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How are lowest income Americans affected by the current mortgage crisis? Commonly described as a problem of mortgage markets and home prices, little attention has been paid to households at the bottom of the housing ladder — extremely low income renters and homeowners — and the persistent mismatch between these families and available affordable housing. In part this is because the data do not easily allow a direct connection between foreclosure or eviction and characteristics such as income, and many of the statistics that will provide in depth information on the changing housing situations of Americans, are still years away from being released.

This Expert Chat will present recent data and analysis on the current housing market and draw some preliminary conclusions about the impact of the current crisis on the affordability and availability of rental housing for the lowest income households. The material in the presentation will draw primarily from recent and ongoing research at NLIHC on foreclosure and rental markets - including the most recent Out of Reach report - providing participants with a comprehensible overview of the emerging patterns and trends to watch.

Current trends and patterns in national housing market indicators such as home prices, rents, and vacancy rates and the implications for these households of greatest concern to the Coalition, the lowest income Americans, will be discussed. Also, findings from NLIHC research on the types of housing and the characteristics of neighborhoods most affected by foreclosure in New England, and the results of a national survey of housing counselors concerning the income and tenure characteristics of the households they serve, will be shared.

Panelists

Danilo Pelletiere, Research Director, NILHC
Keith Wardrip, Research Analyst, NILHC
Taylor Materio, Communications Associate, NILHC (Moderator)

To join the online chat KnowledgePlex Expert Chats are free to attend and use Microsoft’s Live Meeting Software, a small and free program you must install beforehand. Simply click on the Attendee URL (below) and follow the prompts to install Live Meeting. (For more instructions on the installation, click here). While you can install Live Meeting at any time, we recommend you do so at least 30 minutes prior to the start of the chat.

Please note - you will not be able to enter the meeting room until 30 minutes before the chat time. While we recommend you install Live Meeting well ahead of the chat, when you download the software before this 30-minute window, you will see a message saying your meeting has not yet begun. This is not an error message — this means you have successfully installed Live Meeting. Simply wait until 30 minutes prior to the chat’s start time, and log into the meeting

You may listen to the chat through your computer or by dialing into a conference call.

To join the chat, click or cut and paste this URL into your browser:
https://www.livemeeting.com/cc/fanniemaefoundationseminars/join?id=Trends&role=attend

To listen via phone, dial 712-432-0403 and use this access code: 8360630#

Questions? Please contact Andy Stone [Email address: astone #AT# kplex.org - replace #AT# with @ ].

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