Bringing together leading academics, policy makers, and practitioners, the Kreisman Initiative for Housing Law and Policy’s annual symposium on May 2 will focus on how climate change and a lack of affordable housing seriously challenge our ability to create cities that are both livable and equitable. The goal of this year’s event is to better understand the connections between the affordable housing crisis and the climate crisis: what are the overlapping causes, effects, and policy responses that are essential to addressing these existential dilemmas? What are we missing by not drawing distinct linkages as we try to address both emergencies?
The event will focus on several issues and potential solutions, including historical practices that have made communities of color more susceptible to climate related disasters; energy inefficient building, design, and planning practices in the housing sector; green gentrification, where low-income communities are pushed out by wealthier population seeking safer locations; the impact of the climate disasters on generational wealth from housing; and the burden on low-and middle-income populations and affordable housing developers of rising insurance rates due to climate change.
Breakfast, lunch, and snacks will be provided, followed by a networking reception. More on transportation to the event, including parking.
The Kreisman Initiative for Housing Law and Policy, based in the University of Chicago’s Mansueto Institute for Urban Innovation, brings together fields of inquiry including policy, social services, business, law, and social and data sciences to generate research, train students, and convene events with the goal of stimulating new ideas, policies, and practices to advance cities and housing.
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