What Does the Federal Housing Bill Mean for the Bay Area?

A landmark bipartisan federal housing bill became law this weekend. The package includes 56 initiatives, regulatory tweaks and reforms designed to improve housing affordability nationwide — and local housing policy experts say it could have a material impact on the Bay Area’s affordable housing crisis. We’ll learn more about the local impacts.

• Ben Metcalf, Terner Center of Housing Innovation managing director, University of California, Berkeley; former director of California Department of Housing and Community Development
• Adhiti Bandlamudi, housing reporting, KQED
• Sam Moss, executive director, Mission Housing Development Corporation in San Francisco