Education on the Go - Luncheon Series

Innovations & Impacts in Affordable Senior Housing:
Creative Building Designs, Technologies, Services & Financing

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 Tuesday, May 8th, 2012
11:30 am - 2:00 pm
The Graduate Center, CUNY, 365 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY
Cost: $50 (includes lunch and the program)

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Now is the time to change policy and funding direction so we are ready for the housing needs of the over-65 population. With population growth for this demographic expected to exceed 120 percent by 2050, demand for affordable senior housing far outweighs the supply in New York. And the elderly will require unique approaches to housing to address housing cost burden, healthy and independent living, supportive services, and accessibility and location issues. Come hear from the experts about the special building designs, state of the art technologies, planning processes, funding approaches and cutting-edge services and resources being developed and implemented that will greatly impact affordable senior housing development over the next 10 years.

• Welcome by David J. Walsh, Senior Vice President of Community Development Banking, JPMorgan Chase.
• Ken Harris, Senior Policy Analyst, LeadingAge New York, an association of over 550 not-for-profit organizations dedicated to expanding the world of possibilities for aging, will moderate the panel and review current policies and issues facing the affordable senior community in New York State.
• Jeffrey Lubell, Executive Director, Center for Housing Policy, a national nonprofit research organization, will outline trends and statistics nationally and for New York facing the fast growing senior population.
• Sydelle Knepper, CEO, SKA Marin, will provide a case study for an elderly project that includes access to senior services.
• Evelyn Wolff, Vice President (Real Estate Development), and David Dring, Administrator (Technology Services), of Selfhelp Community Services, a leading NYC provider of affordable housing and social services, will highlight the design, technology and integration methods that it has implemented in its Queens, NY senior independent living properties.
• Bomee Jung, Senior Program Director, Enterprise Community Partners, a leader in navigating the financial, political and social complexities of creating safe, healthy and affordable homes, will focus on some of the funding initiatives and resources it is working on to integrate affordable housing and services for seniors.

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