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Building Sustainable Homeownership:
Responsible Lending and Informed Consumer Choice

Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia
10 Independence Mall, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19106
June 9, 2006


Agenda
* | Transcript
 
8:30 a.m. Welcome and Opening Remarks
Governor Mark W. Olson, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
  9:00 a.m.

The Subprime Market:  How Consumers Shop for Credit

Panel:

Janice Bowdler, Housing Policy Analyst, National Council of La Raza

Douglas G. Duncan, Senior Vice President and Chief Economist, Research and Business Development, Mortgage Bankers Association

Ira Goldstein, Director, Policy & Information Services, The Reinvestment Fund

Peter M. Zorn, Vice President, Housing Analysis and Research, Mission Oversight and Development, Freddie Mac

 10:30 a.m. Break
 10:45 a.m. The Subprime Market:  The Role of Mortgage Brokers
Panel:

Irv Ackelsberg, Managing Attorney, Community Legal Services of Philadelphia

David Berenbaum, Executive Vice President, National Community Reinvestment Coalition

David Bleicken, Director, Bureau of Licensing, Investigation and Consumer Services, Pennsylvania Department of Banking

Joe Falk, National Association of Mortgage Brokers

Jack Guttentag, Professor Emeritus of Finance, The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania

12:15 p.m. Break for Lunch
1:30 p.m. The Subprime Market:  Best Practices
Panel:

Loretta Abrams, Vice President for Consumer Affairs, HSBC

Bruce Dorpalen, Director of Housing Counseling, ACORN Housing Corporation

Eric Eve, Executive Director of Community Relations, Citigroup

Mark Pinsky, President and CEO, Opportunity Finance Network

Eric Stein, President, Center for Community Self Help

 3:00 p.m. Open Microphone
4:00 p.m. Adjourn

*Working agenda as of June 6, 2006

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