For Immediate Release: June 11, 2008
Media Contacts: Sara Kabakoff

Community in the Aftermath Series Launches

The Alternative Housing Pilot Program: Building a Framework for Future Disaster Recovery

WHAT                       

Continuing its role as a major forum on design and disaster recovery, the National Building Museum, in partnership with the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), launches a new, three-year lecture series Community in the Aftermath on June 19th. Community in the Aftermath focuses on lessons learned from providing post-disaster housing through the Alternative Housing Pilot Program (AHPP) and is a forum to present results from extensive evaluation by HUD and FEMA. The inaugural program explores critical issues and objectives of the AHPP, funded by the Federal Emergency Management Agency. AHPP is a grant competition to develop more useful, readily available, and culturally appropriate post-disaster housing for Hurricane Katrina-ravaged areas.

Community in the Aftermath is sponsored by the US Department of Housing and Urban Development and the Federal Emergency Management Agency in partnership with the National Building Museum.

FEMA does not endorse the NBM or any other nonfederal entity, product, or service.

WHO                         

David Garratt, Deputy Assistant Administrator, Disaster Assistance Directorate, FEMA;
Randy Kinder, AHPP Project Officer, FEMA;
Kevin Neary, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Research, Evaluation, and Monitoring Office of Policy Development and Research, HUD; 
Todd Richardson, Director, Program Evaluation Division, Office of Policy Development and Research, HUD.

WHERE 

National Building Museum
401 F Street NW
Washington, DC 20001 (Judiciary Square Metro, Red Line)        
                                                                  

WHEN                       

Thursday, June 19, 2008
6:30 – 8:00 pm: The Alternative Housing Pilot Program: Building a Framework for Future Disaster Recovery
$12 Museum members and students; $20 non-members. Prepaid registration required.
Walk-in registration based on availability. To register, visit www.nbm.org or call 202.272.2448.

The National Building Museum is America’s leading cultural institution dedicated to exploring and celebrating architecture, design, engineering, construction, and planning. Chartered by Congress in 1980 and open to the public since 1985, the Museum has become a vital forum for exchanging ideas and information about the built environment through its exhibitions, education programs, and publications. The Museum is located at 401 F Street NW, Washington, D.C. Museum hours are Monday through Saturday from 10 am to 5 pm and Sunday from 11 am to 5 pm. Admission is free. Museum Shop. Café. Public inquiries: 202.272.2448 or visit www.www.nbm.org.