The U.S. Housing Recovery: Lessons from Arizona

The American Action Forum will host a panel discussion at Arizona State University on the devastating downturn of the housing market and painful recovery currently facing our nation. There’s no question Arizona housing market and greater economy have been among the hardest hit, yet a comeback seems to be underway. What can Arizona’s story teach the rest of us? 

Join us for a complimentary lunch as we hear from Senator John McCain and an exciting group of experts including Douglas Holtz-Eakin, former Director of the Congressional Budget Office, Dean Baker, co-founder of the Center for Economic and Policy Research and one of the first economists to call the housing bubble, Michael Orr, Director of the Center for Real Estate Theory and Practice at the ASU W. P. Carey School of Business, William Shaw, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development Phoenix Field Office Director, and Michael Johnson, Vice Mayor of Phoenix. Both panels and the keynote address will include an audience question and answer session.

Agenda:

Local Perspectives: Jobs and Housing in Metro Phoenix

Michael Johnson, Vice Mayor of Phoenix 

William Shaw, Department of Housing & Urban Development, Phoenix Field Office Director 

Metrics of Recovery: Arizona and U.S. Housing Markets After the Bubble

Douglas Holtz-Eakin, President of the American Action Forum and former Director of the Congressional Budget Office 

Dean Baker, Co-Founder of the Center for Economic and Policy Research 

Michael Orr, Director of the Center for Real Estate Theory and Practice at the ASU W. P. Carey School of Business 

Keynote

Senator John McCain 

Complimentary lunch served

 

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