National Housing Conference

In this week’s episode, we’re joined by acclaimed historian and author Betty Boyd Caroli, a Fulbright scholar whose career has spanned topics from immigration to the lives of America’s First Ladies. Her latest book, “A Slumless America: Mary K. Simkhovitch and the Dream of Affordable Housing,” shines a light on a visionary reformer whose name isn’t widely known—Mary Kingsbury...

Fair housing has always required two things: the law, and the will to uphold it. This April, when one is under assault, the other must be stronger than ever. There is a version of America we can almost touch—one where a person’s zip code doesn’t determine their outcomes in life; where families just starting out in life have a real shot at homeownership; where lending data tel...

As efforts to reconcile two overwhelmingly bipartisan housing bills in the House and Senate proceed, some Washington housing policymakers have a bad case of the yips. It’s as understandable as it is debilitating. Just when we are so close to passing the first meaningful housing legislation in more than a decade, the ghosts of so many past failures loom large. More than ever, ...

In this week’s episode, we’re joined by Jonathan Reckford, CEO of Habitat for Humanity, the global housing nonprofit that has helped more than 62 million people build, rehabilitate, or preserve their homes. Under Reckford’s leadership, the organization has grown dramatically expanding from serving about 125,000 people each year to reaching more than 3 million annually. Reckfo...

There will always be a strong need for thoughtful, strategic housing communication, especially when it comes to elevating solutions and driving meaningful progress. That need remains constant, even as the housing and policy landscape continues to evolve. These changes influence how we frame challenges, engage different audiences, and shape the narrative. As priorities shift a...