21st Century Housing Issues:
An International Symposium

Preliminary Agenda

April 30, 2007

UNT Gateway Center, Room 34

Morning Session:

9:00

Opening Remarks & Introductions

9:20

Prof. Andrew Beer, School of Geography at Flinders University, Adelaide, South Australia

          Presentation: 21st Century Housing Careers and Australia's Housing Future

9:55

Michael Backman, Director of Multi-Family Housing for Texas, Louisiana, Arkansas, and New Mexico, US Dept. of Housing & Urban Development

          Presentation: Regulatory Barriers to Affordable Housing

10:25

Morning Break

10:45

Prof. Paul Dalziel, Commerce Division of Lincoln University, Lincoln, New Zealand

          Presentation: Housing, Economic Growth, and Monetary Policy in a Small Open Economy (New Zealand)

11:20

Prof. Tom Carter, Department of Geography, University of Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

          Presentation: Housing New Immigrants in a Policy Vacuum: The Canadian Experience

 

Luncheon Keynote Speaker:

 

A. Cynthia Leon, Regional Director for Region VI, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development

 

Afternoon Session:

1:30

Barbara Holston, Executive Director, Fort Worth Housing Authority

          Presentation:  Public Housing Asset Management: Fact or Fiction?

2:05

Prof. Chris Paris, SCOBE, Faculty of Engineering at University of Ulster, Magee Campus, UK

          PresentationThe Second Homes Boom in Ireland: Policy Debates and Community Impacts

2:35

Afternoon Break

2:55

Panel Session

          Panel includes previous speakers plus: David McEntire, UNT Public Administration; Don Lyons, UNT Geography; Stan Ingman, UNT Center for Public Service

4:00

Adjourn

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