Brown Bag Lunch -  Housing Policy

Continuing Fair Lending and Vital Communities Conference Series Brown Bag Lunch Program  Discussion Housing Policy in Cuyahoga County.              Last year at our fall conference, a panel of public officials and community development experts put forward an agenda for change for the first 100 days of the new county administration. This year, we are taking it further by engaging the community in an ongoing series of dialogs on topics essential to the health and vitality of our region. As we continue to take a pulse on emerging topics and important trends, we will monitor our progress toward a more vital and sustainable future. The series will culminate in a full day conference next fall that will explore these community concerns in detail and propose tangible ideas for moving the region forward over the next decade and beyond.             There are many positive and exciting changes happening in Cuyahoga County. However, sobering statistics on population decline, anemic housing values and disinvestment, growing countywide delinquent property tax balances, increasing poverty, and housing insecurity threaten to undermine our progress. Breaking down silos and bringing people together to collaborate and innovate is the way forward. We look forward to having you join the conversation. Speakers: Phil Star (Moderator ) Sally Martin: Inner-ring Suburbs  Frank Ford: Vacan and Abandoned Property Action Council (VAPAC) Mark McDermott: the County Housing Policy Stakeholders Group Time:  Wednesday, Noon - 1:30 pm 17, June. 2015  Location: Bonda Board Room 254 1717 Euclid Avenue Cleveland, OH 44115