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Policy on Tap: Urban and Housing Policy

Fri. Oct 28, 2022
6:00 — 8:30 PM CDT

Hub 51 | 51 W Hubbard St, Chicago, IL 60654

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The Harris School's Evening Master's Program (EMP) and Center for Effective Government (CEG) invites Master's students and Civic Leadership Academy (CLA) alumni to join us for a conversation on urban and housing policy in Chicago. Speakers Bryan Esenberg (CLA'19), Managing Deputy Commissioner for Chicago's Department of Housing, and Darlene Hightower (CLA'15), President and CEO of the Metropolitan Planning Council, will be joined by journalist and public housing author Ben Austen to discuss pressing housing policy concerns and paths forward for Chicago.

Speakers include:

  • Bryan Esenberg (CLA’19) | Managing Deputy Commissioner, City of Chicago, Department of Housing

  • Darlene Hightower (CLA’15) | President and CEO, Metropolitan Planning Council

  • Ben Austen (moderator) | Journalist and Author

CLA fellows and alumni: Register to attend using the RSVP link below and at left. EMP students: Please use this separate registration link to RSVP. 

CEG and EMP aim to strengthen the alumni ties between CLA fellows and EMP students, while facilitating meaningful dialogue around important issues in a relaxed, welcoming environment.