Post by Ivory N. Mathews

If you administer a PHA, work with voucher holders, or invest in rural housing — I'd love to hear how Title IX is landing in your community. The 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act is the most significant federal restriction on institutional investment in single-family housing in modern U.S. history.² It is also a case study in how good intentions, decoupled from the lived reality of voucher holders and rural renters, can produce regressive outcomes. For the family in a rural county with no apartments. For the single mother holding a voucher she's about to lose because no one will rent to her. For the senior trying to move closer to her grandchildren in a Sunbelt suburb — the question is not whether Wall Street should own America's homes. It is whether Washington remembers that they need somewhere to live, too. Housing policy must be built for the people standing at the leasing office on day 59 of a 60-day voucher search — not just for the homebuyer at the closing table. 💬 What's your take? If you administer a PHA, work with voucher holders, or invest in rural housing — I'd love to hear how Title IX is landing in your community.