Are We Ready? A Forum on Climate-Ready Buildings and Community Resilience in Affordable Housing

Friday, May 10th | 9:30-11:30am

New Location Due to RSVP Volume!

Federal Reserve Bank of Boston, 600 Atlantic Ave, Boston

Join LISC Boston and MassHousing for a community conversation on climate and social resilience in Massachusetts’ affordable housing portfolio. Hear from national and local resiliency experts and multifamily affordable housing developers about how they are preparing buildings and communities for extreme weather events, sea level rise, power outages, and other climate change-related disasters. Learn how we can collectively plan for and implement building improvements and emergency management systems that ensure safer, healthy, and affordable homes for all. Speakers include:

– Allison Brizius, City of Boston

– Lauren Baumann, New Ecology

– Jane Carbone, Homeowner’s Rehab, Inc.

– Dave Queeley, Codman Square NDC

– Laurie Schoeman, Enterprise

– Caroline Vary, Jonathan Rose Companies

Please reply to RSVP@masshousing.com by Friday, May 3rd

AICP members can earn CM I1.75 Certification Maintenance (CM) credits for this activity. More information about AICP’s CM program can be found at www.planning.org/cm

To get through building security, please plan to come early and bring a form of identification (driver’s license or passport) with you. Questions? Email RSVP@masshousing.com

Sponsored by:

LISC Boston and MassHousing

Cosponsored by:

APA MA Chapter, CHAPA, Enterprise, MassCEC, MA Climate Action Network, MHP, Mel King Institute, MAPC, NEAHMA, Passive House MA, and USGBC MA.