“As freshmen members of Congress are trying to figure out how they will afford a home in DC while maintaining one in their district, they should consider how housing can be an issue on which a divided government can come together.” – David M. Dworkin
“There’s been a significant lack of supply, and that’s one of things that’s been driving housing prices. And if it’s driven by a lack of supply, then that’s problematic, especially in the move-up market, where people are just getting out from under water.” – David M. Dworkin
“I understand that there was never any sort of permanence to it,” said Montgomery, speaking an affordable housing event Tuesday sponsored by the National Housing Conference.”
“There’s been a significant lack of supply, and that’s one of the reason what’s been driving housing prices.” David M. Dworkin
On boosting the Low Income Housing Tax Credit: “It’s the most bipartisan and effective affordable housing production tool. It leverages public-private partnerships, it has an incredible success rate.” – David M. Dworkin
“It’s great news for both communities. The trick is it needs to stay great news. And the problem we have to deal with is when you put that many houses or that many people into a community at one time, you’re going to see housing prices go up for both renters and home buyers. If Amazon employees cannot afford to buy and rent in this community, there going to end up with the same problem they had in Seattle.” – David M. Dworkin
“We should stop thinking of homeownership and renting as a zero-sum game because when we have lower homeownership, we have more renters, and when we have more renters, we have higher rents.” -David M. Dworkin
“We are excited for Tristan to join us in this role, where he will help lead our federal outreach and housing policy. He brings proven experience in legislative affairs and community engagement that will help NHC galvanize our members and partners to protect and defend the American home.” – David M. Dworkin
This month, the National Housing Conference, an advocate for affordable housing, sent a letter to the Treasury pointing out what the non-partisan group sees as flaws in the legislation. The group encouraged policymakers to implement guardrails and gather data to prevent abuse. It said it would be “tragic” if higher-priced rentals replaced more affordable units because of the incentives.
“In ’14, what you begin to see is a loosening of the underwriting, but not an irresponsible loosening. I think we’re seeing a return to a more normal market.” – David M. Dworkin
