Town Hall Meeting – The Housing Crisis



Riverside, California (September 20, 2013) – On Tuesday, September 24, 2013, from 10:00 AM to 12:30 PM PST, The Power Is Now Online Radio will cover the Town Hall Meeting:  The Housing Crisis, being held at the Palm Desert Council Civic Council Chambers in Palm Desert, CA.  The event, brought to you by the Fair Housing Council of Riverside County, Inc. in collaboration with The Riverside County District Attorney’s Office, will be moderated by Host and Executive Producer Eric Lawrence Frazier, and will be aimed at educating and empowering past, present, and future homeowners concerned with the recent foreclosure crisis and its’ aftermath. 

The four main discussion points of the meeting will be “Never Again”:  Lessons Learned From The Foreclosure Crisis, “Where Do We Go From Here?”:  The Road To Recovery, “Know The Signs”:  How To Identify Predatory Lending Practices, and “Educating The Public”:  The Importance of Homeowner Education.

Town Hall attendants and online listeners will have the pleasure of hearing from both government and private bank representatives alike.  Charles Ludlam, US Department of Housing and Urban Development Field Director (HUD), and Vicki Hightower, Special Prosecutor for the District Attorney’s Office of Riverside County, will both serve as Q&A Audience and Panel Guests, as will Innocente Tanori, Mortgage Loan Officer for US Bank.    

Among the four co-hosts for the morning’s affair will be knowledgeable and engaging representatives from the real estate industry and the worlds of academia and public advocacy.

Randy Wiemer, Chief Executive Officer of Palm Springs Regional Association of REALTORS, can be reached by phone at (760) 320 – 6885, by viewing the website www.PSRAR.com, or by emailing him directly at randy@PSBoardofRealtors.com.

Vanesa Estrada-Correa is an Assistant Professor of Sociology at the University of California at Riverside.  Her office is 1206 Watkins Hall, and her email address is vanesa.estrada@ucr.edu.

Marlan T. McClanahan serves as the Fair Lending Education and Outreach Specialist at the Fair Housing Council of Riverside County, Inc.  He can be reached by phone at (951) 682 – 6581, by fax at (951) 682 – 0262, or by email at tmcclanahan@fairhousing.net.

Monica Lopez can be reached via the website www.fairhousing.net, or directly by email at mlopez@fairhousing.net.     

Host and Executive Producer Eric Lawrence Frazier can be reached by phone at (800) 401 – 8994 ext. 703, by direct line at (714) 361 – 2105, via the website www.thepowerisnow.com or www.blogtalkradio.com/thepowerisnow, or by email at eric.frazier@thepowerisnow.com.

We invite everyone to listen to the show on Blogtalk Radio on Tuesday, September 24, 2013 at 10:00 AM PST.  If you miss the live broadcast, listen in via the show archive at http://www.blogtalkradio.com/thepowerisnow.

Click here to listen to the live show: www.blogtalkradio.com/thepowerisnow/2013/09/24/town-hall-meeting--the-housing-crisis

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