Live Webcast of Quarterly Housing Market and Research Update

You are invited to view a live webcast of the HUD Office of Policy Development & Research briefing.

The Quarterly Housing Market and Research Update includes the following:

• Changes in the State of the Nation’s Housing Markets: 1st Quarter 2012 Update
• Moving To Opportunity: Where a Person Lives Matters — A Policy Discussion featuring Lawrence Katz, Michael Stegman, and Susan Clampet-Lundquist

Please join us for a compelling discussion on the long-term findings from one of HUD’s boldest research endeavors, a research study that began in the 1990s and carried through until 2012. The Moving To Opportunity (MTO) Demonstration provided families living in some of HUD’s most distressed and highest poverty public housing an opportunity to move to low-poverty neighborhoods with a Housing Voucher. The research endeavor was made possible because more families applied than vouchers were available. By randomly selecting the families that received a voucher, an interdisciplinary research team has been able to scientifically measure how much of a difference it makes to live in a different neighborhood by comparing those who were offered a voucher to those not offered a voucher. This study looks at impacts related to employment, education, health, delinquency, happiness, and safety among other things. The New England Journal of Medicine recently published results from the study showing that the intervention substantially reduced the likelihood of having diabetes or becoming severely obese.

In addition to the compelling impacts and surprising non-impacts, MTO is also a study about HUD coordination with other federal agencies and philanthropic institutions, and the sustainability of a compelling research project across multiple administrations.

Moderated by:

Todd Richardson, Associate Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy Development

Panelists include:

• Lawrence F. Katz, Elisabeth Allison Professor of Economics, Harvard University and Editor of the Quarterly Journal of Economics
• Michael A. Stegman, Special Advisor to Treasury Secretary Geitner on housing policy
• Susan Clampet-Lundquist, Assistant Professor of Sociology, St. Joseph’s University

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When:
Thursday, June 7, 2012
2:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.