In this virtual roundtable held conversation, recorded on May 20, 2025, a mixed panel of housing researchers and policy makers discuss the challenges to effective housing policy in blue states and approaches to resolving them.

For more on our Blue Trifectas Convening, check out organizer Samuel Trachtman’s recap of the event, published in the BESI blog.

Panelists

Alex Brennan, Executive Director, Futurewise
Annemarie Gray, Executive Director, Open NY
Christopher S. Elmendorf, Martin Luther King Jr. Professor of Law, UC Davis School of Law
Libby Murphy, Director of Policy, Minnesota Housing Partnership
David Schleicher, Walter E. Meyer Professor of Property and Urban Law, Yale Law School

Moderator

Jacob S. Hacker, Stanley Resor Professor of Political Science, Yale University