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Bipartisan Policy Center Unveils Federal Housing Report

Washington, DC
Monday, February 25, 2013

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.

Updated: Monday, February 25, 2013 at 12:25pm (ET)

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