Actions Panel
Housing America’s Military Families
Panelists will discuss the causes and repercussions of high housing costs on military families, and discuss proposed solutions.
When and where
Date and time
Friday, March 31 · 7 - 8am PDT
Location
Online
About this event
- 1 hour
- Mobile eTicket
The Department of Defense relies on local communities near military bases for housing, with approximately 60% of service members in the U.S. living off-base. However, military personnel and their families are finding housing costs and relocation issues increasingly expensive, stressful, and burdensome. Recent surveys from groups such as Blue Star Families reveal housing affordability and increasing rental costs are top concerns for off-base military households, many of which pay well over a third of their income on housing.
In this event, panelists will discuss the causes and repercussions of high housing costs on military families and highlight proposals to ensure military families have access to decent, safe, and affordable homes.
Fireside Chat
Dennis Shea | Executive Director, J. Ronald Terwilliger Center for Housing Policy, BPC
Panel Discussion
Shannon Razsadin | President and Executive Director, Military Family Advisory Network
Jessica Strong | Senior Director of Applied Research, Blue Star Families
Moderated By
Francis Torres | Senior Policy Analyst, Terwilliger Center for Housing Policy, BPC
Additional speakers to be announced
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