The Bipartisan Policy Center’s (BPC) Housing Commission releases "Housing America’s Future: New Directions for National Policy," a new report on recommendations for federal housing policy.
Commission co-chairs discussed the recommendations and took questions at a briefing at the Newseum in Washington, D.C. on Monday.
Participants included: former Senate Majority Leader George Mitchell; former Senator and HUD Secretary Mel Martinez; former HUD Secretary and Mayor of San Antonio Henry Cisneros; and former Senator and Governor of Missouri Christopher Bond.
The report covers a new system for housing finance, affordable rental housing, rural housing and demographic changes that will present challenges and opportunities for the nation's housing system.