourse
Friday, May 5 | 1–7 p.m.
Saturday, May 6 | 7 a.m.–5 p.m.
Sunday, May 7 | 7 a.m.–5 p.m.
Monday, May 8 | 7 a.m.–4 p.m.
Tuesday, May 9 | 7 a.m.–noon
Taking the Metro/Using Your MetroCard
Treat your complimentary MetroCard like cash! Don’t forget to take it with you—it’s your ticket to getting
around New York City.
It’s easy to take the Metro to NPC17. From any of APA’s conference hotels, walk to the Times
Square/42 St. Station, hop on the Purple 7 train toward 34 St./Hudson Yards, and get off at the last
stop. Once you get above ground, you can’t miss the Javits Center—it’s huge!
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