Roosevelt Institute Expands Housing Policy Work with New Residents

New York, NY—Today, the Roosevelt Institute, an economic policy think tank dedicated to shared prosperity and power, announced its latest cohort of Good Life Residents with three emerging leaders working on housing policy. 

The Roosevelt Institute Good Life Residents on Housing will explore how the federal government can ensure the United States builds the homes people need, even during economic downturns or periods of high interest rates. The cohort will examine policies to stabilize housing production, strengthen the construction workforce and housing supply chains, and encourage new innovations that make building homes faster and more affordable.

The Roosevelt Institute is excited to welcome the following residents: 

• Shehab Chowdhury, a senior advisor at the Mayor’s Office of Equity and Racial Justice in New York City  
• Chenab Navalkha, who is finishing her PhD in urban studies and planning at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology  
• Benjamin Preis, director of Urban Research Advisors in Amsterdam, where he conducts policy research and analysis for public, private, and nonprofit entities on housing, economic development, and urban policy 

“Across the country, the lack of housing is the engine behind our cost-of-living crisis,” said Ned Resnikoff, Housing Fellow at the Roosevelt Institute, who is advising the residents. “That’s why we need ambitious policy and leadership, people like these residents, who can actually get more homes built. Housing production can’t keep rising and falling with the broader economy. If we want affordable shelter to be within everyone’s reach, we have to build that stability in.”

The Roosevelt Institute has a bold vision for the good life: a policy agenda that builds economic security and cultivates the institutions and leaders needed to deliver it. Through research, residencies, and events, Roosevelt will propose ways to address the affordability crisis by lowering costs and increasing incomes, and will give people the time and agency needed to live full and meaningful lives. Roosevelt is already working with six Good Life residents: three focused on the Federal Reserve and three on Social Security.