1,478 words. Five-minute read. See item #5 for Capital Commentary Contest. The law of supply and demand can be boiled down to this: As supply increases, prices tend to drop. When supply falls, prices...
Housing Policy
PolicyCast: Daunting Barriers to Growing Homeownership
Episode 15 – 4/19/2021 Homebuilding Hurdles: Daunting Barriers to Growing Homeownership Jerry Howard, CEO of the National Association of Home Builders, joins us on the latest Arch MI PolicyCast to...
P-S-P-A: CAPS, CAPS, CAPS
1,976 words. Seven-minute read. See item #6 for Capital Commentary Contest. Anyone who has watched or attended a National Hockey League game in Washington’s Capital One Center is familiar with the...
PolicyCast: Charleston’s Mayor Answers the Call
Episode 14 – 4/5/2021 Lead or Lose: Charleston’s Mayor Answers the Call Charleston, South Carolina Mayor John Tecklenberg joins Arch MI PolicyCast for an in-depth interview on how the southern...
Home = Life
1,210 words. Six-minute read. See Item #6 for the Capital Commentary Contest. The headline of this issue of Capital Commentary comes from a recent hearing of the U.S. Senate’s Banking, Housing and...
PolicyCast: David Brickman’s Housing Journey
Episode 13 – 3/15/2021 Urban Investor: David Brickman’s Housing Journey Former Freddie Mac CEO David Brickman discusses his career at the nation’s second-largest purchaser of home loans and his...
A Nation of Involuntary Renters?
1,498 words. Six-minute read. See Item #5 for the Capital Commentary Contest. “No one dreams of being a renter,” says Ed Gorman, Chief Community Development Officer of the National Community...
PolicyCast: Conor Dougherty on California’s Housing Crisis
Episode 12 – 3/1/2021 Closing Gates: Conor Dougherty on California’s Housing Crisis New York Times reporter Conor Dougherty guests on Arch MI’s PolicyCast to discuss his new book on...
Racial Equity Makes “Cents”
1,332 words. Six-minute read. Don’t miss your chance to win our Capital Commentary Contest #3. Contest information is at the end! As we near the end of Black History Month, Capital Commentary weighs...
PolicyCast: Government Can Help, Hinder Aspiring Homeowners
Episode 11 – 2/10/2021 Tillis: Government Can Help, Hinder Aspiring Homeowners U.S. Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC) discusses one of America’s most urgent problems — the lack of affordable housing...