EPark at sasbk.com
11-15-2004, 09:48 PM
Employer-Assisted Housing: Online Discussion, Nov. 22 at 2 p.m. ET
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The workplace presents a promising venue for promoting homeownership because of the regular contact between the mainstream economy and low-income, low-asset workers.*Across the country, employers, unions, and state and local governments are partnering with homeownership counseling agencies and offering financial incentives to encourage employees to achieve the dream of homeownership. Varying business imperatives result in a range of strategies and approaches.*
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Join Esther Park, fund advisor to*the National Community Investment Fund; Jon Zimmer, executive director of ACTION Housing in Pittsburgh, a counseling provider that has teamed up with a university hospital system; and*Mark Wilburn, chief lending officer at 66 Federal Credit Union, which provides housing benefits to Tyson Foods employees, on Monday, Nov. 22 at 2 p.m. ET for a KnowledgePlex (www.knowledgeplex.org (http://www.knowledgeplex.org/)) online discussion. Hear how employers and counseling agencies are promoting homeownership, simultaneously improving the financial prospects for low-income consumers, companies, and the communities in which they do business.
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To attend the session:
Go to: http://www.placeware.com/cc/fanniemaefoundationseminars/join?id=employer-assisted+housing&role=attend&pw=82f46j
(copy and paste the full url into your browser)
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Audio Information
Phone: (888) 422-7128
Passcode: 317176
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If the above link does not work, please follow these instructions to attend the event. *****
Go to: http://www.placeware.com/cc/fanniemaefoundationseminars/join
(copy and paste the full url into your browser)
Your Name: (enter your name)
Meeting ID: Employer-Assisted Housing
Meeting Password: 82F46J
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Participation is limited, so please log on a few minutes early to secure your place. You must use Internet Explorer 5.0 or above. Internet Explorer may ask you to load a part of the Microsoft Live Meeting application. (Click OK; it takes just a few seconds.)
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Jennifer E. Kerslake
Managing Editor, KnowledgePlex.org
4000 Wisconsin Avenue, N.W.
North Tower, Suite One
Washington, D.C.* 20016-2804
202-274-1076
jkerslake@fanniemaefoundation.org
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Esther Park
Senior Consultant
ShoreBank Advisory Services
2230 S. Michigan Ave.
Suite 200
Chicago, IL 60616
(312) 881-5813 (direct)
(312) 881-5801 (fax)
epark@sasbk.com (epark@sasbk.com)
www.sasbk.com (http://www.sasbk.com)
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The workplace presents a promising venue for promoting homeownership because of the regular contact between the mainstream economy and low-income, low-asset workers.*Across the country, employers, unions, and state and local governments are partnering with homeownership counseling agencies and offering financial incentives to encourage employees to achieve the dream of homeownership. Varying business imperatives result in a range of strategies and approaches.*
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Join Esther Park, fund advisor to*the National Community Investment Fund; Jon Zimmer, executive director of ACTION Housing in Pittsburgh, a counseling provider that has teamed up with a university hospital system; and*Mark Wilburn, chief lending officer at 66 Federal Credit Union, which provides housing benefits to Tyson Foods employees, on Monday, Nov. 22 at 2 p.m. ET for a KnowledgePlex (www.knowledgeplex.org (http://www.knowledgeplex.org/)) online discussion. Hear how employers and counseling agencies are promoting homeownership, simultaneously improving the financial prospects for low-income consumers, companies, and the communities in which they do business.
*
To attend the session:
Go to: http://www.placeware.com/cc/fanniemaefoundationseminars/join?id=employer-assisted+housing&role=attend&pw=82f46j
(copy and paste the full url into your browser)
*
Audio Information
Phone: (888) 422-7128
Passcode: 317176
*
If the above link does not work, please follow these instructions to attend the event. *****
Go to: http://www.placeware.com/cc/fanniemaefoundationseminars/join
(copy and paste the full url into your browser)
Your Name: (enter your name)
Meeting ID: Employer-Assisted Housing
Meeting Password: 82F46J
*
Participation is limited, so please log on a few minutes early to secure your place. You must use Internet Explorer 5.0 or above. Internet Explorer may ask you to load a part of the Microsoft Live Meeting application. (Click OK; it takes just a few seconds.)
*
*
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Jennifer E. Kerslake
Managing Editor, KnowledgePlex.org
4000 Wisconsin Avenue, N.W.
North Tower, Suite One
Washington, D.C.* 20016-2804
202-274-1076
jkerslake@fanniemaefoundation.org
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Esther Park
Senior Consultant
ShoreBank Advisory Services
2230 S. Michigan Ave.
Suite 200
Chicago, IL 60616
(312) 881-5813 (direct)
(312) 881-5801 (fax)
epark@sasbk.com (epark@sasbk.com)
www.sasbk.com (http://www.sasbk.com)
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