Ball State University will host the 2008 annual conference of the Housing Education and Research Association (HERA).  The conference will be held at the Omni Severin Hotel in downtown Indianapolis, October 7-10.

Residential Property Management faculty members Dr. Howard Campbell, Dr. Sue Whitaker, and Dr. Carla Earhart are the conference planners.  Retired faculty member Dr. Joan McFadden and Alexandra Jackiw of Buckingham Companies AMO also serve as members of the conference program committee.

Using the theme "Housing at the Crossroads," several cutting-edge housing issues will be presented at the conference.  A bus tour of housing options in the Indianapolis and surrounding area is also planned.

More information and registration details are available on the HERA website: www.housingeducators.org.