UNT Gateway Center, Room 34

9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.

Luncheon with Keynote Speaker 12:00 p.m. to 1:30 p.m.

Cost:  $35.00

• Housing for an aging population
• Regulatory barriers to affordable housing
• Balancing affordability/safety in disaster prone areas
• Affordability impacts of non-resident housing purchased in desirable locations
• Housing market impacts of retiree migration
• Environmentally sustainable housing designs
• Disaster recovery
• Financial sustainability in local housing authority operations

Participants include:

• Prof. Andrew Beer, School of Geography at Flinders University, Adelaide, South Australia
• Prof. Paul Dalziel, Commerce Division of  Lincoln University, Lincoln, New Zealand
• Prof. Chris Paris, SCOBE, Faculty of Engineering at University of Ulster, Magee Campus, United Kingdom
• Prof. Tom Carter, Department of Geography, University of Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
• Michael Backman, Director of Multi-Family Housing for Texas, Louisiana, Arkansas, and New Mexico, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
• Barbara Holston, Executive Director, Fort Worth Housing Authority
• Other international, national, and local housing experts.

Students who are interest in housing issues are invited to participate in the symposium by completing a poster session or research paper.  Monetary prizes will be awarded to the best poster and research paper.  We are offering free registration to the first 10 students who submit a student registration form.  Visit the Student Participation Opportunities link for details. 

Registration Information

Cost:  $35 per person.

Payment Options:  Check, Credit Card, Purchase Order, or UNT Interdepartmental Order.
(Check and cash payment for the registration fee will be accepted at the door on the day of the conference.)

Click here for online registration via credit card.

Click here for printable registration form that can be mailed or faxed (in pdf format).

If you require ADA accommodation, please contact the Center for Continuing Education and Conference Management, ADA Liaison at 940.565.2656; TTY 940.369.8652

A block of rooms has been reserved at the Radisson Hotel located at 2211 N. I-35 East in Denton for Sunday night, April 29.  The special conference rate is $85.00. 

To receive this special conference rate, call the Radisson for reservations at 940.565.8499 and identify yourself as a participant of the 21st Century Housing Issues: An International Symposium being held at UNT.  Reservations must be made by April 26, 2007, to ensure conference rate.