UpDate - Vol. 13, No. 22, Page 3
March 3, 1994
National experts to discuss housing concerns

     Approximately 125 housing experts from across the country have been
invited to discuss America's unmet housing needs at a special symposium,
scheduled for Wednesday, March 9, at the University.
     Sponsored by the College of Urban Affairs and Public Policy, in
cooperation with the National Association of Home Builders, the daylong
program will include major addresses by

        * James H. Carr, vice president for housing research at the Federal
          National Mortgage Association (Fannie Mae), on "The Current State
          of Our Nation's Housing";
        * Nicolas Retsinas, assistant secretary for housing and federal
          housing commissioner in the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban
          Development, on "The Roles of the Public, Private and Non-profit
          Sectors in the Clinton Administration's Housing Policy";
        * Delaware Gov. Thomas R. Carper on "Our Nation's Unmet Housing
          Needs: What's Being Tried in Delaware"; and
        * Marvin S. Gilman, professor emeritus of urban affairs and public
          policy at the University, on "The Changing Roles of the Public,
          Private and Non-profit Sectors in Meeting Our Nation's Housing
          Needs."

     Also scheduled as part of the program are two open meetings of the
National Association of Home Builders' Task Force on Unmet Housing Needs.
     The morning panel-"What Does It Take To Form Successful
For-Profit/Non-Profit Partnerships?"-will include F. Barton Harvey III,
chair and CEO of the Enterprise Foundation; Stephen A. Glaude, president
and CEO of the National Council for Community Economic Development; Kathryn
Wylde, president and CEO of the New York City Housing Partnership; and a
representative from the Local Initiatives Support Corp. Moderator will be
David K. Hill, president of Kimball Hill Inc. and vice chair of the task
force.
     The afternoon panel, entitled "Can Collaboration Between For-Profit
Home Builders and Non-Profit Sponsors Enhance Results in Federal Housing
Programs?," will include Susan Frank, director of the Delaware State
Housing Authority; Vincent Lane, chair of the Chicago Housing Authority;
Sylvia Martinez, director of the Housing Finance Directorate of the Federal
Housing Finance Board; and Jane C.W. Vincent, director of the city of
Wilmington's Department of Real Estate and Housing.
     Moderator will be Gilman, who chairs the task force.
     The March 9 conference was organized as a tribute to Gilman, who
taught courses in housing finance, the legal aspects of land use planning
and administrative law at the University for 18 years before retiring in
1992.
     Gilman also is an economist and a lawyer who has been a homebuilder
for more than 40 years.
     Currently, Gilman is president of two Wilmington-based building and
development organizations, Metropolitan Executive Corporation and the
Gilman Development Company.
     In recognition of Gilman's lifelong efforts, the National Housing
Endowment of the National Association of Home Building and the University
of Delaware have established the Marvin S. Gilman/National Housing
Endowment Scholarship in U.S. Housing and Urban Policy in the College of
Urban Affairs and Public Policy. The scholarship will be awarded for the
first time this May for the 1994-95 academic year.