Up for Growth to Launch U.S. Housing Underproduction Report

First-of-its kind longitudinal study quantifies housing shortage at national, state, and metropolitan levels, tracks trends from 2012 through 2019

Up for Growth on July 14 will release its groundbreaking report, Housing Underproduction in the United States, a first-of-its-kind longitudinal study tracking nationwide housing underproduction by state and across 814 metropolitan and non-metropolitan units of geography – the most detailed analysis of America’s housing shortage ever produced.

WHAT:
Up for Growth Report Launch: Housing Underproduction in the United States
Event is open press.

WHERE:
National Press Club Ballroom

WHEN:
July 14, 2022
8:00 AM – 11:00 AM ET

WHO:
Host

• Mike Kingsella, CEO, Up for Growth

Keynote

• Jared Bernstein, Ph.D., Member, White House Council of Economic Advisors

Report Presentation

• M. Nolan Gray, UCLA Lewis Center for Regional Policy Studies (Moderator)
• Alazne (Ali) Solis, Board Chair, Up for Growth
• Catherine Buell, Director, Amazon Housing Equity Fund
• Michael Wilkerson, Ph.D., ECONorthwest

Panel Discussion

• Jenny Schuetz, Ph.D., Senior Fellow, Brookings Metro (Moderator)
• Len Kiefer, Ph.D., Deputy Chief Economist, Freddie Mac
• Carlos Martín, Ph.D., David M. Rubenstein Fellow, Brookings Metro
• David Williams, J.D., Vice President, Lafayette Square

By measuring the gap between the number of homes needed in a given area versus those available, Up for Growth found that 47 states, the District of Columbia, and 169 metropolitan areas are experiencing a severe shortage of homes. The report also presents a new and innovative policy framework that offers a roadmap to policymakers to solve housing underproduction and increase housing equity in high-opportunity neighborhoods – places that are rich in jobs, transportation, infrastructure, and community assets.

“As people migrate in search of jobs, education and economic opportunities, the demand for housing in the most populous and economically productive regions of the U.S. has far exceeded the production of new homes,” said Mike Kingsella, Chief Executive Officer of Up for Growth. “This is resulting in America’s most urgent economic, environmental and social equity crisis.”