Seth Appleton, President of MISMO and former Assistant Secretary for Policy at the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), and Alfonso Costa, Executive Vice President at the Falcone Group and former Deputy Chief of Staff at HUD, return to the Urban Lab to discuss their recent appointments to the Bipartisan Policy Center's newly formed Housing Advisory Council and the outlook for affordable and workforce housing.

The council is chaired by Henry Cisneros, former Secretary of HUD, Pamela Hughes Patenaude, former Deputy Secretary, former San Diego Mayor Kevin Faulconer and former Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter. The Council works to advance policies that address urgent affordable housing needs and address racial disparities in housing outcomes.

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