Housing Policy

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Want to stay current with the latest changes to housing policy? Kirk Willison, our VP-Government and Industry Relations, 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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February 13, 2023

PolicyCast: Housing’s Big Picture

Industry veteran Dave Stevens joins the Arch MI PolicyCast to talk about predictions and perspectives for 2023’s mortgage market and thoughts on where the GSEs need to focus their affordable housing ini…

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February 8, 2023

Housing Policymakers to Watch

In our previous Capital Commentary, we asked leading advocates about their top housing priorities in 2023. This issue examines which policymakers will decide housing’s future, both as regulators and l…

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January 25, 2023

Will Hill Help Housing?

What are the housing problems policymakers will confront over the next two years? Who better to ask than leading housing trade groups and housing advocates? They shared their insights with Capital Comme…

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January 11, 2023

One Big Thing: Housing’s Cloudy Forecast

Capital Commentary asked leading housing authorities to give their insights on the upcoming year from the perspective of looking back on 2023 from the end of the year rather than the beginning. Their ve…

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December 12, 2022

Midterms Were Good News for Housing

Welcome to our end-of-the-year review of the 2022 midterm elections and their impact on housing and homeownership in America….

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October 5, 2022

PolicyCast: A Manufactured Housing Renaissance

Dr. Lesli Gooch, CEO of the Manufactured Housing Institute, discusses newer options and improvements to manufactured housing and what steps policymakers need to consider for loan programs that support t…

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July 25, 2022

PolicyCast: FHFA Director Shares Housing Aims

Sandra Thompson, Director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), joins the Arch MI PolicyCast to discuss a variety of topics relating to equitable homeownership and maintaining transparency for G…

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July 21, 2022

Think Nationally, Act Locally

This Capital Commentary examines the Biden plan and then turns to efforts to focus on barriers and solutions at local levels…

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June 23, 2022

Erasing Housing’s Inequities

For this issue, Capital Commentary takes a high-level look at the Equitable Housing Finance Plans (EHFPs) from Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac…

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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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