“Homeownership rates remain down, especially for millennials, who while they were late to home-buying, lead all other generations in a desire to be homeowners. Rents are unaffordable for half of all Americans.” – David M. Dworkin
“As rents rise, of course, you end up with constraints all along the housing continuum, which is one of the reason why we’ve had housing evictions rise in the rental markets and homelessness rise.” – David M. Dworkin
“…much more important is that we’re not building enough affordable homes. So even though we have the best job market for millennials ever, certainly in my lifetime; we got 1 in 6 people aged 26-35 living at home with their parents.” – David M. Dworkin
David M. Dworkin, CEO of the National Housing Conference said Patenaude “has been a dynamic and effective deputy secretary, which is one of the most important housing positions in any administration. She has been a passionate advocate for relief efforts in Puerto Rico, and a key voice on behalf of housing within the Trump administration.”
“Pam Patenaude has been a dynamic and effective deputy secretary, which is one of the most important housing positions in any administration. She has been a passionate advocate for relief efforts in Puerto Rico, and a key voice on behalf of housing within the Trump administration.” – David M. Dworkin
“Calabria is a libertarian economist who has endorsed eliminating the 30-year fixed-rate mortgage, which has made sustainable homeownership possible for millions of Americans…”- David M. Dworkin
“In his commentary on the nomination, David Dworkin, President and CEO of the National Housing Conference wrote that having strong opinions in the private sector or in academia wasn’t the same as having your hand on the throttle that controls one-sixth of the U.S. economy.”
“We had never gotten that size of increase to the HUD budget in that time period.” – David M. Dworkin
“He’s on the record … as highly skeptical of many of the historically successful elements of our housing finance economy. There’s a big difference between having strong opinions in the private sector or in academia and having your hand on the throttle that controls one-sixth of the economy.” – David M. Dworkin
“The thing that most people who have not worked directly with her don’t appreciate is the extent to which she is willing and able to work with both members of her own caucus and across the aisle.” – David M. Dworkin
