ADVISORY: Sen. Hagan Joins Expert Panel to Discuss Risk, Access, and the Future of Homeownership

September 16, 2011

Contact: Katie Peters
Phone: 202.741.6285
Email: kpeters1@americanprogressaction.org

September 20, 2011, 9:00 a.m. - 10:30 a.m.

About this Event:
Sen. Kay Hagan (D-NC) will join an esteemed panel for a discussion on how the relationships between the lending industry, government, and borrowers worked in the past decade and how it can be revived and reformed for coming generations.

Since the start of the Great Recession, millions of Americans have lost their homes. By the middle of 2010, 4.6 percent of U.S. home mortgages were in foreclosure, three times the rate seen at the height of the Great Depression. In light of proposed regulations and the president’s proposal to revive the housing market, the conversation about the critical needs for the industry and individuals is vital to turning knowledge into policy that will rebuild a system that preserves access to credit while ensuring lenders can continue to do business.

This event is being hosted in partnership by the Center for American Progress Action Fund, Brookings Institution Press, and University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill's Center for Community Capital.

Keynote speaker:
Sen. Kay Hagan, (D-NC)

Introduction by:
Sarah Rosen Wartell, Executive Vice President, Center for American Progress Action Fund

Featured speakers:
Roberto G. Quercia, Director, UNC Center for Community Capital; Co-author, Regaining the Dream
Judith S. Jacobson, Deputy Director and General Counsel, Massachusetts Housing Partnership
Vijay K. Lala , Senior Vice President, Home Loans Product Administration, Bank of America

Moderated by:
Patricia McCoy, Assistant Director for Mortgage and Home Equity Markets, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau

When:
September 20, 2011, 9:00 a.m. - 10:30 a.m.

Location:
Center for American Progress Action Fund
1333 H St. NW, 10th Floor
Washington, DC 20005
Map & Directions

Nearest Metro:
Blue/Orange Line to McPherson Square or Red Line to Metro Center

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For more information, call 202.618.1611.

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