Wife & mom. PSU alum, former SPANer. @BPC_Bipartisan associate director of communications, w/ focus on housing. Views are mine. And yes, my eyes are real.
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Housing affordability could be a top priority for the next Congress. @andybwinkler, BPC’s managing director of housing and infrastructure policy, spoke with @HousingWire's Tyler Williams about what comes next for federal housing policy, including a potential second housing bill. Read the full story here:
With affordability a top voter issue this election cycle, housing is potentially positioned as a major focus for the next Congress:
housingwire.com/articles/con…
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DYK the 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act has a cluster of major deadlines hitting in January 2027? @BPC_Bipartisan is following along: bipartisanpolicy.org/hub/21s…
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The U.S. housing supply is short an estimated 1.5 million to 7.3 million homes, a gap that contributes to why families pay more for housing. BPC's Terwilliger Center newsletter is how you keep up with the bipartisan work to close it.
In this month’s issue: whether the Build America, Buy America Act is adding delays and costs to affordable housing, eviction prevention nationwide, and the story of BPC's role in helping the 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act become law.
Subscribe to follow along: bpcdc.org/subscribe-to-housi…
#HousingAffordability #Housing
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When a news outlet “calls” a race tonight, that’s a projection, not an official result. Results become official only after certification.
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My @BPC_Bipartisan colleagues Kristen Klurfield and Graham DiLorenzo look at the state of eviction prevention policy. Read more: bipartisanpolicy.org/article…
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The 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act is one of the most comprehensive pieces of housing legislation in decades, which makes its implementation complex.
The Bipartisan Policy Center’s associate director of housing, @arnoldk7, was quoted in @struppj’s @multifamilydive piece on what comes next for ROAD. As Kristen noted, “it’s possible that many of the programs in ROAD will not receive funding until fiscal year 2028, at the earliest.”
Read the full piece for more on implementation. multifamilydive.com/news/mul…
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Thanks to Ed Pinto and @AEI for the invitation to join their 15th Annual Housing Conference yesterday. Great conversation on housing supply and market intelligence—and yes, we got a few laughs in too.
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ICYMI: Learn how artificial intelligence is being deployed to reimagine the homebuilding process, including zoning analysis, architectural design, jobsite monitoring, and procurement. Worth a watch: bipartisanpolicy.org/event/h…
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Excessive deficits drive up interest rates, which drive up mortgage rates and housing construction costs. The debt conversation is a housing conversation. Join @BPC_Bipartisan and @NatlGovsAssoc tomorrow as we tackle these issues: bipartisanpolicy.org/event/a…
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Why does it take so long and cost so much to build a home? @Vikas_Enti of @ReframeSystems tells us how AI can streamline the process. #AI
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Sara Bronin of Land Use Labs on making zoning rules something people can understand. #AI
Watch the full event here: ow.ly/WHpA50ZZMWy
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How can AI change permitting? Infilla’s Jenny Song on the future of permitting. #AI
Watch the full event here: ow.ly/MEaw50ZZMNr
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The Build America, Buy America Act extended domestic content requirements to federally assisted housing projects. Our new brief breaks down what that means—and what recommendations have emerged to minimize the impact while working toward the law’s goals: bipartisanpolicy.org/issue-b…
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Welcome to the team! Lauren Dunton is our director of housing.
Lauren has two decades of experience working on housing and homelessness issues. At Abt Global (formerly Abt Associates), she led numerous policy research, implementation, and evaluation studies for federal, state, and philanthropic clients. Lauren designed and executed studies examining affordable housing and homelessness programs that produced timely evidence and policy recommendations. We look forward to working with you!
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The 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act is law. Now Congress needs to fund it. Members of the Center’s Advisory Committee wrote to House and Senate Appropriations leaders urging FY2027 funding for the law’s new programs. bipartisanpolicy.org/testimo…
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What a lot of people don’t realize: today’s mortgage rates aren’t historically unusual. We’ve seen them before in the ‘70s through the ‘90s. What’s different? Everything else. Insightful piece from @juliezweil of the @washingtonpost.
At the all-time low, the national average rate for a 30-year mortgage was in the 2-percent range for much of 2020 and 2021.
Those days are gone. And for would-be buyers, today’s old-is-new-again rates are painful, sometimes even prohibitive. Here’s why: wapo.st/47qLkSS
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As implementation of the housing law gets underway, Ashley Flores of the Child Poverty Action Lab reminds us what’s at stake.
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States and cities have real work ahead implementing the 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act. Cullum Clark of the Bush Institute on how Dallas and other cities can pair federal and state reforms to make progress on housing.
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A lot of the housing shortage comes down to zoning. Jenny Schuetz of Arnold Ventures on how we got here—and what it would take to change course.
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Accepting another program's inspection means getting a hold of the records. @CWojPHADA of the Public Housing Authorities Directors Association (@PHADA_USA) on the importance of making that simple for housing authorities.
Watch the full conversation: ow.ly/VXmI50ZYaRO