In the summer of 2024, HUD Agency Head Adrianne Todman challenged the department’s Office of Policy Development and Research (PD&R) to assemble a panel of academic experts and researchers (including ETHIC’s director, Dr. Rausch) specializing in various dimensions of housing policy to brainstorm how we might tackle some of the nation’s most challenging housing issues. On October 7 and 8, 2024, PD&R hosted the Next Generation of Housing Policy, a roundtable at HUD’s headquarters in Washington, DC.
The roundtable focused on five topics and motivating questions that are among the top priorities for the next generation of housing policy:
- Expanding the Housing Supply. What would it take to close the housing supply gap in the next 5 years while addressing the nation’s affordability, climate sustainability, and resiliency goals?
- Eliminating Worst Case Housing Needs. What would it take to expand access to rental assistance and eliminate worst case housing needs in the United States?
- Ending Homelessness. What would it take to end homelessness in the United States?
- Protecting Renters. What would it take to ensure housing stability and protections for the nation’s renters?
- Increasing Homeownership. What would it take to increase homeownership rates and close the racial homeownership gap in the United States?
An article has been published in the PD&R Edge online magazine summarizing this event: https://www.huduser.gov/portal/pdredge/pdr-edge-frm-asst-sec-120324.html
