About the Future of Land and Housing Program: Housing instability in the U.S. has reached historic levels. Across most metropolitan regions, housing costs have risen far faster than incomes, leaving millions of families cost-burdened and economically precarious. The country faces an estimated shortage of more than four million homes, while homelessness continues to rise and more than 10 million Americans face eviction each year.

The U.S. does not lack ideas for addressing these challenges. It lacks a coordinated capacity to identify the most promising solutions, refine them through implementation and public debate, and drive their adoption at scale. Without stronger connections between research, implementation, and policy, even the most promising housing solutions will struggle to achieve meaningful national impact.

The Future of Land and Housing program (FLH) at New America is helping to close this gap. FLH is a team of housing policy entrepreneurs focused on advanci...