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Up for Growth Underproduction

Housing Underproduction in the U.S. 2022

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Our Mission

Up for Growth forges policies and partnerships to achieve housing equity, eliminate systemic barriers, and create more homes.

Jared Bernstein, Ph.D., member of the White House Council of Economic Advisers, kicks off the launch of Up for Growth's Housing Underproduction in the U.S. report.

https://youtu.be/dRH16JONO6k?t=922

Up for Growth's April Policy Brief provides insights from Portland, Oregon’s mandatory inclusionary housing policy.

https://www.upforgrowth.org/sites/default/files/2022-04/2022_04_Up%20For%20Growth_Missed%20Opportunities_Brief%201.pdf

Up for Growth is committed to supporting a pro-housing agenda that works for communities of all sizes, in all parts of the country. 

https://www.upforgrowth.org/news/combatting-housing-crisis-rural-america

Up for Growth Action overview of the Biden Administration's Housing Supply Action Plan

https://www.upforgrowth.org/news/growth-action-praises-administrations-housing-supply-action-plan

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Our membership includes housing experts and advocates, major employers, economists, transit and planning practitioners, environmentalists, chambers of commerce, municipal leaders, social equity champions, multifamily and single-family builders, lenders, investors, and many others. We encourage you to join today to ensure your voice, your views, and your lived experience are a part of this important conversation.

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Latest News and Insights

News and Insights provides the latest from Up for Growth, in additional to current news stories, polls, studies and other relevant data on housing policy, efficient land use, and supply-side community investment promotion, with appropriate context and engaging perspective from Up for Growth, offering fresh and regular entry points into the smart growth conversation.

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Up for Growth 2022 Housing Underproduction in the U.S. Report Finds Nation’s Housing Deficit Has More Than Doubled Since 2012

Washington, DC – Up for Growth, a cross-sector member network committed to solving the nation’s housing shortage and affordability crisis through data-driven research and evidence-based policy, today released its groundbreaking

Up for Growth Action Praises Administration’s Housing Supply Action Plan

Washington, DC – Up for Growth Action, a federal advocacy organization that advocates for policies to achieve housing equity, eliminate systemic barriers, and create more homes, today released the following

National Coalition Says Retooling LERTA Tax Incentive Program Could Enhance Pittsburgh’s New Inclusionary Zoning Law

Washington, DC – Up for Growth, a cross-sector member network committed to solving the housing shortage and affordability crisis through data-driven research and evidence-based policy, today said the inclusionary zoning
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Missed Opportunities: Assessing and Leveraging Requirements, Incentives & Tradeoffs in Affordable Housing Development

The United States is experiencing a housing crisis driven in part by a shortage of millions of homes. This housing shortage has created barriers for many Americans to achieve the

Up for Growth Hires Kecia Easley as Membership Director

Washington, DC – Up for Growth, a cross-sector member network committed to solving the housing shortage and affordability crisis through data-driven research and evidence-based policy, today announced the hiring of

GBX Group CEO Drew Sparacia Joins Up for Growth Action Board of Directors

Washington, DC – Up for Growth Action, a federal advocacy organization that advocates for policies to achieve housing equity, eliminate systemic barriers, and create more homes, today announced the appointment
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