Briefing on HUD’s Worst Case Housing Needs Report

HUD has been reporting to Congress on Worst Case Housing Needs since the 1980s, providing national data on the need for affordable housing and analyzing the critical problems facing low-income renter households. The report is an authoritative, comprehensive look at key developments, informing policymakers on how best to address the housing needs of vulnerable Americans across the nation. Importantly, this year’s report, using data collected before the pandemic, provides new evidence on the persistent shortage of affordable housing heading into, and likely worsened by the effects of, the pandemic.

We hope you will join BPC’s J. Ronald Terwilliger Center for Housing Policy as it hosts senior HUD officials and leading experts for a discussion on this year’s report, its key findings, and its policy implications.

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Featured Participants

Opening remarks:
Peggy F. Bailey
Senior Advisor on Rental Assistance, HUD
@PeggyBaileyDC

Presentation on key findings:
Jennifer Turnham
Director, Policy Development Division, HUD

Panel discussion with:
Dennis C. Shea
Executive Director, J. Ronald Terwilliger Center for Housing Policy, BPC

Chris Herbert
Managing Director, Harvard Joint Center for Housing Studies
@ceherbert

Robin Hughes
President & CEO, Abode Communities

Ann Oliva
Vice President for Housing Policy, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities
@annymoliva

Moderated by:
Ben Winter
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy Development, HUD
@Ben_J_Winter

Closing remarks:
Peggy F. Bailey
Senior Advisor on Rental Assistance, HUD

In light of restrictions related to the COVID-19 pandemic, BPC events have shifted to all remote formats, such as video teleconferences or calls.