The Bipartisan Policy Center Housing Commission and the Jack Kemp Foundation kicked off the first of four public forums to gather input on key housing issues facing the nation. The aim of these forums is to develop innovative yet realistic recommendations to improve the nation’s housing policies today and for the future.

Read the full press release here.

Featuring

The Honorable Henry Cisneros
Co-Chair, Bipartisan Policy Center Housing Commission
Former Secretary, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development Former Mayor of San Antonio

Agenda

8:30AM
Breakfast and Registration

9:00AM – 9:30AM
Welcome and Opening Remarks
San Antonio Mayor Julián Castro

9:30AM – 10:30AM
Demographic Challenges and Opportunities for U.S. Housing Markets
Dr. Rolf Pendall, The Urban Institute and Dr. Steve Murdock, Rice University
View Pendall's presentation here. View Murdock's presentation here.

10:45AM – 12:00PM
Addressing Housing Needs of Tomorrow’s America

• Jane Hickie, Senior Research Scholar and Director, Communities program at the Stanford Center on Longevity
• Mike King, National President & CEO, Volunteers of America
• Saul Ramirez, Jr., CEO, National Association of Housing and Redevelopment Officials (NAHRO)
• John Henneberger, Co-Director, Texas Low Income Housing Information Service
• Moderator: Barry Zigas, Director of Housing Policy, Consumer Federation of America, BPC Housing Commissioner

12:00PM – 12:45PM
Lunch Provided

12:45PM – 2:00PM
Trends and Innovative Solutions in Rental Housing Preservation and Development

• Lourdes Castro Ramírez, CEO, San Antonio Housing Authority
• Walter Moreau, Executive Director, Foundation Communities
• Laura Bailey, Managing Vice President, Community Development Finance, Capital One Bank
• Diana McIver, President & CEO, The DMA Companies
• Moderator: Ed Brady, President, Brady Homes, BPC Housing Commissioner

2:00PM – 2:45PM
Public Comment Session
James Kemp, President, The Jack Kemp Foundation
For more information and to participate, click here.

2:45PM – 3:00PM
Closing Remarks

Read the Report: Demographic Challenges and Opportunities for U.S. Housing Markets

In the News

• CNBC: More Boomers Selling Homes, but Who Will Buy Them?
• HousingWire: Housing dependent on young, struggling Americans
• The Washington Post: Baby boomers will be selling their homes, but will their children want to buy them?

Read more news here.

The Bipartisan Policy Center Housing Commission aims to reform the nation’s housing policy by crafting a package of realistic and actionable policy recommendations that consider the near-term and address the long-term challenges in the sector.

For more information on all upcoming regional forums, click here.

For more information on the Jack Kemp Foundation, click here.

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