Renting, Owning, and Implications for the Racial Wealth Gap - Fed Communities Subscribe Topics Employment Benefits Cliff Child Care Investing in America’s Workforce Worker Perspectives Economic Development Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) Digital Access Rural Development Housing Small Business Entrepreneurship Small Business Credit Survey Stories Benefits Cliff Stories CRA: Building Stronger Communities Rural America: A Treasure of Assets Partner stories Investment Connection: Getting to ‘We Have a Deal’ Small Lenders, Small Businesses, and the Paycheck Protection Program Opportunity Occupations: Joining the Workforce Data Banking Deserts Dashboard CDFI Survey Community Perspectives Survey Community Development Data & Tools Explorer Perspectives from Main Street Worker Perspectives Events Calendar Connecting Communities® Webinars On-demand 2026 Research Seminar Series Uneven Outcomes Conference Experts About Us Our Leadership Latest News and Views Subscribe Contact Us Search Speakers Agenda November 13, 2023 2023 Federal Reserve Community Development Research Seminar Series WATCH ON DEMAND Keys to Opportunity in the Housing Market: Renting, Owning, and Implications for the Racial Wealth Gap, November 13, 2023 (video, 1:31:16). Open transcript in new window. Download presentation slides (pdf, 3MB) Stable and affordable rental housing provides an essential foundation for economic participation and upward mobility. At the same time, homeownership has historically provided a primary pathway to wealth creation in the US. Consequently, the dual aims of affordability and wealth generation can put rental and homeownership policies at odds with each other. This seminar, presented by the Federal Reserve Banks of Boston and San Francisco on November 13, 2023, gathered experts for a research-driven discussion around efforts to increase rental affordability, access to homeownership, and housing stability. Experts shared how different approaches to these aims will have implications for the ability of housing policy to reduce wealth disparities by race and income. Panel speakers Peggy Bailey Vice President for Housing and Income Security Center on Budget and Policy Priorities Ingrid Gould Ellen Paulette Goddard Professor of Urban Policy and Planning, Director for Furman Center for Real Estate and Urban Policy New York University  Jung Hyun Choi Senior Research Associate, Housing Finance Policy Center Urban Institute Sara Kimberlin Executive Director and Senior Research Scholar Stanford Center on Poverty and Inequality  Carolina Reid I. Donald Terner Distinguished Professor in Affordable Housing and Urban Policy in the Department of City and Regional Planning and Faculty Research Advisor Terner Center for Housing Innovation at the University of California at Berkeley Rocio Sanchez-Moyano Senior Researcher, Community Development Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco Agenda 1:00-1:05 pm ET Introduction and welcoming remarks Jennie Blizzard, Communications Advisor, Fed Communities Elizabeth Kneebone, Assistant Vice President, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco 2:03-2:45 pm ET Panel 1: Strategies to address the affordability gap for renters Peggy Bailey, Vice President for Housing and Income Security, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities moderator Ingrid Gould Ellen, Paulette Goddard Professor of Urban Policy and Planning, Director for Furman Center for Real Estate and Urban Policy, New York University Sara Kimberlin, Executive Director and Senior Research Scholar, Stanford Center on Poverty and Inequality 1:45-2:25 pm ET Panel 2: Challenges in increasing access to homeownership and closing the racial wealth gap Rocio Sanchez-Moyano, Senior Researcher, Community Development, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco moderator Jung Hyun Choi, Senior Research Associate, Housing Finance Policy Center, Urban Institute Carolina Reid, I. Donald Terner Distinguished Professor in Affordable Housing and Urban Policy in the Department of City and Regional Planning and Faculty Research Advisor, Terner Center for Housing Innovation at the University of California at Berkeley 2:25-2:30 pm ET Closing remarks Beth Mattingly, Assistant Vice President, Federal Reserve Bank of Boston About the Series This seminar is part of the Federal Reserve Community Development Research Seminar Series, a forum for exploring the intersection of research, policy, and practice in the community development field. The Series expands access to high-quality research that informs stakeholders who are working to support low- and moderate-income communities and communities of color. Subscribe Stay connected with our monthly newsletter. Subscribe Contact us Have a question or just want to say hi? Contact us Fed Communities is a collaboration among the 12 Reserve Banks of the Federal Reserve System. Site Policies Privacy Policy Terms of Use Site Accessibility © 2024 Fed Communities. All rights reserved.