Housing

Decent, stable, and affordable housing is at the core of strong, vibrant families and communities. MacArthur’s grantmaking is designed to support more balanced housing policies that acknowledge the importance of affordable rental housing and to help low- and moderate-income Americans improve their lives.  Read our strategy

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Bipartisan Policy Center - Housing Commission Regional Forum: Bar Harbor, ME

Housing in America: Innovative Solutions to Address the Needs of Tomorrow Read More

Bipartisan Policy Center - Housing Commission Regional Forum: St. Louis

Housing in America: Innovative Solutions to Address the Needs of Tomorrow Read More
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Reports Find Job Creation Potential in Energy Efficiency

Two recent studies by the Institute for Market Transformation, a MacArthur grantee, predict that new energy disclosure policies will drive competition to improve buildings’ energy ratings, leading to more jobs. Read More

HUD Helps MacArthur Grantees Improve Rental Buildings’ Energy Usage

The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development awarded over $8.5 million in Energy Innovation Funds to four grantees working to preserve affordable rental housing. Read More
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Partnership Preserves Historic Pullman Building

Private, public, and non-profit groups (including MacArthur grantees) came together through the Foundation-supported Preservation Compact to rehabilitate Chicago’s Pullman Wheelworks apartment building. Read More

New UPenn study (http://t.co/MPLbR7bn) will examine how living in subsidized #housing affects children’s #education and behavior.

Bipartisan Policy Center - Housing Commission Regional Forum: Orlando

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Housing Expert Forum

This monthly online forum is intended to foster interactive and substantive discussion about pressing housing issues. Read More

Representative Grants

Johns Hopkins University Institute for Policy Studies

Baltimore, Maryland
2010

$300,000 To research the relationship between housing affordability and parental investment in children, as part of the How Housing Matters to Families and Communities competitive grant program (over two years).

  • The Preservation Compact: A Rental Housing Action Plan for Cook County

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  • Three Case Studies for How Housing Matters

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Staff

Portrait of Michael A. Stegman

Michael A. Stegman

Director, Policy & Housing
Portrait of Lucy Blanco

Lucy Blanco

Program Administrator
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Janice A. Dunbar

Assistant Manager of Grants and Budget
Portrait of Beth Gutelius

Beth Gutelius

Research Assistant
Portrait of Ianna Kachoris

Ianna Kachoris

Program Officer
Portrait of Louise Powell

Louise Powell

Staff Assistant
Portrait of Gerry Sims

Gerry Sims

Program Associate
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Mijo Vodopic

Program Officer