Tackling the Housing Shortage: How Local Governments Can Lead on Delivering Housing Supply and Affordability
Date: Wednesday, May 21, 2025
Time: 3:45 p.m. – 4:45 p.m. (AICP-CM: 1)
Holiday Ballroom 1
Speakers:
- Marcia L. Fudge, Partner and Chair of Public Policy, Taft; National Co-Chair, Housing Solutions Coalition (HSC)
- Terry Hickey, Director of Housing & Community Development, Baltimore County, Md.
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Commissioner Eileen Higgins, Miami-Dade County, Florida
Resources:
Tackling the Housing Shortage: How Local Governments Can Lead on Delivering Housing Supply and Affordability (presentation slides)
Hear from national speakers on effective strategies for local governments to lead on addressing America’s housing supply shortage. Miami-Dade County Commissioner Eileen Higgins will share how her county has transformed more than 100 acres of underutilized county-owned land into vibrant mixed-income communities that thousands of families now call home. Learn how your county can follow Dade County’s lead on issues including land use changes, impact fee waivers, accelerated permitting, and workforce housing incentives. After her presentation, Commissioner Higgins will join in conversation with former HUD Secretary Marcia Fudge to discuss national strategies to effectively move the needle on housing supply in an environment with reduced federal funding and high construction costs.
This session is eligible for Certification Maintenance credits with the American Institute of Certified Planners. If you are an AICP member and attend the session in full, you can add credits to your CM log by searching for the “National Economic Mobility and Opportunity Conference 2025” in the CM Search menu and selecting specific sessions from those associated with the event.
