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...correlation between [housing and education] is not just theory—it’s practice,” Donovan said. “It’s time to bring that practice to scale at the neighborhood level...
...Donovan, who served as Commissioner of the New York City Department of Housing Preservation and Development beginning in 2004, was appointed by President Barack Obama to lead HUD through a severe housing crisis that has contributed to the worst economic slowdown since the Great Depression...
...Millions of foreclosures have sent America’s economy into a tailspin,” Donovan said at the speech. “The nature of this crisis has revealed the need for a new direction...
...featured speaker at the 10th Annual John T. Dunlop Lecture, Donovan presented a sampling of the Obama administration’s plans for new housing initiatives to a crowd packed with hundreds of students, professors, and other attendees. One such proposal, the Choice Neighborhoods Initiative, aims to link neighborhood transformation with school reform and calls for increased federal housing spending during the 2010 fiscal year...
...speech, Donovan also emphasized the intersection of housing policy with other concerns, like transportation. He cited the dilemma of attempting to reduce carbon emissions while supporting urban growth as one such problem that would benefit from a broader policy analysis...