National Housing Conference

This Homeownership Month was met with limited fanfare. Ask anyone looking to purchase a home these days and the outlook is bleak. The balancing act of household budgets seems more precarious than ever. Existing pressures of inflation and lagging income gains have been compounded by geopolitical conflict that feels far away from housing policy. But economics do not exist in a ...

In this week’s episode, we welcome Debra Still, retired CEO and Vice Chair of Pulte Financial Services and a recipient of NHC’s 2026 Housing Visionary Award, which will be presented at NHC’s Annual Gala on June 24 at The Anthem in Washington, D.C. For more than four decades, Debra has been a leading voice in mortgage finance, helping guide the industry through periods of grow...

Nothing succeeds like success! With bicameral and bipartisan agreement on affordable housing legislation, we are on our way to the President’s desk. The revised 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act, which was advanced by the Senate on June 18 with a vote of 84 to 8, is expected to be voted on by the Senate and House this week. A signing ceremony is expected at the White House soo...

This month, as we recognize Homeownership Month, I can’t think of a better time to rededicate ourselves to the opportunity for everyone to own their home. We’re not there yet, and there are tangible and correctable reasons why. Today, the homeownership rate for all Americans is 65 percent. It could be higher and for most of us, it is. The homeownership rate for White American...

WASHINGTON, DC – June 23, 2010: House Financial Services Chairman Barney Frank, D-Mass., standing, consults with Senate Banking Chairman Christopher J. Dodd, D-Conn., during the House-Senate conference on a comprehensive financial regulatory overhaul bill. At left is House Financial Services ranking member Spencer Bachus, R-Ala.; at right are Rep. Paul E. Kanjorski, D-Pa., an...