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Using Eviction Data to Inform City Housing Policy in Michigan: Challenges and Future Directions is the last event in the Housing Solutions Speaker Series.
At this event housing experts will discuss the use of housing data to inform city policy. Robert Goodspeed will present eviction data from Michigan, highlight limitations of eviction data, and propose improvement mechanisms for data analysis to help create data-driven policy. April Faith-Slaker will discuss Detroit’s new Right to Counsel program and the role of evaluation in future eviction prevention efforts in Detroit. Libby Benton will moderate a Q&A with both speakers at the end.
Speakers include:
• Robert Goodspeed, Associate Professor of Urban and Regional Planning, UM Taubman School of Architecture and Urban Planning
• April Faith-Slaker, Executive Director, Office of Eviction Defense, City of Detroit
• Libby Benton, Associate Counsel to National Initiatives, Center for Community Progress
Click here to watch the previous event hosted on March 10 (recording is up on YouTube.)
The Housing Solutions for Health Equity Initiative (HSHE) is an initiative designed to elevate housing research and policy in Michigan. We believe a health equity perspective is, and has always been, essential to the study of housing and we envision a world where decent, safe, affordable, and healthy housing is available to everyone.