Mortgages: Alternative Visions of Reform

With the announcement of the Bipartisan Policy Center’s Housing Commission proposal for housing finance reform, this panel discussion presented proposals that are under consideration to structure the mortgage market going forward.

Speakers includde public policy and industry experts: Greg Boester, Managing Director, Securitized Product Origination, Barclays Capital; Laurie Goodman, Member of the BPC Housing Commission and Senior Managing Director, Amherst Securities Group, L.P.; Joseph Tracy, Executive Vice President and Senior Advisor to the President, Federal Reserve Bank of New York and will be moderated by Susan Wachter, Professor of Real Estate and Finance, The Wharton School and Co-Director, Penn IUR.

The event was co-sponsored by the Penn Institute for Urban Research, The Wharton School and Next City, and was made possible with support from the Ford Foundation.