Ashley Putnam

Ashley Putnam is director of the Economic Growth & Mobility Project at the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia, where she leads work promoting equal access to economic opportunity and inclusive growth. Her background includes workforce and economic development and service at the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.

Housing Stability Depends on Affordability, Financing, and Resilience

Housing stability, the participants at Aspen Ideas: Economy argued, depends on more than whether a family rents or owns: it requires homes people can afford to stay in and the financial support to withstand shocks. Samir Goel of Esusu, Jeff Hall of the Anne and Henry Zarrow Foundation, and Kristen Scheyder of Citi Foundation made the case for pairing housing production and preservation with tools such as rent reporting, emergency savings and flexible financing. They cautioned that credit-building alone cannot prevent displacement or make housing affordable.

The Aspen InstituteOct 22, 202613 min read