Roosevelt Institute Expands Housing Policy Work with Residency

New York, NY—Today, the Roosevelt Institute, an economic policy think tank dedicated to shared prosperity and power, announced a new application period for its Good Life Residents Program, soliciting applications for emerging policy leaders to write on housing policy. Roosevelt Institute Housing Fellow Ned Resnikoff will lead the program.

The Roosevelt Institute is developing 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, the Institute 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. The Institute is already working with its initial six Good Life residents: three focused on the Federal Reserve and three on Social Security.

America’s housing shortage is one of the greatest obstacles to ensuring economic security and a good life for all. Zoning and permitting reform can go a long way toward increasing housing supply. But land-use policy can only do so much; when broader economic conditions make it too expensive to build, we need an industrial policy that builds.

The Roosevelt Institute Good Life Residents for Housing will explore how the federal government can use industrial policy tools to ensure that multifamily homebuilding continues even during economic downturns or periods of persistently high interest rates.

Questions residents will explore include:

• How can counter-cyclical public investment prevent economic downturns from leading to a collapse in housing production?
• How can the federal government ensure supply chain stability so that homebuilders have consistent access to both raw materials and the labor supply they need?
• Can publicly supported investment in experiments with new construction techniques and building materials make homebuilding cheaper and more efficient?

The Good Life Residents Program is housed within the Roosevelt Society (TRS), the Institute’s intergenerational community of more than 2,000 scholars, policymakers, organizers, and practitioners working to advance a democratic and equitable economy.

Candidates interested in the Housing program should submit this application here by June 1, 2026. Applications for additional policy areas will be found on the Institute’s website, and candidates may direct any questions to rooseveltsociety@rooseveltinstitute.org.

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About the Roosevelt Institute:

The Roosevelt Institute is a think tank and student network working to rebalance power in the economy and democracy. As the nonprofit partner to the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum, we carry forward the legacy of Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt by producing ideas that shape public debate and investing in the next generation of leaders. In 2026, through our good life agenda, the think tank will develop research and policy solutions on corporate and public power, labor and wages, and the economics of race and gender inequality. The Roosevelt Society (TRS) advances this work by bringing together the people behind these ideas—researchers, organizers, policymakers, and practitioners—to learn from one another and put them into action. TRS is an intergenerational community of more than 2,000 members, including Roosevelt Institute think tank fellows, working across sectors to drive change.