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Housing policy, supply, and the homes people need

Policy toproduction.

I work the gap between housing policy as written and the homes people can actually afford. As Founder & CEO of Up for Growth, I lead a national coalition turning housing abundance into federal policy that can pass, scale, and put homes where people need them.

Mike Kingsella

Founder & CEO, Up for Growth

How I Work

Where policy meets the homes people need.

Federal housing policy is often written as if the system will respond cleanly once Congress sets a program, funding stream, or requirement in motion. That assumption rarely survives contact with the real world.

Policy moves through capital markets, underwriting standards, local approvals, labor constraints, infrastructure limits, and the basic feasibility tests that decide whether a project gets financed, approved, and built.

That is where I focus. I look at which decisions actually move capital, where projects get stuck, and what has to change for policy intent to become homes on the ground. At Up for Growth, we work through those constraints with policymakers, industry leaders, and advocates so federal reform reaches the people who need a home.

Working Areas
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PolicyWhat's coming out of Washington, what it's trying to do, and how those decisions are actually put together.
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MarketsHow those policy decisions affect financing, investment, and what projects make sense to build.
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ProductionWhat happens on the ground. Where projects get stuck, what slows them down, and what it takes to actually get housing built.
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CoalitionWorking with policymakers, industry leaders, and advocates so federal reform reaches the production decision and survives the trip.
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Homefront is where I write about what's moving in federal housing policy, how those decisions travel through markets and institutions, and what they mean for the homes people are counting on. Each issue follows one or two federal moves from Washington into markets and delivery, then names the consequences for supply, capital, and the families waiting on a home.

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