Rockland County To Host Third Housing Forum

In honor of Fair Housing Month and Community Development Week, Rockland County Executive Ed Day and Community Development Director Alexandra Obremski  are proud to host the third Rockland County Housing Forum on April 25th with major stakeholders including developers, state and county agencies, planning and legal experts, and more to strategize how to realize Rockland’s housing potential.

The event will include a keynote speech from Commissioner/CEO RuthAnne Visnauskas of New York State Homes and Community Renewal (HCR). Panel topics include:

• Brownfields 101 – A case study and guidance from NJIT, NYS DEC, NYS DOS and Kearney Realty and Development Group
• Lead Hazard Remediation and the NYS Rental Registry – A presentation by NYS DOH, NYS HCR and the County’s Health Department on this new program/initiative
• Grayfields – Adaptive Reuse of Underutilized Spaces – Featuring Pattern for Progress and Cuddy & Feder LLP
• The Current State of Fair Housing – 1.5 CLE credits presented by NYS HCR and NYS Division of Human Rights
• Federal and State Housing Initiatives – Presented by NYU’s Furman Center
• Housing and the Rockland County Comprehensive Plan – A session with BFJ Planning, the firm leading “Envision Rockland,” an update to the County’s Comprehensive Plan

The forum is in the last week of April in honor of Fair Housing Month and Community Development Week. Community Development Block Grant funding has existed since 1975 to provide local governments with resources to develop viable communities by providing affordable housing and expanding economic opportunities for low- and moderate-income levels.

The forum will take place on Friday, April 25th from 9am-3:00pm, at the Rockland County Fire Training Center, 35 Firemen’s Memorial Drive, Pomona, NY.