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Housing

Our Work

Many people in the United States are frustrated at the high cost of housing. In recent years, there has been a lively policy debate about how to make housing more affordable.

VPA’s research and work on housing takes an all-of-the-above framework for making housing more affordable: from an industrial policy that would help stimulate housing construction to public options for housing, tax policies, and market-shaping regulations that would prevent abuses of power.

7/23/26

Dave Uejio explains the potential for presidents to unlock growth of community-owned housing today to address America’s housing crisis. 

7/23/26

Christopher Serkin and Daniel Sharfstein recount the history of the federal government’s actions during World War II to address the acute housing needs with bold and innovative actions.

4/22/25

Ganesh Sitaraman and Christopher Serkin make the case for a post-neoliberal agenda for housing policy.

4/22/25

Ganesh Sitaraman and Christopher Serkin offer a series of proposals to address the affordable housing crisis.