Housing Security

By:   Carol Lamberg
Imprint:   Authors Press
Dimensions:   Height: 229mm,  Width: 152mm,  Spine: 13mm
Weight:   399g
ISBN:   9781643145815
ISBN 10:   1643145819
Pages:   156
Publication Date:   20 July 2021
Audience:   General/trade ,  ELT Advanced
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active

"Carol Lamberg was Executive Director of the Settlement Housing Fund from 1983 until she retired in February, 2014. She had worked on the staff of Settlement Housing since its inception in 1969. Before that, she was Vice President of Roger Schafer Associates, housing consultants, and in that capacity worked for the Executive Council of the Episcopal Church, Knickerbocker Hospital and Settlement Housing Fund, among others. Settlement Housing Fund had produced over 8,900 apartments in 58 developments, retaining ownership through partnerships or affiliates, of over 25 buildings with nearly 2,000 apartments in Brooklyn, the Bronx, Harlem, Washington Heights and lower Manhattan. Most of the developments that Settlement Housing now owns are mixed-income buildings, occupied by families whose incomes range from public assistance levels to about $85,000. The developments often include community amenities and programs. Ms. Lamberg was a consultant for 12 developments for senior citizens, owned by settlement houses and other nonprofi t organizations. Ms. Lamberg was also Staff Director and co-founder of the New York Housing Conference before becoming Co-Chair from 2008 until 2016. She is now the only Life Trustee. In that capacity, she had drafted amendments to the Housing Act of 1937, the National Housing Act, and the New York State Private Housing Finance Law. She has written policy studies and articles for housing and architectural journals, op-ed articles, and has testified before legislative bodies, commissions, and government agencies. She was Regional Vice President of the National Housing Conference. She is on the boards of the New Settlement Apartments, RISE, Rockaway, the Two Bridges Neighborhood Council, and the Citizens Housing and Planning Council. She is a graduate of Radcliff e College and was a Loeb Fellow at Harvard University. She has written a book,"" Neighborhood Success Stories,"" describing the Two Bridges urban renewal area on the Lower East Side of Manhattan and the largest development under the late Mayor Koch's housing program. The development, located in the Bronx, is owned by an affiliate of Settlement Housing Fund. The book was published by Fordham University Press in May 2018. The Borough Presidents of Manhattan and the Bronx have written short forwards. She is working on a second book about the history and future of Section 8.Ms. Lamberg received the Lifetime Achievement award from the New York Housing Conference in 2013. She has also won awards from the National Housing Conference, Citizens Housing and Planning Council, LISC, Flemister House, Hamilton Madison House, and the American Institute of Architects of New York.Carol Lamberg lives in Manhattan with her partner, Prof. Donald Pfaff. Her grown children, Andrew and Donna Bernstein, and stepchildren, Lisa and Tom Barbash live in Paris, San Diego, Cambridge, and San Francisco respectively."