Please join us for “Who Can Live Here, Who Decides & Why?”, a Community Conversation panel discussion focusing on fair housing in Arlington, in cosponsorship with the Department of Planning & Community Development. Tuesday July 13, 7-9pm, Zoom Webinar.
The panel discussion will be moderated by Judi Barrett, Owner and Managing Director of Barrett Planning Group LLC. Judi brings 33 years of planning and community development experience as a consultant and community and economic development professional with state and local government. Judi has devoted her career to building the capacity of cities and towns to solve difficult public policy questions and to develop effective leadership and advocacy skills. She has prepared numerous city and town comprehensive plans, neighborhood revitalization plans, zoning ordinances and bylaws, and housing studies. She is well known for her work in affordable and fair housing policy and inclusionary zoning. A frequent panelist at regional and national conferences and a guest lecturer for planning programs, Judi is also a technical assistance resource and trainer for city and town officials and non-profit boards.
Joining the fair housing panel:
Whitney Demetrius, Director of Fair Housing Engagement at Citizens’ Housing & Planning Association (CHAPA) works in the Municipal Engagement Initiative program. In her work she seeks to change the local conversation, by empowering those most impacted by a lack of affordable housing, elevating pro-affordable housing voices above the noise of opponents, setting the stage for diverse and sustainable local coalitions, and identifying barriers to fair housing. Knowing that affordable housing reduces health inequities, stabilizes communities and families, and roots out structural and institutional racism is why she is deeply committed to this work.n, by empowering those most impacted by a lack of affordable housing, elevating pro-affordable housing voices above the noise of opponents, setting the stage for diverse and sustainable local coalitions, and identifying barriers to fair housing. Knowing that affordable housing reduces health inequities, stabilizes communities and families, and roots out structural and institutional racism is why she is deeply committed to this work.
Diane Glauber, Director of the Fair Housing & Community Development Project, has over thirty-five years of experience in the public, private, and nonprofit sectors. She provides legal assistance to nonprofit organizations and jurisdictions on fair housing advocacy, affordable housing development, regional planning, community preservation, and disaster recovery. Diane’s focus is to increase compliance with HUD’s requirement to affirmatively further fair housing (AFFH) through policy advocacy and technical assistance. As director of Human Services for the City of Baltimore, she oversaw programs designed to provide housing and services to Baltimore’s most vulnerable populations. Diane is an adjunct clinical professor in the Community Development Clinic at the University of Baltimore School of Law. She graduated from the University of Maryland School of Law and also holds a Master’s Degree in Public Administration from the NYU Wagner Graduate School of Public Service.Diane is an adjunct clinical professor in the Community Development Clinic at the University of Baltimore School of Law. She graduated from the University of Maryland School of Law and also holds a Master’s Degree in Public Administration from the NYU Wagner Graduate School of Public Service.
Robert L. Terrell, member of the Roxbury Neighborhood Council, the Madison Park Development Corporation Board of Directors, the Citizen’s Housing and Planning Association’s Policy Leadership Council, Action for Equity’s Housing Committee, the Boston NAACP’s Housing Committee, and the Assessment of Fair Housing’s Community Advisory Committee. Mr. Terrell is currently a Part-Time Lecturer at Tufts University’s Department of Urban and Environmental Policy and Planning and previously served as the Executive Director of the Fair Housing Center of Greater Boston. His most recent projects include an investigation of gentrification and displacement in Roxbury, Massachusetts; the creation of a new Article within the City of Boston’s Zoning Code to help prevent gentrification and displacement within transit corridors and has participated in the creation of a new Assessment of Fair Housing for the City of Boston. Mr. Terrell received his Masters in Public Policy from Tufts University (UEP) and his BA in Government and Sociology from Bowdoin College.
Jennifer Raitt, Arlington's Director of Planning and Community Development. Jenny has 25 years of experience serving local and state government and nonprofit organizations focused on housing, community development, and community planning. She is a member of the TransitMatters Board, Brookline Housing Advisory Board, Metropolitan Area Planning Council Executive Committee, Massachusetts Municipal Association, Municipal and Regional Administration Policy Committee, CHAPA Policy Leadership Council and Fair Housing Committee, American Planning Association (APA), National Legislative and Policy Committee, APA Massachusetts Chapter Legislative and Policy Officer, and a Climate Reality Leader with the Climate Reality Project. She also serves as a Brookline Town Meeting Member.
