Housing Policy
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Want to stay current with the latest changes to housing policy? Kirk Willison, our SVP of Global Public Affairs, anchors PolicyCast, a video podcast series featuring his interviews with top housing officials from across the nation. He also authors Capital Commentary, which covers public policy legislation shaping the housing industry’s future.
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March 23, 2026
PolicyCast Live Replay: Why Natural Disasters Are Changing Housing
John Rogers, Chief Data & Analytics Officer at Cotality, joins host and Capital Commentary author Kirk Willison, SVP of Global Public Affairs at Arch MI, to discuss the challenges for lenders in 2026….
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January 9, 2026
PolicyCast Live Replay: GSE Strategies That Could Impact Your Pipeline
The first ever live Arch MI PolicyCast webinar explored upcoming housing policy and GSE changes, featuring insights from host Kirk Willison of Arch MI and Don Layton, former Freddie Mac CEO and Senior F…
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September 3, 2025
PolicyCast: The Four Horsemen of the Housing Apocalypse
U.S. Representative Mike Flood (R-Nebraska) — Chairman of the Subcommittee on Housing and Insurance — joins the Arch MI PolicyCast to highlight the challenges of building more affordable housing for Ame…
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April 15, 2025
PolicyCast: From Bailout to Breakout? The Future of Fannie & Freddie
Don Layton, from the NYU Furman Center for Real Estate and Urban Policy, dives deep into credit risk transfer, the roles of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac and the transformative impact of conservatorship….
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February 20, 2025
PolicyCast: Paradise Lost: The Battle to Rebuild LA
Liam Dillon of the LA Times joins the Arch MI PolicyCast to discuss rebuilding efforts after the 2025 wildfires. He covers the disaster’s direct impact, construction labor shortages and the rising cost …
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February 5, 2025
PolicyCast: The $330 Billion Question: DC Insiders Talk Trump and Housing
Two veteran Capitol Hill analysts return to the Arch MI PolicyCast to discuss the second Trump administration’s impact on housing. Kirk Willison’s guests are Cowen Washington Research Group’s Jaret Seib…
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January 13, 2025
PolicyCast: Where do you go when your insurer says ”No”?
Gina Hardy joins the Arch MI PolicyCast to discuss the benefits and challenges her associations have in the residual insurance market….
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December 3, 2024
PolicyCast: A Look Back at Decades of Advancing Homeownership with Steve O’Connor
Mortgage industry veteran Steve O’Connor joins the Arch MI PolicyCast to discuss the latest affordable housing initiatives….
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November 12, 2024
PolicyCast: Will Micro-Factory Modules Solve Big Housing’s Crisis? with Aleksandr Gampel
Aleksandr Gampel joins Kirk Willison’s Arch MI PolicyCast to discuss how Cuby Technologies is tackling housing and labor shortages by reshaping the construction industry’s future….
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About Arch MI’s Capital Commentary
Capital Commentary newsletter reports on the public policy issues shaping the housing industry’s future. Each issue presents insights from a team led by Kirk Willison.
About Arch MI’s PolicyCast
PolicyCast — a video podcast series hosted by Kirk Willison — enables mortgage professionals to keep on top of the issues shaping the future of housing and the new policy initiatives under consideration in Washington, D.C., the state capitals and the financial markets.
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