PD&R Quarterly Update: Housing and Family Formation

Housing and Family Formation

Thursday, SEPTEMBER 18, 2025
FROM 2:00 PM TO 4:00 PM ET
HYBRID EVENT - VIRTUAL AND IN PERSON
AT HUD HEADQUARTERS

On Thursday September 18, 2025, from 2:00 to 4:00 pm ET, HUD’s Office of Policy Development & Research (PD&R) will host a hybrid PD&R Quarterly Update on housing and family formation. Leading experts will discuss the nexus between family formation and housing policy, including how means-tested social welfare programs create disincentives to marriage and family formation, with an emphasis on bringing HUD public and assisted housing programs into the conversation about the impacts of public policy on marriage.

Register to attend via webcast or in person at HUD Headquarters in Washington, D.C.

• John Gibbs, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy Development and Research, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development

• Brad Wilcox, University Professor of Sociology and Director of the National Marriage Project, University of Virginia

• Alison Bell, Acting Director, Office of Housing Voucher Programs, Public and Indian Housing
• Patrick T. Brown, Fellow, Ethics and Public Policy Center
• Eric Cochling, Chief Program Officer, Georgia Center for Opportunity
• Tim Johnson, Senior Pastor, Orlando World Outreach Church
• Jennifer Larson, Director, Office of Asset Management, Multifamily Housing
• Moderator: Brad Wilcox, University Professor of Sociology and Director of the National Marriage Project, University of Virginia