Local and national experts will discuss resilience strategies and how those strategies can shape our affordable housing system. Join us for the half-day event that explores municipalities' responses to acute disasters like Hurricane Harvey and approaches to long-term resilience planning.

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Agenda

Panel One: Post-Harvey, Learning from a Disaster

Panel Two: Resilience and Housing and Long-Term Planning

Panelists

Marissa Aho, Chief Resilience Officer, City of Los Angeles

Jeff Hebert, Vice President for Adaptation & Resilience, The Water Institute of the Gulf

Elaine Morales, Design Manager, buildingcommunityWORKSHOP

Heather Muller, Senior Program Manager, CSH

Dr. Earthea Nance, Texas Southern University

Kathy Flanagan Payton, President, Fifth Ward Community Redevelopment Corporation

Susan Rogers, Director, University of Houston Community Design Resource Center

Parking is available at Ripley House on a first-come, first-serve basis. Parking is also possible on neighborhood streets. The venue is also served by METRO, with a short walk to the venue. Attendees can use bus routes 80 on Lockwood Blvd. or 20 along Canal St. then walk to Navigation.

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