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National Multifamily Housing Council
President - Doug Bibby
NMHC fully supports Up for Growth Action and its mission to advocate for solutions that will create more homes for people of all income levels.
Comunidad Partners
Principal and Managing Partner - Antonio Marquez
Up For Growth Action’s singular voice is directed at federal policy that encourages the creation of affordable housing, breaks down systemic barriers, and bolsters the workforce.
Center for Community Progress
President and CEO - Dr. Akilah Watkins
Up for Growth Action's pro-housing policies are positioned to drive national change that means a better life for people, families, and the communities they call home.
Homeless and Housing Coalition of Kentucky, Inc.
Executive Director - Adrienne Bush
Up for Growth's focus on increasing housing and eliminating exclusion to opportunity through an integrated federal policy approach is critical to achieving our vision.
Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce
President and CEO - Maria Salinas
What makes Up for Growth different is its stakeholder diversity. Their ability to collaborate is unparalleled and essential in helping to solve the housing crisis.
Monarch Group
Partner - Sarah Kruer Jager
Up for Growth is uniquely positioned to meet this moment on housing with bold solutions that bridge the gap at all levels to achieve big housing policy wins we desperately need.
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Vice President of Real Estate, Partnerships, and Impact - David Williams
Up for Growth is pushing forward a bold agenda that is not only well-intentioned but poised to create the housing units needed to strengthen our communities.
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| September 30, 2025
September 2025: Legislative Update
On September 17, Up for Growth provided a review of our underproduction report to a packed briefing for the Congressional YIMBY Caucus. Mike Kingsella and David Garcia detailed our findings and led a panel consisting of American Planning Association leaders, to discuss the implications. Representative Peters (D-CA-50) and Representative Edwards (R-NC-11) also joined the YIMBY […]
| September 29, 2025
Faith in Housing Act: Official Press Release
Up for Growth Action Applauds Introduction of Bipartisan Faith in Housing Act to Address the Nation’s Housing Shortfall Up for Growth Action applauds the introduction of the bipartisan Faith in Housing Act (FIHA), a vital legislative effort aimed at tackling the nation’s urgent housing supply and affordability crisis. This important bill marks a significant step […]
Analysis | September 17, 2025
High Housing Underproduction Regions Can Build Middle Income Housing If Policies Are Supportive
MapCraft has conducted a unique analysis that assesses the economic feasibility of building different multi-unit housing typologies across the country at prices attainable to middle-income households (i.e., 80-120% AMI). They find that nearly 100 million residents live in places where building multi-unit housing, especially missing middle-scale housing, could be feasible at middle-income prices under a supportive policy environment. These findings indicate that there is tremendous market-driven potential for middle-income housing production, particularly missing middle-scale housing, in many U.S. communities, and indicate that zoning, land use reforms, and other policy changes that facilitate housing production could yield substantial results.