Among members

of the NCFBI governing board are Bishop Eddie L. Long of Decatur and former

Congressman Floyd Flake, who is scheduled to speak.

There will

be 36 concurrent sessions in six "tracks"

·Faith-Based

organizations.

·Housing

finance tools.

·Bond

Finance.

·Planning

and housing development

·Federal,

state and local housing programs.

·Housing

compliance and application process. Among the topics will be ownership

structure, tax credits, housing finance tools, federal loan programs,

rezoning issues, project feasibility assessments, housing for special

populations, mixed-use/income housing, and regulations.

National and

local housing experts will explain President George W. Bush's 2001 Faith-Based

Initiative, which urges greater involvement by the faith sector in improving

society.

He established

a White House Office of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives, and ordered

similar ones in the U. S. Departments of Housing and Urban Development

(HUD), Labor, Justice, Education, and Health and Human Services.

For details,

call 404-730-8007 or go to the Faith-Based link at www.co.fulton.ga.us .