PolicyMap Office Hours: The Data Behind Philadelphia’s Housing Plan

Thank you for joining PolicyMap for a special webinar session on one of the most pressing challenges facing American cities: the housing shortage.

In this session, Mark Zandi, Chief Economist at Moody’s Analytics, opens with a high-level look at the economics behind the housing crisis — how we got here, and where we stand today. A new methodology delivering census-tract-level data pinpoints exactly where housing is needed most in 350 cities across the U.S.

Then, the conversation goes local. Philadelphia offers a real-world example of what’s possible with this kind of data: the City’s housing plan — one of the most ambitious in the country at $2 billion and 30,000 units — started with tract-level housing gap analysis. The analysis helped the City pinpoint critical shortages in workforce rental housing and turn that insight into real policy action.

Hosted by Maggie McCullough, Founder and CEO of PolicyMap, this session brings together city leaders, economists, and housing experts to show how census-tract-level data can guide investment decisions and direct housing production where it’s needed most. You can download the slides from the presentation here.

Speakers

Maggie McCullough

CEO & Founder
PolicyMap

Mark Zandi

Chief Economist
Moody’s Analytic

Ira Goldstein

Founder
IJG Urban Advisors, LLC.

Angela D. Brooks

Chief Housing and Urban Development Officer
The City of Philadelphia

The Data Behind Philadelphia’s Housing Plan

See how tract-level housing gap analysis is shaping one of the most ambitious municipal housing plans in the country.