[MassHistPres] Continuing Ed credits available for Preserving Affordability, Affording Preservation conference

[Sally Zimmerman]

Historic New England is pleased to announce that AIA/BSA Continuing Education credits and AICP/APA MA Certification Maintenance credits are available for its April 27 conference on Preserving Affordability, Affording Preservation - Prospects for Historic Multi-Family Housing<http://shop.historicnewengland.org/HH-SYMPOSIUM-10909/>. The agenda<https://www.historicnewengland.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/Agenda-Conference-2018.pdf> lists credit hours for conference offerings.

This conference brings together advocates and policy leaders in many disciplines, including planning, design, finance, preservation, and history, to discuss the challenges and opportunities of preserving buildings like three-deckers for affordable housing.

Presentations will look at the history of the three-decker, at models for preserving both the affordable nature of a historic multi-family structure and its architectural character, and at how current regulations and incentives might be modified to shift the tide of condominium conversion in such structures.

Addressing a problem as complex as the current shortfall in affordable housing requires using all available resources. By thinking only in terms of new construction, without considering that hundreds of structures already standing might be creatively remade in a modern version of their original use, we are squandering a valuable resource. We need to look back at the rich resource of multi-family housing across our region and see it anew as a foundation for addressing a critical need.

We encourage you to register soon and join us on April 27 in Boston for this important discussion.

Sally Zimmerman
Senior Preservation Services Manager
Historic New England
Lyman Estate,
185 Lyman Street,
Waltham, MA 02452
617 994 6644

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