We are just starting to grapple with the possibilities of long-term changes to our region in the wake of Covid-19: to travel, public health, the economy — and to how we live.
Landlord/tenant dynamics are shifting. Sharp changes in short-term letting, unemployment and transportation have rendered housing markets unpredictable. New questions about how to live healthy lives in crowded urban areas are being asked.
What are going to be the large structural changes in housing that result from the pandemic? Where will people want to live — and where will they be able to? What role should local, state and federal government play? What new urban design ideas will result and which will be left behind? Will this reinforce longstanding inequities in our neighborhoods or reduce them?
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Congressman Earl Blumenauer
Oregon’s 3rd District
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Moderator
Moses Gates
Vice President, Housing & Neighborhood Planning, Regional Plan Association
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Commissioner Seila Mosquera-Bruno
Connecticut Department of Housing
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Shawn Rickenbacker
Director, J. Max Bond Center for Urban Futures, City College of New York
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Barika Williams
Executive Director, ANHD