Unlocking Housing Supply: Market-Driven Solutions for Growing Communities

Across the country, fast-growing communities are facing a common challenge—and a shared opportunity. As housing affordability becomes a defining issue for voters, families, and the future of local economies, the question isn’t whether to act, but how.

Join us for a high-impact convening of national housing experts, innovative developers, and city leaders who are breaking new ground. This event will spotlight the most promising market-based strategies and public-private partnerships working to expand housing supply and drive affordability from coast to coast.

What to expect:

• Fresh data and sharp analysis making the financial and economic case for unlocking supply
• Real-world solutions from developers creating new models for middle- and workforce housing
• Local leadership in action, featuring mayors from Texas cities who are mobilizing the private sector and rewriting the playbook for housing     growth

Whether you’re shaping policy, building housing, or financing the future, this event will equip you with insights, connections, and strategies to meet the moment—and move markets.

Joel Kotkin is a senior research fellow at the Civitas Institute. He is also the Roger Hobbs Presidential Fellow in Urban Futures at Chapman University where he directs the University’s Center for Demographics and Policy. He is also executive editor of the widely read website NewGeography.com. His columns appear regularly in Spiked (U.K.), the National Post in Canada, the American Mind, UnHerd, Quillette, the Los Angeles Times, National Review, City Journal, The Daily Telegraph and The Spectator among other national publications.

Steven Pedigo is the Assistant Dean for Faculty of Practice and Policy Engagement at the Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs at The University of Texas at Austin and the director of the LBJ Urban Lab.

Ryan Streeter is executive director of the Civitas Institute. Previously, Streeter was the State Farm James Q. Wilson Scholar and director of domestic policy studies at the American Enterprise Institute (A.E.I.), where he facilitated research in education, technology, housing, urban policy, poverty studies, workforce development, and public opinion. Before joining A.E.I., he was executive director of the Center for Politics and Governance at UT Austin.