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Are We Becoming A Nation of Renters?

Three years after the 2008 financial crisis, America’s housing market still languishes and millions of families are losing their grip on “The American Dream.” Join us for an in-depth conference featuring policymakers, practicing mortgage capital experts, and academics to discuss the concrete steps forward to repairing and improving America’s mortgage finance system.

Date & Time

Tuesday
May. 22, 2012
8:00am – 4:30pm ET

Location

6th Floor, Woodrow Wilson Center
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Overview

http://www.wilsoncenter.org/event/are-we-becoming-nation-renters

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Three years after the 2008 financial crisis, America’s housing market still languishes and millions of families are losing their grip on “The American Dream.” Join us for an in-depth conference featuring policymakers, practicing mortgage capital experts, and academics to discuss the concrete steps forward to repairing and improving America’s mortgage finance system.

**Presentations that will be webcast

WELCOME and KEYNOTE**
8:30 – 8:55 AM
Hon. Bob Corker: U.S. Senator (R-TN); Ranking Member, Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer Protection

PANEL I: How did the mortgage finance pipes become clogged?
9:00 – 10:00 AM
Joshua Rosner, Managing Director, Graham Fisher & Co.
Kerry Vandell, Dean’s Professor of Finance, University of California, Irvine
John Worth, Chief Economist, National Credit Union Administration
Moderator: Nick Timiraos – The Wall Street Journal

PANEL II: How does the mortgage finance plumbing work today?
10:15 – 11:15 AM
Anthony Sanders, Distinguished Professor of Real Estate Finance, George Mason University
Tomasz Piskorski, Edward S. Gordon Associate Professor of Real Estate, Columbia Business School
Mark Palim, Director of Economics, Fannie Mae 
Moderator:  Vincent Fiorillo – DoubleLine Capital

FEATURED SPEAKER**
11:20 – 11:50 AM
Jim Millstein, Chairman, Millstein & Co. LLC; former Chief Restructuring Officer, U.S. Treasury Department 

POLL RESULTS: Homeownership and The American Dream**
1:15 – 1:45 PM
Dave Sackett, Partner, The Tarrance Group
Discussant: Kent Hughes – Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars

PANEL III: Bringing out the plumber: restarting private mortgage financing
1:50 – 3:05 PM
Michael Waldorf, Managing Director, Paulson & Co.
Andrew Davidson, President, Andrew Davidson & Co.
Alan Boyce, CEO, Absalon (a joint venture between VP SECURITIES and Soros Fund Management)
David Stevens, President and CEO, Mortgage Bankers Association
Moderator: Chris Katopis – Association of Mortgage Investors

PANEL IV: Where’s the consumer in all of this?
3:10 – 4:05 PM
Andrew Jakabovics, Senior Director, Policy Development and Research, Enterprise Community Partners
Janneke Ratcliffe, Executive Director, Center for Community Capital, University of North Carolina
Anthony Hutchinson, Senior Policy Representative, National Association of Realtors
Moderator: Blair Ruble – Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars

RECEPTION
4:15 – 5:30 PM

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Speakers

Joshua Rosner

Managing Director, Graham Fisher and Company

Bob Corker

U.S. Senator, Tennessee; Ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee

Kerry Vindell

Dean’s Professor of Finance, University of California, Irvine

Nick Timiraos

The Wall Street Journal

Anthony Sanders

Distinguished Professor of Real Estate Finance, George Mason University

Tomasz Piskorski

Edward S. Gordon Associate Professor of Real Estate, Columbia Business School

Mark Palim

Director of Economics, Fannie Mae

Vincent Fiorillo

DoubleLine Capital
Kent Hughes

Kent Hughes

Public Policy Fellow;
Former Director, Program on America and the Global Economy, Woodrow Wilson Center
Blair A. Ruble

Blair A. Ruble

Distinguished Fellow;
Former Wilson Center Vice President for Programs (2014-2017); Director of the Comparative Urban Studies Program/Urban Sustainability Laboratory (1992-2017); Director of the Kennan Institute for Advanced Russian Studies (1989-2012) and Director of the Program on Global Sustainability and Resilience (2012-2014)

Dave Sackett

Partner, The Tarrance Group

Andrew Davidson

President, Andrew Davidson & Co.

Alan Boyce

CEO, Absalon

David Stevens

President and CEO, Mortgage Bankers Association

Chris Katopis

Association of Mortgage Investors

Anthony Hutchinson

Senior Policy Representative, National Association of Realtors

Andrew Jakabovics

Senior Director, Policy Development and Research, Enterprise Community Partners

Janneke Ratcliffe

Executive Director, Center for Community Capital, University of North Carolina

Michael Waldorf

Managing Director, Paulson & Co.

John Worth

Chief Economist, National Credit Union Administration

Hosted By

Urban Sustainability Laboratory

Since 1991, the Urban Sustainability Laboratory has advanced solutions to urban challenges—such as poverty, exclusion, insecurity, and environmental degradation—by promoting evidence-based research to support sustainable, equitable and peaceful cities.  Read more

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