Congresswoman Maxine Waters, Ranking Member of the House Financial Services Committee, will moderate a bipartisan panel discussion on plans to reform the nation’s secondary mortgage market. The discussion will consider the lingering challenges facing the housing market, the principles that should frame Congress’s consideration of housing finance reform, and various approaches to ensure access to and affordability of mortgage credit.

What:   

Panel discussion: A Way Forward For Housing Finance Reform:  Finding Sustainable Solutions to Ensure Access, Affordability, and Taxpayer Protection

When:  

Friday, April 12 at 9:00 AM

Where:  

Rayburn House Office Building, room 2220

Panelists:

• Ellen Seidman, Advisor to the Urban Institute, former Director of the U.S. Treasury Department’s Office of Thrift Supervision
  
  
• Robert Rozen, Commissioner at the Bipartisan Policy Center Housing Commission, Principal at Washington Council Ernst & Young
  
  
• Julia Gordon, Director of Housing Finance and Policy at the Center for American Progress
  
  
• Nela Richardson, Senior Economic Analyst at Bloomberg Government
  
  
• Jim Millstein, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Millstein & Co